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Free KU Presents! Arts ALIVE! Performances in April

KU Presents! Arts ALIVE! brings four outdoor performances on three consecutive Friday evenings in April. The series will feature Celtic, Latin and jazz music as well as contemporary dance. Starting at 6 p.m. and ending before sunset, the open-air venue...

Apr 1, 2021, 9:04am EDT

KU Council of Trustees Approve 27 Internship Agreements at Thursday's March 2021 Meeting

The Kutztown University Council of Trustees approved 27 internship agreements to highlight the Council's March 2021 virtual board meeting Thursday afternoon. In other business, the KU Council of Trustees: * Approved minutes from Dec. 10, 2020 mee...

Mar 18, 2021, 4:05pm EDT

Kutztown University Radio Wins Two Broadcasting Awards

Kutztown University Radio (KUR) won runner-up awards at the 81st annual Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) Awards, held earlier this month. KUR won runner-up in Most Innovative/Creative Programming for "Mellowkore's Funhouse - Dead Mall Track...

Mar 11, 2021, 9:01am EST

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Eastern Central PA Students Announced as 2021 Regional Scholastic Art Award Recipients

The Eastern Central Pennsylvania Scholastic Affiliate has announced the regional award recipients of the 2021 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Presented by the nonprofit organization the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the 98th Scholastic Art...

Mar 10, 2021, 2:28pm EST

Kutztown University Announces Fall 2021 Plans

Kutztown University announced Monday its intent to return to a primarily face-to-face environment for the 2021 fall semester. While some health and wellness protocols may remain in place, KU's course offerings and residential experience will more-close...

Mar 8, 2021, 2:03pm EST

Kutztown University Department of Social Work to Host 17th Annual Community Forum March 19

The Kutztown University Department of Social Work will host its 17th annual Community Forum 8:45 to 4 p.m., Friday, March 19. The topic for this year's virtual event, "Education Enterprise in Transition: A Call to Action," raises awareness of issues su...

Mar 8, 2021, 9:55am EST

Mobile Mammograms Returning to Kutztown University April 2; Register Today

The Lehigh Valley Cancer Institute will bring its mobile mammography coach to Kutztown University Friday, April 2. Screenings will take place 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Student Recreation Center parking lot. The screening service will be offered to women ...

Mar 4, 2021, 9:00am EST

Kutztown University Celebrates Women's History Month 2021

March is Women's History Month and Kutztown University has planned a variety of events to celebrate. Women's History Month began as a weeklong proclamation in 1980 by president Jimmy Carter. The week of March 8 was originally designated as National ...

Mar 1, 2021, 9:07am EST

Volkert Hired as Kutztown University's New Executive Director of Health and Wellness Services

Kutztown University is proud to welcome Amanda Volkert as its new executive director of Health and Wellness Services. Volkert, a registered nurse, brings more than 10 years of varying experience in behavioral and mental health, leadership, training, oc...

Feb 24, 2021, 9:00am EST

Kutztown University Announces Fall 2020, Winter 2021 Degree Recipients

Kutztown University has conferred degrees for more than 480 students for the 2020 fall semester and 2021 winter session. Kutztown University announces degree conferment twice a year, once in the winter and once in the summer. Commencement exercises ...

Feb 23, 2021, 10:23am EST

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.