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Kutztown University Foundation Breaks Ground on Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research

The Kutztown University Foundation broke ground on the Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research. "This moment would not be possible without the strong partnership of Kutztown University or the support of our donors," said Scott Dorn, President...

Aug 25, 2021, 9:00am EDT

Invitation to Cover: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kutztown University to Renew Academic Research Agreement Wednesday

Kutztown University and Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, Pa., will renew a five-year agreement of academic cooperation Wednesday, Aug. 25, establishing a research affiliation for the mutual benefit of both institutions. Media interested in attending ...

Aug 24, 2021, 9:00am EDT

Rodale Institute, Kutztown University Sign Academic Research Agreement

Kutztown University and Rodale Institute, Kutztown, Pa., signed a five-year agreement of academic cooperation Monday, establishing a research affiliation for the mutual benefit of both institutions. Rodale Institute is a nonprofit research and educati...

Aug 23, 2021, 2:47pm EDT

INVITATION TO COVER: Kutztown University Foundation to Break Ground on Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research Tuesday, Aug. 24

The Kutztown University Foundation will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research. This state-of-the-art facility will include a 2,100 square foot performance space in addition to rooms dedicated to each o...

Aug 23, 2021, 9:00am EDT

Invitation to Cover: Rodale Institute, Kutztown University to Sign Academic Research Agreement Monday, Aug. 23

Kutztown University and Rodale Institute, Kutztown, Pa., will sign a five-year agreement of academic cooperation at 10 a.m., Monday, Aug. 23, establishing a research affiliation for the mutual benefit of both institutions. Media interested in attendin...

Aug 19, 2021, 8:13am EDT

Kutztown University to Host COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics for Fall Semester

Kutztown University will host four COVID-19 vaccination clinics this fall. Clinics are free of charge and are open to students, employees, community members and children ages 12 and older. KU will offer one Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic before tr...

Aug 16, 2021, 8:25am EDT

Newlander Awarded Three-Year NSF Research Grant

Kutztown University's Dr. Khori Newlander, assistant professor of anthropology, received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for $245,515 to support a three-year archaeological study that explores the effects of industrialization in 19th-century ...

Aug 9, 2021, 10:40am EDT

Music Business Concentration Receives National Accreditation

Kutztown University's music business concentration, within the undergraduate music degree program, received accreditation approval from the National Association of Schools of Music. Designed for students interested in working behind the scenes in the m...

Aug 5, 2021, 11:58am EDT

Kutztown University Launches Technical Writing Undergraduate Certificate

As technology continues to evolve and proliferate, it is increasingly interwoven into the everyday social, economic, civic and academic lives of millions of people. As a result, people rely on technical documents that are precise, concise and organized...

Aug 3, 2021, 9:20am EDT

Kutztown University hosts Press Conference for Senator Haywood and PASSHE to Announce DEI Funding

State Senator Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) held a hybrid press conference at Kutztown University Wednesday, to announce new funding for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initia...

Jul 21, 2021, 2:42pm 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.