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Kutztown University Signs Dual Enrollment Agreements with Three Local School Districts

Kutztown University signed five-year dual enrollment agreements with Antietam, Brandywine Heights Area and Fleetwood Area School Districts on Thursday, June 20, to facilitate an advanced college-experience program to recruit outstanding students to KU ...

Jun 20, 2019, 4:32pm EDT

Kutztown University and RACC Sign Grant Agreement with SAM Inc. to provide Social Work Graduates to Reading-Area

Kutztown University and Reading Area Community College (RACC) signed a two-year grant agreement with Service and Access Management Inc. (SAM Inc.) Thursday to promote innovation and partnerships between university and community agencies. Kutztown Unive...

Jun 20, 2019, 11:57am EDT

Kutztown University Summer Chamber Music Festival Slated for July 8-14

The Kutztown University Summer Chamber Music Festival will be held July 8-14, 2019. Participants and faculty will perform concerts each evening July 8-12, with a closing concert on July 14, at 7:30 p.m. This year's Festival will present seven varied...

Jun 20, 2019, 9:04am EDT

KUDOS: Office of Student Accounts

KU's University Relations (UR) office has implemented a new staff and department recognition feature. KUDOS, Kutztown University's Dedication to Outstanding Service, focuses on university administrative departments and the individuals within them, givi...

Jun 20, 2019, 8:48am EDT

KU Council of Trustees Approves 33 Internship Agreements at Thursday's June Meeting

The Kutztown University Council of Trustees approved 33 internship agreements as part of their sixth meeting of the academic year on Thursday, June 13. In Thursday's business, the KU Council of Trustees: * Approved the Minutes from prev...

Jun 13, 2019, 5:08pm EDT

Dr. Adrienne Oakley Brings #VoicesForScience to Kutztown University

Kutztown University's Dr. Adrienne Oakley, associate professor of geology and marine science, department of physical sciences, has been selected from a highly-competitive national pool as a 2019 Advocate in the Media/Communications track in the America...

Jun 13, 2019, 9:46am EDT

KU Alumna Completes Deep Dive for Marine Research

2017 KU graduate and former marine science/oceanography and geology major, Sarah Moriarty, recently completed a deep ocean dive on the Human Occupied Vehicle (HOV) Alvin submersible on the East Pacific Rise. Moriarty is currently working on her master'...

Jun 12, 2019, 10:57am EDT

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KUDOS: Registrar's Office

KU's University Relations (UR) office has implemented a new staff and department recognition feature. KUDOS, Kutztown University's Dedication to Outstanding Service, focuses on university administrative departments and the individuals within them, givi...

May 29, 2019, 10:47am EDT

Kutztown University Kicks off 2019 Summer Camps & Conference Season

Kutztown University's 2019 summer conference and camp season is now underway. This season was kicked off by this past weekend's Cub Scout JAMBO camp to celebrate the Minsi Trails Council's 50th anniversary. There is much more excitement to come this su...

May 24, 2019, 8:56am EDT

Two Kutztown University Students to compete for Team USA at Inline Speed Skating World Championships in Spain

Two inline speed skaters from Kutztown University have qualified to compete at the 2019 Inline Speed Skating World Championships next month in Barcelona, Spain. Recent graduate McKenzie Browne '19 and freshman Jazzmyn Foster qualified for a spot on the...

May 23, 2019, 11:36am EDT

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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.