Recent News

Duo Terlano Opens Kutztown University Faculty Artist Series

Duo Terlano, the award-winning teaching and performing team of Dr. Johannes Dietrich, violin, and Dr. Marie-Aline Cadieux, cello, will offer a recital on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 3 p.m. in the Georgian Room of Old Main. Richard Pearson Thomas, composer and...

Sep 13, 2017, 12:12pm EDT

Crider Recipient of Arthur and Isabel Wiesenberger Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

Dr. Duane A. Crider, professor, Department of Sport Management and Leadership Studies, has been awarded the Arthur and Isabel Wiesenberger Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award, given annually, is presented to one faculty member who has d...

Sep 13, 2017, 11:00am EDT

Kutztown University Rises in US News and World Report Rankings

Kutztown University has been named a "Best Regional University" in the U.S. News and World Report's annual ranking of U.S. colleges and universities. In data released today, U.S. News lists KU as number 126 in the first tier of the Best Regional Univer...

Sep 12, 2017, 12:00am EDT

Lu and Maksy Receive Chambliss Award

Two members of the Kutztown University faculty have been recognized for their exceptional work. Dr. Mostafa M. Maksy and Dr. Yun Lu were awarded the Chambliss Faculty Research Award during the university's Faculty and Staff Convocation and Celebration...

Sep 11, 2017, 2:30pm EDT

Kutztown University Students Awarded State Art Education Association Scholarships

Two Kutztown University students have been selected to receive the Pennsylvania Art Education Association Fellows Clyde M. McGeary Scholarship. Logan Hanning, a senior from Honey Brook, Chester County, Pa., and Kristen Fessler, a senior from Pine Grov...

Sep 11, 2017, 10:23am EDT

Kutztown University Pa. German Cultural Heritage Center to Host Heemet Fescht Sept. 23

Heemet Fescht will be held Saturday, Sept. 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pa. German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University. The event features Pa. German folk life demonstrations, live animals, children's activities, folk music, barn sta...

Sep 7, 2017, 9:19am EDT

Association of Information Technology Professionals Cybersecurity Summit Slated for Sept. 20 at Kutztown University

The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) will hold its annual Cybersecurity Summit Wednesday, Sept. 20, from 6:30 - 9 p.m., in the multipurpose room of the McFarland Student Union, room 218, at Kutztown University. The event is fr...

Sep 6, 2017, 1:23pm EDT

Vazquez Selected for The Harrisburg Internship Semester

Cheryl Vazquez of Ephrata is working in policy office of the state Department of Environmental Protection as part of a 15-week internship sponsored by Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education. Vazquez is a senior political science and German ...

Sep 6, 2017, 1:13pm EDT

Kutztown University's Rohrbach Library to Hold Grand Opening

Kutztown University's Rohrbach Library will hold a grand opening on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 11 a.m. in the main lobby. Refreshments will be served. Those making brief remarks include Dr. Anne Zayaitz, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. ...

Sep 6, 2017, 9:41am EDT

Kutztown University Faculty, Students Complete North Park Educational Project

Kutztown University students and faculty recently completed an environmental education and restoration project at North Park on Krumsville Road in Kutztown. Dr. Todd Underwood and Dr. Christopher Sacchi, both on the faculty of the Department of Biology...

Sep 1, 2017, 11:42am 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.