Recent News

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

Kutztown University Student Aidan La Penta Wins PASSHE's 2025 Syed R. Ali-Zaidi Award

Kutztown University student and PA Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Aidan La Penta is the 2025 recipient of the Syed R. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence from Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The Board of Governors will ...

Apr 9, 2025, 10:16am EDT

Kutztown University Awards 2025 Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Awards

Kutztown University presented the Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Awards to nine accomplished students Friday, April 4. Students who received awards were nominated by staff and faculty members for meeting one or more of the seven areas of achiev...

Apr 9, 2025, 9:00am EDT

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Celebrate Easter on the Farm at Kutztown University April 12

Celebrate Pennsylvania German Easter traditions and the vibrant folk culture of the region at Easter on the Farm 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 12, Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University, 22 Luckenbill Road, Kutztown. ...

Apr 8, 2025, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Professor, Schuylkill Valley Principal Win National Award for Educational Partnership

Dr. Meganlyn Norris, assistant professor, Elementary, Middle Level, Library and Technologies Education, Kutztown University, and Dr. Shannon O'Donnell, principal, Schuylkill Valley Elementary School, have won the Exemplary P-20 Boundary Spanning award ...

Apr 7, 2025, 9:00am EDT

KU Students Participate in Undergraduate Research Day at State Capitol

Kutztown University students Margaret C. Friedman and Sierra Smart participated in Undergraduate Research at the Capitol Pennsylvania day Tuesday, March 25. KU participates in this educational conference annually, which allows undergraduate students en...

Apr 3, 2025, 10:25am EDT

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Kurt Elling to Bring His Vocal Artistry to KU for Berks Jazz Fest April 9

Kutztown University will partner with Boscov's Berks Jazz Fest to present "Kurt Elling Celebrates Weather Report," featuring special guest drummer Peter Erskine, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, Schaeffer Auditorium. The concert will be the season fina...

Mar 31, 2025, 9:00am EDT

New German Consul General Visits KU's Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center

German Consul General Till Knorn of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York, visited Kutztown University for a tour of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center Monday, March 24. Knorn was accompanied by Anton Klix, ...

Mar 27, 2025, 1:00pm EDT

Murshed to Host Spring 2025 Chambliss Faculty Lecture April 2

Kutztown University is proud to host an engaging lecture by Dr. Feisal Murshed, associate professor of Business Administration, for Kutztown University's Spring 2025 Chambliss Faculty Lecture at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, 183 McFarland Student Union...

Mar 27, 2025, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University to Host Social Work Community Forum March 28

The Department of Social Work at Kutztown University is proud to host the 21st Annual Community Forum, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, March 28, Schaeffer Auditorium. The Community Forum is a gathering of social work professionals, university community me...

Mar 26, 2025, 1:00pm 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.