Recent News

Veit Named Managing Director for Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research

Kutztown University has named Dr. Andrew Veit as the new managing director for the Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research. After two years as the director of percussion studies at the University of Texas Permian Basin, Veit will begin at KU M...

May 13, 2025, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Awarded Dual Credit Innovation Grant to Address State's Teacher Shortage

Kutztown University has been awarded a $946,951 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for its Dual Credit Innovation program to address the state's teacher shortage. The grant will support scholarships and programming for KU's Early Colle...

May 6, 2025, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University to Celebrate 2025 Spring Commencement May 16-17

More than 1,250 students will be awarded degrees during Kutztown University's spring commencement ceremonies May 16-17, at O'Pake Fieldhouse. Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, university president, and Dr. Lorin Basden Arnold, provost and vice president for Ac...

May 5, 2025, 9:00am EDT

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Liquid and Kutztown University Celebrate Ninth Annual Digital Marketing Award Winners

Liquid, in partnership with Kutztown University, proudly announces the winners of the ninth annual Liquid Digital Marketing Award competition. This year's challenge, presented in collaboration with Insomnia Cookies, tasked student teams with developing...

May 2, 2025, 9:00am EDT

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Philip Cavalier Named President of Kutztown University

The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education on Wednesday unanimously selected Philip Cavalier, Ph.D., to be the next president of Kutztown University following a nationwide search. The appointment takes effect July 6, 2025...

Apr 30, 2025, 8:56am EDT

Keystone Hall, home of the Kutztown University Golden Bears, to Undergo Renovation

Kutztown University's home for Golden Bear Athletics, Keystone Hall, will undergo a complete building renovation for the first time in its 54-year existence, beginning May 2026. The building will feature a modernized home for KU student-athletes, coach...

Apr 25, 2025, 10:05am EDT

KU Council of Trustees Approve Admissions Welcome Center to be Named in Hawkinson's Honor

The Kutztown University Council of Trustees approved the naming of the Hawkinson Admissions Welcome Center in honor of university president, Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, at the council's April meeting, Thursday, April 24. The Hawkinson Admissions Welcome...

Apr 24, 2025, 4:30pm EDT

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Kutztown University to Host Third Annual Fitness Clinic and Competition at Keith Haring Fitness Court May 1

Kutztown University sport management students and faculty are leading the charge to provide the campus and local communities exercise clinics and competitions 11 a.m. to noon, Thursday, May 1, Keith Haring Fitness Court (rain location: Student Recreati...

Apr 16, 2025, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Announces Fall 2024, Winter 2025 Degree Recipients

Kutztown University has conferred degrees for 414 students for the 2024 fall semester and 2025 winter session. Kutztown University announces degree conferment twice a year, once in the winter and once in the summer. Commencement exercises are held in ...

Apr 15, 2025, 9:00am EDT

KU Selected to ALL IN 2025 Student Voting Honor Roll

Kutztown University has been recognized by ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2025 Student Voting Honor Roll recipient. The ALL IN Most Engaged Campuses for College Student Voting recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding effor...

Apr 14, 2025, 9:00am 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.