Sarah Andreas, Ph.D.

Sarah Andreas, Ph.D., serves as academic vice dean for the East Liverpool and Tuscarawas campuses at Kent State University. She provides academic leadership focused on faculty development, curriculum alignment and student success within the regional campuses.Andreas brings a leadership approach rooted in collaboration, reflective practice and systems thinking. Her interests include applied leadership development, transformational learning and the intentional design of learning environments that foster belonging, clarity and long-term student success.Beginning in 2022, Andreas was an assistant ...

Jennifer Visker

Jennifer Visker, associate lecturer in the School of Health Sciences, received the Bronze Teaching Recognition Award in teaching development for Instructing Speech-Language Pathology Students in the Use of AI for Clinical Writing.The teaching development awards program recognizes actions that enhance teaching and learning at Kent State University. The program allows instructors to earn tiered awards (bronze, silver, gold & platinum) for their efforts to learn about, implement, evaluate and investigate evidence-based instructional practices. All instructors at Kent State, includin...

Operation Smile

The goal of Operation Smile is to make sure kids around the world with cleft lip or cleft palate are provided with the surgical care they deserve. In the US, children have free access to surgery for cleft lip, cleft palate, and other facial deformities
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A doctoral graduate being hooded during the Fall 2025 commencement ceremony.

Thinking about graduate school? Kent State's Office of Graduate Admissions is hosting Free Application Week for all domestic applicants from Monday, January 12 through Monday, January 19, 2026.Domestic applicants who submit a graduate admission application during this period—even if the application is incomplete—will have the application fee automatically waived. No promo code is required.Applicants may submit required materials such as transcripts, letters of recommendation and goal statements after applying. Once submitted, applicants will continue to have access to the application portal to...

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