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A&S Internationalization Staff


Jesse Hedge
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate and International Affairs
jesse.hedge@uky.edu
+1 859 257-7296

Jesse Hedge serves as Assistant Dean for Undergraduate and International Affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences.  Jesse has been with the College in multiple roles beginning as an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Studies in 2008.  In 2012, Jesse joined the dean’s office staff and is currently responsible for international and domestic recruitment, enrollment management, living learning programs, and data analysis.  He holds a MA Ed from Touro University and a bachelor’s degree from Charleston Southern University. 

Prior to joining the College, Jesse served for over 23 years in the U.S. Air Force with assignments throughout the world.  During this time, he gained relevant international experience by negotiating civil and military use of airspace in South Asia, Africa and the continental United States. He also served at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. 

Jesse’s primary international focus is in establishing meaningful partnerships with universities to develop student articulation agreements. Specific focus areas include pathway programs, transfer, and visiting student agreements.

In addition to spending time with his family, Jesse enjoys DIY projects in his home. He is also an avid outdoorsman and spends as much time as possible enjoying the natural world.    

 
Megan Koshurba
International Undergraduate Student Director (China and South Asia)
megan.koshurba@uky.edu
+1 859 218-5334

A&S International Undergraduate Student Territories:
 

Afghanistan

Canada

Iran

Marshall Islands

Philippines

Thailand

Andorra

Cayman Islands

Iraq

Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

Puerto Rico

Timor-Leste

Antigua and Barbuda

China

Japan

Moldova

Romania

Tonga

Armenia

Cyprus

Kazakhstan

Mongolia

Russia

Turkey

Australia

Denmark

Kiribati

Myanmar

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Turkmenistan

Azerbaijan

Estonia

Kyrgyzstan

Nauru

Samoa

Turks and Caicos Islands

Bahamas

Fiji

Lao

Nepal

Singapore

Tuvalu

Bangladesh

Finland

Latvia

New Zealand

Solomon Islands

Ukraine

Belarus

Georgia

Lebanon

North Korea

South Korea

Uzbekistan

Bermuda

Greenland

Lithuania

Norway

Sri Lanka

Vanuatu

 
Megan received her bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University in 2006 and joined the University of Kentucky in 2013 after seven years of teaching high school Biology and Special Education in Maryland. 
 
Megan specializes in recruiting students from Asia and focuses largely on Chinese students. The International Recruitment Team works with students throughout their entire college career, from recruiting to applying and securing immigration documents and ensuring their success once they make it to campus. We also offer free cultural activities for our international students each month so that students can experience unique aspects of both Kentucky and American culture.
 
Fun Fact: Megan has been an avid volleyball player for over 20 years, and she played on the Welsh National Volleyball Team when she studied abroad during her senior year of college.
 
 
 

Tiffany Williams

Assistant Director of English as a Second Language Programs (See More)

International Undergraduate Student Coordinator (See More)

Tiffany.Williams@uky.edu

 

Tiffany serves as both the Assistant Director at the Center for English as a Second Language and International Undergraduate Student Coordinator for the College for Arts & Sciences.  She manages administration of the ESL programs, while also recruiting and advising international students from partner universities throughout the world. 

ESL Territories:  all countries

A&S International Undergraduate Student Territories:

Albania

Chile

Gambia

Liberia

Paraguay

Sudan

Algeria

Colombia

Germany

Libya

Peru

Suriname

Angola

Comoros

Ghana

Luxembourg

Poland

Swaziland

Argentina

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Greece

Macedonia, FYR

Portugal

Switzerland

Aruba

Congo, Rep.

Grenada

Madagascar

Qatar

Tanzania

Austria

Costa Rica

Guatemala

Malawi

Rwanda

Togo

Bahrain

Cote d'Ivoire

Guinea

Mali

Saint Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

Barbados

Croatia

Guinea-Bissau

Mauritania

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Tunisia

Belgium

Cuba

Guyana

Mauritius

San Marino

Uganda

Belize

Czech Republic

Haiti

Mexico

Sao Tome and Principe

United Arab Emirates

Benin

Djibouti

Honduras

Monaco

Saudi Arabia

United Kingdom

Bolivia

Dominica

Hungary

Montenegro

Senegal

Uruguay

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dominican Republic

Ireland

Morocco

Serbia

Venezuela

Botswana

Ecuador

Israel

Mozambique

Seychelles

Western Sahara

Brazil

Egypt

Italy

Namibia

Sierra Leone

Yemen

Burkina Faso

El Salvador

Jamaica

Netherlands

Slovakia

Zambia

Burundi

Equatorial Guinea

Jordan

Nicaragua

Slovenia

Zimbabwe

Cameroon

Eritrea

Kenya

Niger

Somalia

 

Cape Verde

Ethiopia

Kosovo

Nigeria

South Africa

 

Central African Republic

France

Kuwait

Oman

South Sudan

 

Chad

Gabon

Lesotho

Panama

Spain

 
 

Tiffany has been with the College of Arts & Sciences since 2018, beginning as an ESL Instructor, where she developed a New Student Orientation that continues to be used today.  She has taught ESL at other universities, including Washington, DC’s esteemed LADO International Institute, where she was trained, and for multiple governmental contracts abroad.  She has also worked as a Spanish/English interpreter in Spain, Costa Rica and Kentucky.

Tiffany studied abroad in Cordoba, Argentina in 2005.  She worked as an intern for the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America, in Washington, DC in 2006.  She was a university student teacher of Spanish and Portuguese, as part of her comparative teaching methodologies thesis. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Asheville in 2008.   

Tiffany is a world traveler and linguist, who loves sharing cultures with her two young children.  She has an extensive background in theater, in English and Spanish, and enjoys fostering confidence in students for public speaking and pursuing their passions.

 

 
Please contact asinternational@uky.edu with general questions about internationalization at A&S.