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, 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...

On January 8, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry welcomed 80 chemistry students from Kent Roosevelt High School for a morning of hands-on science and exploration. During the visit, students were introduced to the department and learned about career pathways in chemistry, as well as opportunities for undergraduate research at Kent State.The program included live chemistry demonstrations led by the chemistry stockroom, featuring crowd-pleasing reactions such as lighting methane bubbles and freezing fruit with liquid nitrogen. Students then toured the department's laboratories and teach...