2013 Innovators Awards

2013 Campus Technology Innovators

Higher One is the official sponsor of the 2013 CT Innovators Awards.

Congratulations to our 2013 Campus Technology Innovators! Out of a total of 235 entries, nine honorees rose to the top in six categories: Education Futurists; Teaching and Learning, IT Infrastructure and Systems; Student Systems and Services; Leadership, Governance, and Policy; and Administrative Systems. These IT leaders have found innovative ways to tackle tech challenges large and small, and really made a difference on their campuses. Worthy of recognition, too, are the vendors and products that help make these projects a reality.

Our thanks to the members of our Innovators Judging Committee (see "Meet the Judges" below), as well as all who submitted nominations this year.

This story appears in the July 2013 digital edition of Campus Technology, enhanced with videos and slide shows. Click here for a free subscription to the magazine.

To read our profiles of this year's award winners, see the navigation bar at the top left of this page.

Meet the Judges

As part of the evaluation process for the Campus Technology Innovators award program, entries were reviewed by our Innovators Judging Committee, a group of higher ed tech leaders, many of whom are former Innovators themselves. Judges did not review entries from their own institutions. Final winners were chosen by our team of editors.

Jill Albin-Hill
CIO
Dominican University (IL)

Keith Bailey
Director, e-Learning Institute
Penn State University

Kyle Bowen
Director of Informatics
Purdue University (IN)

Bob Bramucci
Vice Chancellor, Technology and Learning Services
South Orange County Community College District (CA)

Gary Brown
Senior Fellow, Association of American Colleges and Universities
Academic Director, Association for Authentic, Experiential and Evidence-Based Learning
Portland State University (OR)

W. Gardner Campbell
Director, Professional Development and Innovative Initiatives, and Associate Professor
Virginia Tech

Edward Chapel
VP for IT
Montclair State University (NJ)

Mark Frydenberg
Senior Lecturer of Computer and Information Systems and Director of the CIS Sandbox
Bentley University (MA)

John Ittelson
Professor Emeritus
California State University, Monterey Bay
Director, Communication, Collaboration, and Outreach
California Virtual Campus

Kamran Khan
Vice Provost for Information Technology
Rice University (TX)

Reba-Anna Lee
Associate Director, Academic Technology and e-Learning
Marist College (NY)

James Maraviglia
Assistant VP for Admissions, Recruitment, and Financial Aid
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Jorge Mata
Chief Information Officer
Los Angeles Community College District (CA)

Darryn Ostrander
Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator
Darton College, University System of Georgia

Chetan Sankar
Professor of Management and Director, Geospatial Research and Applications Center
Auburn University (AL)

Jennifer Spielvogel
VP, Institutional Planning and Effectiveness
Cuyahoga Community College (OH)

Raymond Uzwyshyn
Director of Libraries
American Public University System

Anu Vedantham
Director, Weigle Information Commons
University of Pennsylvania Libraries

About the Authors

David Raths is a Philadelphia-based freelance writer focused on information technology. He writes regularly for several IT publications, including Healthcare Innovation and Government Technology.

Kanoe Namahoe is online editor for 1105 Media's Education Group. She can be reached at [email protected].

Meg Lloyd is a Northern California-based freelance writer.

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