Dr. Kate Halischak
Dr. Kate Halischak joined the
Since arriving at OSU she has been influential in developing strong collaboration among Athletics, campus support units, and colleges to provide integrated services that bring student-athletes into the larger university. Shared programs for student-athlete support include peer study sessions for high risk classes, academic coaching, and supplemental instruction -- data shows a higher success rate than the national average for similar programs.
She has also become involved in the leadership of the summer BEST program, (Bridge to Encourage Students in Transition), a residential academic-intensive experience designed to prepare entering student-athletes for study at OSU. BEST helps students learn how to develop good study habits, manage time and finances, navigate through the university and much more.
Halischak spent 12 years at the University of Notre Dame as Director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes. While at Notre Dame the program sustained an 88 percent graduation rate, consistently rated among the top 10 in every NCAA graduation rate report, captured the American Football Coaches Association academic achievement award four times (100% graduation rate twice), and won the USA Today NCAA Academic Achievement Award in 2003 with a graduation rate of 92 percent.
In addition to working with student-athletes, she has worked as an assistant professor of English, an academic advisor and director of a multi-disciplinary liberal arts program.
An honors graduate in English from
Halischak began her association with Notre Dame in 1990 after serving as an assistant professor in the Department of English at the
The avid golfer and hiker was born in
