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Russo  \nState University of New York, College at Oneonta  \nMoira A. Fallon  \nState University of New York College at Brockport  \nJie Zhang  \nState University of New York College at Brockport  \nVeronica C. Acevedo  \nAndrus Children’s Center  \nAbstract  \nHigher education is rapidly changing and university instructors are presented with new types of students for whom technology is a significant influence. They perceive technology as a way of life and express a need to feel connected at all times. With increasingly diverse university classroom, technology integration is both a challenge and an opportunity. Supportive communication is important in the promotion of relationships and essential in a university classroom. A convenience sample of 390 students was surveyed to investigate the perceived influences of technology on relationships, including preferences, usage and time with technologies. Results indicated that technology makes communication easier, allows students to stay in touch with more people, and have relationships that would otherwise not be possible. Implications of this study suggest positive influences of technology on academic work, performance and maintenance of relationships. However, disadvantages with using technology such as increased stress, addictive feelings toward technologies, and increased misunderstandings in relationships and conflict also exist.  \nKey Words: Technology, communication, university students, relationships, higher education  \nTheresa Russo, Ph.D., is a Professor in Child and Family Studies at SUNY Oneonta. She is a Certified Family Life Educator through the National Council on Family Relations. Her research focuses on prevention programming and strengthening relationships for individuals and families  \nEmail: [theresa.russo@oneonta.edu](theresa.russo@oneonta.edu)  \nMoira Fallon, Ph.D., is a Professor at SUNY Brockport in the Department of Education and Human Development. She has an extensive background in working with instructors and in improving the quality of instruction. She has published widely on issues of inclusion and advocacy for individuals with disabilities. and conducts research on instructional technology in higher education.  \nJie Zhang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of special education at SUNY Brockport. Her research focuses on the cultural and linguistic factors in the services for children with diverse backgrounds/abilities and their families and the efficacy of different instructional methods on teaching and learning.  \nVeronica Acevedo is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Andrus Children’s Center in Yonkers, New York. Her professional expertise is working with survivors of domestic violence and children who are emotionally disturbed, on the autism spectrum and learning disabled. She specializes in play therapy, grief counseling and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) .  \nIntroduction  \nMany believe that we are in the midst of one of the most dramatic technological revolutions in history (Harris, Wilson, & Ferguson, 2010) . As a result, education needs to evolve to meet the demands of a global society (Reinking & Bridwell-Bowles, 1991) . University instructors need to cultivate a variety of literacies within students to provide them with a competitive, economic edge. It is important for colleges and universities to understand the communication culture of technology use among university students, and it is critical to demonstrating the effects of communication upon organizational actions, control, coordination, survival, and also ideas, norms, values, behaviors, and goals (Gizir, 2007) . 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