Recent News

Hamburg Small Business Walk Highlights Rural Entrepreneurship During National Small Business Week

The Small Business Development Center at Kutztown University (Kutztown SBDC), in partnership with Hamburg's Our Town Foundation, the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), Pennsylvania Business One-Stop Shop, the U.S. Small Business A...

May 5, 2026, 9:41am EDT

Kutztown University to Celebrate Spring 2026 Commencement May 15-16

More than 1,300 students will be awarded degrees during Kutztown University's spring commencement ceremonies May 15-16, at O'Pake Fieldhouse. Dr. Philip Cavalier, university president, and Dr. Lorin Basden Arnold, provost and senior vice president for ...

May 4, 2026, 9:00am EDT

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KU Student Named to PASSHE Board of Governors

Two students from Kutztown University and PennWest University have been appointed to the Board of Governors of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), where they will serve as full voting members. The new student members are: B...

Apr 28, 2026, 12:37pm EDT

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Kutztown University Presents 2026 Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Awards

Kutztown University presented the 2026 Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Awards to eight accomplished students Friday, April 24. Students who received awards were nominated by staff and faculty members for meeting one or more of the seven areas of...

Apr 24, 2026, 1:45pm EDT

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KU Council of Trustees Approve Spring 2026 Graduates at Thursday's April Meeting

The Kutztown University Council of Trustees approved the Spring 2026 graduates to highlight the Council's April board meeting Thursday afternoon, April 23. In other business, the KU Council of Trustees: * Approved meeting minutes from March 12,...

Apr 23, 2026, 3:47pm EDT

Kutztown University Awarded Second Round of Dual Credit Innovation Grant to Support Early College Academy

Through historic investments in education from the Shapiro Administration, more Pennsylvania students are charting their own course to success through dual-credit programs that offer high school students the opportunity to earn college credits before g...

Apr 23, 2026, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Strengthens Entrepreneurship in Berks County with Free Illuminate Event for Business Growth and Networking

The Small Business Development Center at Kutztown University will host the third annual Illuminate Berks County 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, convening 150-200 entrepreneurs, students and community leaders for an evenin...

Apr 21, 2026, 9:00am EDT

Student Trustee Appointed at Kutztown University

Kaitlyn Macauley '27 has been named Kutztown University's newest additions to its Council of Trustees. Macauley's appointment as student trustee was approved at Thursday's State System Board of Governor's meeting. Macauley, of Allentown, Pa., is a jun...

Apr 20, 2026, 1:11pm EDT

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Kutztown University to Host Fourth Annual Fitness Clinic and Competition at Keith Haring Fitness Court April 30

Kutztown University sport management students and faculty, in collaboration with the Student Recreation Center, are leading the charge to provide the campus and local communities exercise clinics and competitions 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 30, K...

Apr 20, 2026, 9:00am EDT

Sheperis Receives Distinguished Professional Service Award from American Counseling Association

Dr. Carl Sheperis '89, vice provost and dean of Graduate Studies at Kutztown University, has been named the 2026 winner of the Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award from the American Counseling Association (ACA). The award was pr...

Apr 9, 2026, 1:59pm 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.