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Message from Kutztown University President regarding KU Summer Sessions and Summer Activities

The following message was sent to the KU campus community Monday, March 30. Dear KU Campus Community, The State System presidents received direction from the chancellor this morning regarding 2020 summer sessions and other planned summer activiti...

Mar 30, 2020, 2:02pm EDT

Joseph Mumbauer Named KU Employee of the Month for December 2019

Congratulations to Joseph Mumbauer, senior systems analyst in Information Technology, on being named KU Employee of the Month for December 2019. Mumbauer had two nominations. The first from Daniel Haney, admissions, reads: "Over the past several ...

Mar 27, 2020, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University May 2020 Commencement Update

Kutztown University announced Wednesday it has rescheduled the university's spring commencement ceremonies, originally scheduled for May 8-9, to a later date. The decision was made in the best interest of the health and safety of the KU campus communit...

Mar 25, 2020, 9:01am EDT

Recla Joins KU as Marketing Director

Kutztown University welcomes Leanne Recla as the university's new marketing director. Recla brings 13 years of marketing experience to KU, most recently at Lehigh Carbon Community College (LCCC). She began at KU March 9. Recla's specialty is develop...

Mar 24, 2020, 11:18am EDT

KU Radio Brings Home Gold at National Awards

Kutztown University Radio (KUR) won an illustrious Golden Microphone and two runner-up awards at the 2020 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Awards earlier this month. The Awards were held in New York City at the 80th International IBS Conferenc...

Mar 23, 2020, 11:05am EDT

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Canceled: LVHN Mobile Mammograms Returning to KU April 10; Register Today

This event has been cancelled. Original release from Feb. 17 is below. The Lehigh Valley Cancer Institute will bring its mobile mammography coach to Kutztown University Friday, April 10. Screenings will take place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Rec...

Mar 16, 2020, 8:32pm EDT

Campus Update from President Hawkinson: Classes to Move Online for Semester, Telecommuting to Begin at KU

The following was sent to the Kutztown University campus. March 16, 2020 Dear Kutztown University Students, Faculty, and Staff, The situation has been changing rapidly concerning the COVID-19 outbreak with new information and directives coming...

Mar 16, 2020, 4:03pm EDT

Canceled: Kutztown University SBDC to hold Meet and Greet Expo March 18

This event has been canceled. Below is the initial press release from March 10. Since 1993, the Kutztown University Small Business Development Center (KUSBDC) has managed a long history of successful entrepreneurial development programs and has grow...

Mar 16, 2020, 8:48am EDT

Further Update from KU President Hawkinson: State System chancellor orders suspension of in-person instruction until March 29

The following letter was sent to the Kutztown University campus this evening: Dear KU Campus Community: The 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities, including Kutztown University, just received direction from our chancellor ...

Mar 13, 2020, 7:31pm EDT

Canceled: Emmet Cahill and the Emerald String Quartet Canceled at Kutztown University March 18

Kutztown University's upcoming KU Presents! performance, Emmet Cahill and the Emerald String Quartet, originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, has been canceled. Refunds will be issued to all ticket holders. Remaining shows this season are stil...

Mar 13, 2020, 2:00pm EDT

About Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Comprising four colleges - Business, Education, Liberal Arts and Sciences and Visual and Performing Arts - Kutztown University of Pennsylvania offers a wide range of outstanding academic programs to prepare individuals for successful careers.

Located on 289 acres, the campus is adjacent to the Borough of Kutztown in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Enrollment at the university includes 8,500 students from more than 20 states and nations. There are 362 tenured/tenure-track instructional faculty and boast a favorable 20:1 student-faculty ratio. Eighty-eight percent of KU faculty have doctorates or terminal degrees.

Kutztown University was founded in 1866 as Keystone Normal School.  The school became Kutztown State Teachers College in 1928, Kutztown State College in 1960 and achieved university status in 1983.

Kutztown University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.