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KU Expands Teacher Leadership Academy with New Agreements with Methacton and Reading

Kutztown University's Teacher Leadership Academy launched in January as a transformative initiative dedicated to nurturing and empowering the next generation of education leaders. The Academy is set to expand this fall with new agreements with Methacto...

Sep 5, 2024, 9:00am EDT

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this selfie, made up of 62 individual images, on July 23. A rock nicknamed “Cheyava Falls,” which has features that may bear on the question of whether the Red Planet was long ago home to microscopic life, is to the left of the rover near the center of the image.

Kutztown University to Pair with Mars 2020 Rover for 5-Year NASA Grant

Kutztown University's Department of Physical Sciences has been awarded a five-year, $375,000 grant from NASA for its Here to Observe (H2O) program. The H2O Program gives undergraduate students the opportunity to observe and interact with NASA Planetary...

Sep 3, 2024, 9:00am EDT

Moss Receives Kutztown University's 2024 Wiesenberger Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dr. Lauren Moss, professor of Counselor Education and Student Affairs, received Kutztown University's 2024 Arthur and Isabel Wiesenberger Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award is presented annually to a faculty member who has demonstrated superla...

Aug 29, 2024, 9:07am EDT

Julie Smith Named 2024 Kutztown University Employee of the Year

Congratulations to Julie Smith, laboratory manager, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, on being named the 2024 Kutztown University Employee of the Year. Smith was named the Employee of the Year during KU's Faculty and Staff Convocation and Celebrat...

Aug 28, 2024, 12:07pm EDT

Princeton Review Ranks Kutztown University as One of Best in Region for 22nd Straight Year

Kutztown University has been ranked as one of the Best Colleges in the Mid-Atlantic Region by The Princeton Review for 2025. The education services company is widely known for its test prep programs and college and graduate school guides. KU is among 9...

Aug 27, 2024, 2:25pm EDT

KU Announces Faculty Tenure, Promotions for Fall 2024

The Kutztown University Office of the Provost is pleased to announce faculty tenure and promotions for the 2024 fall semester. FACULTY AWARDED TENURE, FALL 2024 Scott Bastedo, Cinema, Television and Media Production Sally Hyatt, Counselor Education ...

Aug 26, 2024, 9:00am EDT

Hawkinson Announces Upcoming Retirement as KU President

The President of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, announced his upcoming retirement at the university's 2024 Faculty and Staff Convocation and Celebration, Friday morning, Aug. 23. Hawkinson, the 12th president of KU, said...

Aug 23, 2024, 11:08am EDT

Kutztown University Professor Appointed to Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Governor Josh Shapiro has appointed Kutztown University's Dr. Jonathan Kremser to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Kremser, a professor and department chair in KU's criminal justice department, brings a wealth of expertise and expe...

Aug 13, 2024, 9:00am EDT

KU College of Education Partners with Area School Districts to Provide Early Access to Careers in Education

Kutztown University's College of Education, in partnership with area high schools, is helping to create access to careers in education with a unique, dual enrollment program: the "KU Early College Academy for Education." The Early College Academy for ...

Aug 12, 2024, 9:00am EDT

KU Professor Selected to Lead Evaluation of Early Math Literacy in Teacher Preparation Programs

Kutztown University's Dr. Michele White, associate professor of Elementary, Middle Level, Library and Technologies Education, alongside Dr. Karise Mace '22 of Kutztown Area School District have been selected as two of 40 experts from across the country...

Aug 8, 2024, 10:00am 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.