Technology Trends in Student Affairs

Episode Description Dr. Glenn DeGuzman discusses technology shift and its impact in higher education with Joe Sabado, Kristen Abell, and Dr. Sarah Gretter. Join this lively conversation as the panel talks story on the technological trends and explore the challenges connected to mental health, social justice, communication solutions, Covid-19, and more. Suggested APA Episode Citation DeGuzman, G. (Host). (2020, Nov. 18). Technology Shifts and Impacts (No. # 12) [Audio podcast episode]. In Student Affairs NOW. https://studentaffairsnow.com/technologytrends/ Episode Transcript Dr. Glenn DeGuzman:Hello and welcome to student affairs. Now, my name is Glenn DeGuzman. I use he him, his pronouns, and I'm coming to you from Livermore, California, the ancestral homelands of the Ohlone people. In today's episode. We're going to be exploring technological shifts and innovative practices in higher education. And I'm really excited to be joined by a panel of administrators and influencers to talk story on technology, its integration into student affairs and how our profession is understanding and pushing the envelope, during this age of digital transformation. Student affairs now is the premier podcast and learning community for thousands of us who work in alongside or adjacent to the field of higher education and student affairs. Our mission is to have our conversation, make a contribution to the field of student affairs and is restorative to our profession. We release new episodes every Wednesday, and you can find us@studentaffairsnow.com. Dr. Glenn DeGuzman:We're also on Twitter and Instagram and I'm super excited to announce Stylus Publishing is to be, is now a proud sponsor of student first, now podcast. So please browsers, student affairs and diversity and profession development titles at styluspub.com. And you can use a promo code SANOW for 30% off all books and you get free shipping and you can find them on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter @Styluspub. So let's get started and get to know our panel. And I'm going to start by asking them, and let's talk some story here to introduce themselves shared a little bit about their professional role, what they do between eight and 5:00 PM or maybe eight and 8:00 PM. And what you'd like to share about your work and interest in general, that's tied to today's topic. So let me go ahead and start. And Joe, you want to kick us off? Joe Sabado:Yes. Hello everyone. My name is Joe Sabado. I am I go by, he, him, his, my I'm the Associate CIO for Student Affairs at UC Santa Barbara. I oversee a team of about 65 folks and we under my portfolio are still information systems, electronic medical record systems graduate education kind of systems. So about 180, 180 applications. Our mission is to empower student success and enhance transform student experience. And really that's my role. I mean, the technology role is just one piece of what I do ultimately, my role at the university is to help students succeed. And so in addition to my role as Associate CIO, I'm also a first-generation mentor through, and, you know, for folks that are wanting to go into student affairs through the NASPA undergraduate fellowship program, some folks in, some students at the university call me Tito Joe or Uncle Joe, and that's become the role that I've embraced, especially with, especially with the Filipino-American students. And so, you know,