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Kutztown University Announces Spring 2020 Degree Recipients

Kutztown University has conferred degrees for more than 1,200 students for the Spring 2020 semester. Kutztown University announces degree conferment twice a year, once in the winter and once in the summer. Commencement exercises are held in May and ...

Jul 20, 2020, 9:00am EDT

KU Admissions Resumes Daily Campus Tours

Kutztown University is pleased to resume daily campus tours for prospective students, with social-distancing measures. In addition to the online/virtual and self-guided tours, KU offers admissions presentations and campus tours at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30...

Jul 9, 2020, 9:00am EDT

Kutztown University Council of Trustees Elects New Officers

The Kutztown University Council of Trustees has appointed new officers for the 2020-2022 academic years. Jim Ludlow has been appointed chair of the trustees, Robert Grim, Esq., has been appointed vice chair and Dennis Giorno '94 has been appointed s...

Jul 2, 2020, 9:00am EDT

KU 2020 Graduate Daniel Johns Wins State System Award for Academic Excellence

The Syed R. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence is conferred upon a graduating senior from one of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities. Kutztown University's Daniel Johns '20 was presented as the 2020 winner of the Syed R....

Jul 1, 2020, 1:19pm EDT

Two New Trustees Appointed at Kutztown University

Phillips Armstrong '71 and student Marshae Batchelor have been named Kutztown University's newest additions to its Council of Trustees. Armstrong is a KU graduate and taught social studies in the Lehigh Valley for more than 40 years. Batchelor was sele...

Jul 1, 2020, 8:54am EDT

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Kutztown University Announces Fall 2020 Reopening Plan

The following email was sent Thursday morning, June 25, to the Kutztown University campus from university president, Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson. June 25, 2020 Dear Kutztown University Community, Thank you for your patience as we prepared for the...

Jun 25, 2020, 11:20am EDT

Trustee Pichini Completes First Year on Commission on Presidential Scholars

Kutztown University Council of Trustee member Guido Pichini '74 completed his first year as a president-appointed member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars. The Commission recently announced the 56th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recogni...

Jun 24, 2020, 8:37am EDT

KU Council of Trustees Approve New Internship Agreements at June 2020 Meeting

The Kutztown University Council of Trustees approved new internship agreements and affiliation agreements as part of their latest meeting held Thursday, June 11. In Thursday's business, the KU Council of Trustees: * Approved minutes from prior me...

Jun 11, 2020, 3:58pm EDT

Kutztown University Announces Spring 2020 Dean's List

More than 2,550 students have been named to the Spring 2020 Dean's List at Kutztown University. To be eligible for the Dean's List, an undergraduate student must be registered for at least 12 credits and have a minimum grade point average of 3.60. S...

Jun 8, 2020, 9:00am EDT

Communication Design Graduate Program Lowers Residency-Requirement to Offer Further Flexibility for Students

Kutztown University's Master of Fine Arts in communication design program is one of the few programs in its field in the state and provides one of the best-valued programs in the country. In an effort to give students further flexibility, KU's communic...

Jun 1, 2020, 9:46am 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.