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KUTV Selected to Broadcast PSAC Women's Basketball Final Four This Weekend

Kutztown University's department of Cinema, Television and Media Production has been selected to cover this weekend's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Women's Basketball Final Four. This year's PSAC Women's Basketball Final Four wi...

Mar 7, 2019, 10:00am EST

Office of Veterans Services to Host Fourth Annual Women Veterans' Luncheon and Q&A Panel March 19

Kutztown University's Office of Veterans Services will host its fourth annual Women Veterans' Luncheon on Tuesday, March 19, in room 223 of the McFarland Student Union Building. While the 11 a.m. luncheon is RSVP-only and registration is now closed,...

Mar 7, 2019, 9:00am EST

KU's College of Business Set to Host Annual Entrepreneurial Leadership Week March 26-28

Kutztown University will host its annual Entrepreneurial Leadership Week on campus March 26-28, 2019. Sponsored by KU's College of Business, Entrepreneurial Leadership Week features three days of activities of interest to students and community busines...

Mar 6, 2019, 3:37pm EST

KU Department of Geography to Host Talk and Book Signing with National Geographic Explorer and TED Fellow Dr. M. Jackson

Kutztown University's Department of Geography is pleased to host Dr. M. Jackson, National Geographic Society Explorer, TED Fellow, geographer, glaciologist, environmental educator and author of The Secret Lives of Glaciers (2019). Dr. M. Jackson's talk...

Mar 6, 2019, 1:03pm EST

State System Honors Summer Study Abroad Award Winners

Two Kutztown University students have been named as award recipients representing KU's Honors Program during this summer's Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Honors Summer Study Abroad Program. Hosted by Bloomsburg University, junio...

Mar 6, 2019, 11:00am EST

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KU Career Development Center to Hold Job Fair for Educators March 11

Kutztown University's Career Development Center will host its 38th annual Job Fair for Educators on Monday, March 11, in room 218 of the McFarland Student Union Building. The fair will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 2 p.m. KU students and alumni are welco...

Mar 6, 2019, 10:00am EST

KU's PA German Cultural Heritage Center Opens Collaborative Exhibit with Glencairn Museum

In collaboration with Kutztown University and the Glencairn Museum, the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center opened an exhibit entitled, "Hex Signs: Sacred and Celestial Symbolism in Pennsylvania Dutch Barn Stars," on March 1 at the Glencairn M...

Mar 6, 2019, 8:27am EST

Invitation to Cover: Kutztown University Legislative Breakfast

Kutztown University will host a legislative breakfast on Friday, March 8, a discussion based around examining the evolving role of the comprehensive university, its historical purpose, challenges it must face, and what it will look like in the future. ...

Mar 4, 2019, 12:26pm EST

96th Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Exhibition to Be Held at Kutztown University, Postponed to March 16

Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a non-profit organization, Kutztown University will host the 96th Scholastic Art & Writing Awards on a new date of Saturday, March 16, at Schaeffer Auditorium beginning at 1 p.m. The Schola...

Mar 1, 2019, 1:15pm EST

Benise brings his Acclaimed PBS Special to Kutztown University March 21

Join the audience on a romantic and exotic journey of music and dance that celebrates the fire, passion and spirit of Spain with Fuego!, which takes the stage on Thursday, March 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Schaeffer Auditorium on the Kutztown University campus...

Mar 1, 2019, 10:13am EST

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.