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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. 

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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. 

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Kelsey Livingston Presented Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Kelsey Livingston is the recipient of the Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2015 Apr 30

David Grow Awarded Neag Grant

Kutztown University student David Grow has been awarded the Carole and Ray Neag Undergraduate Research Fund grant for his commitment to academic excellence and to research activities. He was chosen on the basis of his project proposal and the strength of his presentations to the KU Undergraduate Research Committee.
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Academic Award - 2015 Apr 3

Adam Cooper Awarded Neag Grant

Kutztown University student Adam Cooper has been awarded the Carole and Ray Neag Undergraduate Research Fund grant for his commitment to academic excellence and to research activities.
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Academic Award - 2015 Apr 3

Jennifer Cruz Award Neag Grant

Kutztown University student Jennifer Cruz has been awarded the Carole and Ray Neag Undergraduate Research Fund grant for her commitment to academic excellence and to research activities. Cruz, from Easton, Pa., was awarded $1,600 to fund her research project, "A Assay to Identify Tumor Suppressor Genes Turned Off in Cancer Cells."
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Academic Award - 2015 Apr 3

KU Sociology Major Participates in American Sociological Association Honors Program

Theresa Gassert '14 participated in the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Honors Program this August, at their 109th annual meeting in San Francisco. Gassert, who received her bachelor's degree in sociology from KU, presented research from her senior honors seminar at a roundtable session.
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Academic Award - 2014 Sep 16

Kutztown University Students Selected for Women's Leadership Institute

KU students, Kelly Morgano of Nazareth, Pa. and Kendra O'Donnell of Breinigsville, Pa. have been selected for a chance to partake in the annual PASSHE Women's Consortium 26th Annual Undergraduate Women's Leadership Institute.
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Academic Award - 2014 May 19

KU History Major Nominated for Academic Excellence Award

Kutztown University senior Brittaney Eshbach, a history major with minors in mathematics and political science, was nominated to receive the 2014 Syed R. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence. Each of the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities nominates one student to receive the award, which was established by Syed R. Ali-Zaidi, a founding member of the PASSHE Board of Governors.
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Academic Award - 2014 May 8

Kutztown University Criminal Justice Department Presents Awards

Samantha Shultz and Heather Urban have both been named recipients of the 2014 Kutztown University Criminal Justice Department Academic Excellence and Community Service Award.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 21

Guy Sechrist Presented Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Guy Sechrist is the recipient of the Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Nicholas Imbesi Presented Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Nicholas Imbesi is the recipient of the Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Marlena Rock Presented Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Marlena Rock is the recipient of the Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

E. Justin Warren Presented Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

E. Justin Warren is the recipient of the Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Mary McCormick Presented Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Mary McCormick is the recipient of the Copper Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Dea Musa Presented Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Dea Musa is the recipient of the Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Erin Reynolds Presented Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Erin Reynolds is the recipient of the Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Chloe Jackson Presented Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Chloe Jackson is the recipient of the Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Brooke Ann Coco Presented Gold Chambliss Award

Brooke Ann Coco has been presented the Gold Chambliss Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Troy Spier Presented Gold Chambliss Award

Troy Spier is the recipient of the annual Gold Chambliss Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given by Kutztown University. The Academic Achievement Award was established through a donation provided by Chambliss, KU faculty member from 1970-2003. The purpose of the awards is to recognize the exceptional individual achievements of a select group of KU graduating seniors.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Kristie Thudium Presented Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

Kristie Thudium has been presented the Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.
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Academic Award - 2014 Apr 8

Kutztown University Graduate Student Presents Research at Annual Psychology Conference

Kutztown University graduate student Tara Elliot, who is studying mental health counseling in the Department of Counseling and Student Affairs, presented research on the use of therapeutic yoga in treating survivors of domestic violence at the 2014 annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA), held March 13 - 16.
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Academic Award - 2014 Mar 19

Kutztown University Presents Three with Social Work Diversity Award

Kutztown University presented its annual Social Work Diversity Prize to one graduate students and two undergraduate students on March 15 during the Social Work Community Forum. Presented by State Senator Judy Schwank and Ron Simon, executive director of the Pa. Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, the awards were given to Shanon Saddington, graduate student, and Samantha Brannen and Erin Bower, undergraduate students.
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Academic Award - 2014 Mar 17

Kutztown University Students Present at National Physics Teachers Conference

Secondary Education Physics majors Andrew Marth and Robert Adams presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) National Winter Meeting in Orlando,Fla., Jan. 4-7. They presented reading and writing strategies that can be used to meet common core standards in an inquiry based physics classroom. The AAPT is the premier national organization and authority on physics and physical science education --with more than 10,000 members worldwide.
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Academic Award - 2014 Jan 24
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