Don E. Gardner has been named the new associate vice president for academic technology at California State University, Long Beach. He will begin his new position Feb. 1.
“I am confident that Dr. Gardner will provide strong, wise and forward-looking leadership in the area of academic technology and technology planning,” Provost and Senior Vice President Karen L. Gould said. “During his visit, he emphasized that our technology planning and investments should be grounded in meeting the needs of faculty, students and staff.”
The associate vice president for academic technology is a new position created to ensure CSULB is a leader in academic technology. Gardner will guide academic technology planning and investments for CSULB’s eight colleges, 2,200 faculty and nearly 37,000 students.
He will lead the Division of Academic Affairs in assessing and planning academic technology needs and implementing academic technology priorities, such as enhancing support for classroom instruction and facilitating the exploration of clickers, blogs, wikis, Web 2.0 services and other technologies to advance instruction.
“I am looking forward to joining the Cal State Long Beach community,” Gardner said. “Under the leadership of President Alexander and Provost Gould, this is an exciting time for academic technology at Long Beach. We have the opportunity to make significant improvements in our academic technology services and programs. Working together, we will meet the changing expectations of faculty, students and staff and enhance CSULB’s distinction as an outstanding university.”
