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KU Student Selected for Writing Wrongs Project to Produce Book in 72-hour Marathon Workshop Labor Day Weekend
15 students from a variety of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York colleges have been selected to labor during this year's Labor Day weekend Writing Wrongs project. During a 72-hour workshop held in Berks County, the students, working as staff writers...
Aug 29, 2019, 10:22am EDT
Hawkins Promoted to Associate State Director of Financial Management at PASBDC
Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center (PASBDC) announced the promotion of Susan Hawkins as the associate state director of financial management. Previously, Hawkins was the Kutztown University SBDC assistant director of finance and special pro...
Aug 28, 2019, 8:51am EDT
Pfeiler-Wunder Receives National Art Education Foundation Grant
Dr. Amy Pfeiler-Wunder, professor of Art Education, has received one of only 14 grants awarded by the National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) this year. The grant, which totals $10,500, was awarded in collaboration with Dr. Shyla Rao, principal of Cit...
Aug 27, 2019, 1:13pm EDT
Kutztown University Ranked Among Best Colleges for Student Voting by Washington Monthly
Kutztown University was recently named to Washington Monthly's 2019 America's Best Colleges for Student Voting. KU was among 80 schools to be recognized from a pool of nearly 1,500 colleges and universities. This is KU's second-straight year of inclusi...
Aug 27, 2019, 12:02pm EDT
Customers Bank Donates $55,000 to KUSBDC to Support Minority Small Businesses in Reading
Customers Bank recently donated $55,000 to the Kutztown University Small Business Development Center (KUSBDC) to support resources for minority small businesses in Reading. The donation will help minority entrepreneurs with strategic planning to improv...
Aug 26, 2019, 11:18am EDT
KU to Celebrate Unity Day Aug. 29
Kutztown University will celebrate Unity Day at 11 a.m., Thursday, Aug. 29, on Schaeffer Lawn. Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, university president, along with university leaders, representatives from the student body, the community and other campus official...
Aug 26, 2019, 9:04am EDT
KU Set to Kick Off 2019-2020 Academic Year
Kutztown University opens the 2019-2020 academic year with special events Friday, Aug. 23 - Sunday, Aug. 25. Classes begin Monday, Aug. 26. Media interested in attending events should contact Bryan Salvadore, KU director of communications, at salvad...
Aug 19, 2019, 9:32am EDT
Kutztown University Names Kim O'Neill Assistant Dean of College Of Business
Kim O'Neill has been appointed assistant dean of Kutztown University's College of Business. O'Neill comes to KU from the University of Washington (UW) Bothell, where she worked for several years. She began her tenure at KU Aug. 5. In her role at KU,...
Aug 15, 2019, 8:38am EDT
Kutztown University Launches New Website
Kutztown University is excited to announce the launch of our brand-new website! Www.kutztown.edu features a new design and technology that improves the user experience. The responsive design is mobile-friendly across all browsers and incorporates th...
Aug 13, 2019, 9:06am EDT
Joshua Leiboff Named KU Employee of the Month for June 2019
Congratulations to Joshua Leiboff, director of Web and Digital Media, on being named KU Employee of the Month for June 2019. Leiboff's nomination from Arian Hungaski, clerk typist II, College of Business, reads: "I was identified as the point per...
Aug 9, 2019, 2:17pm EDT