Recent News

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

Kutztown University Health and Wellness Center Installs MindKare Kiosk

In an effort to reduce the public stigma surrounding mental illness on college campuses, the Kutztown University Health and Wellness Center has installed a MindKare Kiosk inside the main entrance to Rohrbach Library. The kiosk comes as a part of a gra...

Sep 1, 2017, 9:41am EDT

Kutztown University Pilots Extended Shuttle Hours on Weeknights

Kutztown University is testing an extended shuttle service from 4 - 10 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, through Oct. 6. The evening loop transports students among campus residence halls, academic buildings, local apartment complexes and the downtown ar...

Aug 30, 2017, 3:19pm EDT

Kutztown University to Celebrate Unity Day August 31

Kutztown University will celebrate Unity Day on Thursday, Aug. 31, at 11 a.m. on the lawn of the McFarland Student Union Building. Campus leaders including Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson, university president, and Dr. Warren Hilton, vice president for enrol...

Aug 29, 2017, 1:54pm 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.