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Pinkalicious The Musical to Open KU Presents! Family Series Nov. 17

The KU Presents! Family Series will delight children and their parents with "Pinkalicious: The Musical," in the Vital Theatre Company tour of its long-running off-Broadway production 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at Kutztown University's Schaeffer Auditorium...

Nov 7, 2024, 9:00am EST

Walker Honored with PASSHE's 2024 Keepers of the Flame Award

Stephen G. Walker, academic coach for Student Support Services, is Kutztown University's recipient of the annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Keepers of the Flame Award, organized by Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). Wa...

Nov 5, 2024, 8:00am EST

Celebrate Vibraphone and Xylophone at Kutztown University Nov. 8

The Wells-Rapp Center for Mallet Percussion Research will present an evening of music featuring Heather Thorn and Jonathan Silva 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8. They will be joined by Vivacity Trio and special guests Gordon Stout, Garry Kvistad, Jeffrey M. M...

Nov 4, 2024, 8:00am EST

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Fortepianist Daniel Maltz to join KU Orchestra for The True Sound of Haydn

Lovers of classical music will have a rare chance to hear Joseph Haydn's Keyboard Concerto in D minor as his contemporaries would have heard it 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, Schaeffer Auditorium. The program, part of the KU Presents! series, will feature...

Oct 30, 2024, 9:53am EDT

Kutztown University Professor Paula Holoviak to Hold Book Signing and Q&A for Pennsylvania Government and Politics Oct. 27

Thomas Baldino, retired professor of political science at Wilkes University, and co-author Paula Holoviak, professor of philosophy and government at Kutztown University, will hold a book signing and Q&A for their book, Pennsylvania Government and Polit...

Oct 22, 2024, 9:00am EDT

Setliff to Host Fall 2024 Chambliss Faculty Lecture Oct. 22

Kutztown University is proud to host an engaging and interactive lecture by Dr. Gregory Setliff, professor of Biology, for Kutztown University's Fall 2024 Chambliss Faculty Lecture 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 183 McFarland Student Union. In addition to...

Oct 21, 2024, 9:00am EDT

KU Presents! Welcomes Journey Tribute Band to Berks County With "Open Arms"

Audiences continue to be carried away by the music of the classic rock band Journey, and there are many bands around the country that specialize in those songs. But one that has emerged as a dead ringer for Journey during the Steve Perry years (1977-87...

Oct 16, 2024, 9:00am EDT

Professor Speirs Awarded Pennsylvania Art Education Association's Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator

Kutztown University's Dr. Peg Speirs, professor of Art Education, is the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Higher Education Art Educator award from the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA). Through a rigorous review process, PAEA identified S...

Oct 15, 2024, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Celebrates Increases in Enrollment and Retention for Fall 2024

Kutztown University continues to provide new pathways for students to continue their education, as the university grew its graduate studies and new transfer enrollment for the second-straight year, with an overall student body increase for the 2024-25 ...

Oct 3, 2024, 2:47pm EDT

KU Presents! Opens Season Oct. 8 with Improv Musical for a Hilarious Evening

"Shamilton! The Improvised Hip-Hop Parody Musical" is coming to Kutztown University's Schaeffer Auditorium 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, to open the KU Presents! 2024-25 season. The production, created by cast members of the famed Chicago improv musical g...

Oct 2, 2024, 9:33am 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.