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October 25, 2021
Bonus: Building and Retaining Student, Staff and Faculty Engagement Upon Returning to Campus with CSU East Bay President Cathy Sandeen

Building and Retaining Student, Staff and Faculty Engagement Upon Returning to Campus with CSU East Bay President Cathy Sandeen

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About the Episode

This fast-paced show drops listeners into a compelling conversation about higher education. In Your Element asks innovative leaders about the challenges, wins, and future of everything from meeting enrollment numbers to equity in education.

Cathy Sandeen, President of California State University - East Bay joins Eric Stoller for a fascinating talk on this episode of In Your Element. In this deep dive chat, Eric and Cathy discuss:

  • How things are going right now at CSU East Bay and for the entire CSU system
  • How a university leader keeps people engaged when students are on-campus/online and faculty and staff are coming back after being remote
  • How the events of 2020 changed the ways in which higher ed thinks about (and fosters) student engagement
  • How the role of the university president has changed over the past few years
  • The biggest challenges going forward for higher education

People in this episode

Host

Daniella Nordin is the Director of Customer Success and Engagement at Element451 and the host of In Your Element.

Brendan Henkel is the Manager of Solutions Engineering at Element451 and host of In Your Element.

Interviewee

Cathy Sandeen

Cathy Sandeen, Ph.D., MBA is an educational leader who is committed to continuing Cal State East Bay’s momentum in students’ social mobility, social justice and sustainability. As a two-time alumna of the California State University, she feels fortunate to work in a system that emphasizes access and opportunity. Prior to returning to her hometown in the East Bay, Sandeen was chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage from September 2018-December 2020, and chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and UW-Extension for four years.

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