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Kutztown University Awarded It's On Us PA Grant

Kutztown University has been awarded a $20,672 It's On Us PA grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to prevent and respond to sexual assaults. The Department of Education announced yesterday that 39 postsecondary institutions across the state wil...

Mar 14, 2018, 1:31pm EDT

Kutztown University to Host Annual Entrepreneurial Leadership Week

Kutztown University will host its annual Entrepreneurial Leadership Week Tuesday, March 27, through Thursday, March 29. The event is sponsored by KU's College of Business in collaboration with the university's Small Business Development Center (SBDC)....

Mar 14, 2018, 10:44am EDT

Corrected: DATE CHANGE: AIDS Activist Peter Staley to Speak at Kutztown University April 4

Peter Staley, a widely known AIDS activist will speak at Kutztown University on Wednesday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in Boehm Science Building room 145. The event is free and open to the public. Staley was diagnosed with AIDS related complex in 1985. He is...

Mar 5, 2018, 4:11pm EST

Kutztown University Receives Four Star Campus Pride Index Score

Kutztown University has received a Campus Pride Index score of 4 out of 5 stars. The Campus Pride Index is a national benchmark tool that assists campuses in working to improve their LGBTQ campus life and make the educational experience more inclusive....

Mar 1, 2018, 12:24pm EST

Kutztown University Wind Ensemble to Present "Bookmarks and the Stories They Tell"

The Kutztown University Wind Ensemble will host its annual spring concert entitled "Bookmarks & The Stories They Tell.", on Saturday, March 3 at 3 p.m. in Schaeffer Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The ensemble is under the di...

Feb 27, 2018, 3:20pm EST

Lunar New Year Celebration at Kutztown University to Feature Chinese Acrobats

Kutztown University's Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) will host its annual Lunar New Year celebration on Monday, Feb. 26, from 6 - 9 p.m., in the multipurpose room of the McFarland Student Union. It is free and open to the public. T...

Feb 23, 2018, 10:47am EST

Kutztown University to Host Regional Science Olympiad March 15

Kutztown University will host the Central Eastern Regional Science Olympiad on Thursday, March 15. The event begins at 9 a.m. in Boehm Science Center and ends with the closing ceremony at approximately 3 p.m. in Keystone Arena. The inclement weather da...

Feb 21, 2018, 11:37am EST

Kutztown University to Host Social Work Community Forum

The Kutztown University Department of Social Work will host its 15th annual community forum on Friday, March 30, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. in Schaeffer Auditorium. This year's topic, "Family in Environment: Part II-Addictions," raises awareness of ...

Feb 15, 2018, 4:18pm EST

Kutztown University Named to Elite Transfer Honor Roll

Phi Theta Kappa has named Kutztown University to its 2018 Transfer Honor Roll, which identifies the top four-year colleges and universities creating dynamic pathways to support transfer students. The honor roll includes 112 schools from across the nati...

Feb 13, 2018, 1:58pm EST

Kutztown University to Launch New Mental Health and Well-being Resources

Kutztown University will launch two new mental health and wellbeing programs, MindKare and Bear Kit, on Thursday, Feb. 1, at 11 a.m. in the McFarland Student Union. The event will take place near the entrance of the Cub Café in the Student Union. ...

Jan 30, 2018, 8:59am 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.