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Kutztown University Ensemble Receives DownBeat Student Music Award

Kutztown University's Department of Music has been named the recipient of a DownBeat Student Music Award (SMA). KU's Blues and Rock Ensemble I took the prize for Undergraduate College Outstanding Performance in the category of Blues/Pop/Rock Group. The...

Apr 25, 2018, 9:15am EDT

Summer Session Registration Open at Kutztown University

Registration for summer sessions at Kutztown University is now open. There are two sessions available both being five weeks long. The first session is May 30 - June 28 and the second session starts on July 9 and ends on Aug. 9. There are more than 5...

Apr 20, 2018, 3:38pm EDT

Kutztown University Senior Receives Prestigious Research Award

Adam Cole, a Kutztown University senior geology major from Washington, NJ, has been awarded the Council on Undergraduate Research - Geosciences Division (GeoCUR) Award for Excellence in Student Research. Cole was a part of a research team that was focu...

Apr 16, 2018, 9:38am EDT

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Kutztown University Out of the Darkness Walk Slated for April 29

Kutztown University Clinical Services will host an Out of the Darkness Walk for Suicide Awareness and Prevention on Sunday, April 29, from 5-7 p.m.. The walk is now in its fourth year and will take place on the DMZ, located on the south side of campus ...

Apr 16, 2018, 8:51am EDT

Allies of Kutztown University to Host Annual Drag Show Benefitting LGBTQ Youth Charities

Allies of Kutztown University will present its annual Allies Drag Show on Thursday, April 5, at 7 p.m. in Schaeffer Auditorium. This year's show, sponsored by the Association of Campus Events, will feature special guests Elektra Fearce St. James, LeKro...

Mar 30, 2018, 2:41pm EDT

Kutztown University, Northampton Community College to Sign Transfer and Articulation Agreement

Kutztown University and Northampton Community College will sign a transfer and articulation agreement on Tuesday, March 27, at 11 a.m. in the Office of the President, third floor, Stratton Administration Building, Kutztown University. This agreement w...

Mar 23, 2018, 1:07pm EDT

Designathon Begins Today at Kutztown University

Kutztown University Communication Design Department Sharadin Arts Building 15200 Kutztown Rd Kutztown, PA 19530 Contact: Vicki Meloney meloney@kutztown.edu 484-646-4143 2018 Marks the 13th Annual Designathon!! - The large...

Mar 23, 2018, 8:00am EDT

Easter on the Farm Canceled

Easter on the Farm, scheduled for Saturday, March 24, at the Pa. German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University has been canceled due to excessive snow at the site. This event will not be rescheduled.

Mar 22, 2018, 1:59pm EDT

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

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.