KU to Celebrate Unity Day Aug. 29
Kutztown, PA (08/26/2019) — Kutztown University will celebrate Unity Day at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 29, on Schaeffer Lawn. Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, university president, along with university leaders, representatives from the student body, the community and other campus officials will give remarks celebrating KU's diversity and multicultural makeup.
The event will take place during the university's annual Community Link Fair, which brings together local businesses with the campus community.
KU's freshman class represents a large increase in cultural diversity on the KU campus with 24% of the students being diverse. Kutztown had an 11% diversity rate among its student body as a whole in 2009 and is now, as of July 17, at 21% in 2019.