Recent News

KU Rock Ensemble Wins Three Downbeat Student Music Awards

Kutztown University's Rock Ensemble I received two 2022 Downbeat Student Music Awards and a singer in the ensemble, Delacey Lora, has been named 'Best Singer' in the Pop, Rock and Blues category. These are the seventh, eighth and ninth Downbeat awards ...

May 5, 2022, 9:00am EDT

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KU Receives Two Year NSF Grant to Improve Equity in STEM

Dr. Laurie McMillan, associate dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and her team of co-principal investigators, Dr. Michele Baranczyk, assistant professor of psychology, Dr. Moira Conway, assistant professor of geography, and Dr. Lyn McQuaid, associate p...

May 4, 2022, 1:16pm EDT

VP Hilton Named President at SUNY's Onondaga Community College

Dr. Warren Hilton, Kutztown University's vice president for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, has been named president at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, N.Y. The appointment was announced today by The State University of New York (SUN...

May 3, 2022, 2:43pm EDT

Kutztown University to Celebrate 2022 Spring Commencement May 13-14

More than 1,200 students will be awarded degrees during Kutztown University's spring commencement ceremonies May 13-14, at O'Pake Fieldhouse. Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, university president, and Dr. Lorin Basden Arnold, provost and vice president for Ac...

May 2, 2022, 9:00am EDT

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KU Council of Trustees Approve Spring 2022 Graduates at April Meeting

The Kutztown University Council of Trustees approved the spring 2022 graduates to highlight the Council's April 2022 board meeting Thursday afternoon. More than 1,200 students will be awarded degrees during Kutztown University's spring commencement ce...

Apr 29, 2022, 8:58am EDT

Kutztown University Inducts Second Annual Class of Arts Hall of Fame

The Kutztown University Arts Society presented five recipients with the 2022 Schaeffer-Sharadin Fellows award, which includes induction into the second annual class of the KU Arts Hall of Fame. Wednesday night's induction ceremony at Schaeffer Auditori...

Apr 22, 2022, 9:00am EDT

Schwank, Kutztown University Announce $100,000 in State Grant Funding for Keith Haring Fitness Park

Kutztown University will receive $100,000 in state grant funding to support the much-anticipated Keith Haring Fitness Park, thanks to advocacy from State Sen. Judy Schwank, the university announced at a press conference Thursday. The park is set to ope...

Apr 21, 2022, 3:48pm EDT

Kutztown University Welcomes Rafi as Director of Institutional Research

Dr. Fawad S. Rafi has been hired to serve as Kutztown University's new director of Institutional Research. Rafi will begin his appointment Monday, April 25. Rafi has an extensive career history and comes to KU from Lehigh Carbon Community College, whe...

Apr 20, 2022, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Honors Student Awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Kutztown University Honors student Vanessa Maybruck, Allentown, Pa., has been selected as an award recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) in recognition of her high levels of success in her future acade...

Apr 19, 2022, 10:14am EDT

Invitation to Cover: Kutztown University to Announce Grant from Senator Schwank for Keith Haring Fitness Park Thursday, April 21

Kutztown University will announce a grant from State Senator Judith L. Schwank to support the anticipated Keith Haring Fitness Park at a press conference 2 p.m., Thursday, April 21, KU Student Recreation Center Room 200. Media interested in attending ...

Apr 19, 2022, 9:00am 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.