Don Gardner,
Associate Vice President for Academic Technology
Don Gardner has joined California State University, Long Beach as associate vice president for academic technology, a new position created to ensure CSULB is a leader in academic technology.
Formerly the chief information officer at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, Gardner is an experienced administrator with a broad portfolio in information systems and services, technology management, technology services, telecommunications and Web development.
Gardner will guide academic technology planning and investments for the university’s eight colleges, 2,200 faculty and 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.
Prior to working at Weber State, Gardner was executive director for information technology management at Winthrop University in South Carolina, associate vice president for information management at Florida Atlantic University, assistant vice president of institutional support services at the University of Wyoming, and held administrative positions at Portland State University in Oregon, Arizona State University and Indiana University.
Gardner earned his bachelor's degree from Utah State University and his doctorate in higher education administration with an emphasis in management information systems from Indiana University.
