Recent News

Mayor Sandy Green Presented Kutztown University President's Medal

Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, president of Kutztown University, presented the KU President's Medal to outgoing Kutztown Borough Mayor Sandra "Sandy" Green on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at a ceremony in the President's Residence. "Sandy has spent countless hours o...

Dec 6, 2017, 9:57am EST

Kiec Named Dean of College of Visual and Performing Arts at Kutztown University

Dr. Michelle Kiec has been named dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Kutztown University, effective December 9. Kiec came to Kutztown University in 2012 as the associate dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts. She serve...

Dec 6, 2017, 8:49am EST

Share the Care Initiative Provides Care Packages for Former Foster Students

Kutztown University has joined ChildPromise, Inc., Philadelphia, in an effort to provide care packages to college students who have aged out of the foster care system. Many of the more than 45 KU students from the foster care system desire the suppo...

Dec 5, 2017, 7:00am EST

Kutztown University Fall Commencement Slated for Dec. 16

Nearly 500 students will be awarded degrees during Kutztown University's fall commencement on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 9 a.m. in O'Pake Fieldhouse. Dr. Kenneth Hawkinson, university president, and Dr. Anne Zayaitz, provost and vice president for Academic ...

Dec 4, 2017, 11:32am EST

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Das Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

Kutztown University professor Dr. Kunal Das has been awarded a National Science Foundation Grant, clearing his half a million dollar mark of single investigator funds. Dr. Das is receiving his National Science (NSF) grant for his recurring work rega...

Dec 1, 2017, 12:50pm EST

Christmas on the Farm to Celebrate PA German Culture at Kutztown University

Kutztown University's Pa. German Cultural Heritage Center will host Christmas on the Farm, Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the heritage center's property on Luckenbill Road, Maxatawny Township. The event, which is free and open to the publ...

Nov 17, 2017, 8:50am EST

Kutztown University Student Researches True Origins of Thanksgiving

Emily Sakal, a senior history major from Phoenixville, Pa., conducted research to find the validity of whether or not Thanksgiving truly began with the Pilgrims. Sakal's area of focus was history, more specifically "How Thanksgiving has been celebra...

Nov 16, 2017, 2:53pm EST

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Oswald's Mill Audio Grand Opening in Fleetwood

Oswald's Mill Audio along with the Kutztown University Small Business Development Center will present a Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, taking place at 130 S. Walnut Street, Fleetwood, PA 19522. The Grand Opening event will be held on Saturd...

Nov 16, 2017, 10:24am EST

Kutztown University Conference on Social Work in the Global Environment to Feature Neil Deshmukh

Neil Deshmukh, a 14-year old technology and business prodigy, will serve as keynote speaker at Kutztown University's Conference on Social Work in the Global Environment on Friday, Nov. 17, in room 218 of the McFarland Student Union. The conference run...

Nov 15, 2017, 10:19am EST

Corrected: Kutztown University to Celebrate World Philosophy Day November 16

Dr. Susan J. Brison will present the UNESCO World Philosophy Day lecture, "Sex, Violence, and Global Human Rights," at Kutztown University on Thursday, Nov. 16, at 5 p.m. in Boehm Science Center room 145. This event is hosted by the Department of Philo...

Nov 10, 2017, 10:42am 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.