Setting the GOLDEN Standard
 For more than 30 years, the Kutztown University Foundation has proudly served the Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and has been fulfilling its mission to raise funds to assist in developing and enhancing quality educational opportunities at KU for its students, faculty, and alumni and the greater KU community.
The Kutztown University Foundation was founded On July 1, 1983, when the George B. Hancher Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Kutztown College Foundation merged, and the Kutztown State College formally became the Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.
Our founding elected officers were President Samuel P. Smith, Vice President Warren E. Ringler, Secretary Jeanne Esser and Treasurer Otis J. Rothenberger. William J. Sutton of Allentown, who had been executive director of the Kutztown College Foundation, continued his role in the new KU Foundation.
In its first year, the KU Foundation exceeded its fundraising goal of $90,000 by raising more than $121,000 from 3,318 donors. The situation in 1983 was eerily similar to that faced by institutions of higher education today. Colleges and universities then were also pushing to increase sources of private support in the face of declining levels of state and federal funding.
As the KU Foundation looks ahead to its next major campaign, we recognize that the KU's funding priorities may change, but our mission remains constant. We are proud to partner with this great institution of higher education to support today's students and to build the financial resources that will benefit thousands of new students for generations to come.
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Kutztown University (KU) traces its origins to the Fairview Seminary. In 1860, Henry R. Nicks opened Fairview Seminary as a select school where more advanced subjects than those offered in the area were taught. In 1864, Nicks opened a new Maxatawny Seminary on the site where KU s Old Main stands today. With growth, efforts were made to convert the seminary into a public state normal school. On September 15, 1866, Maxatawny Seminary officially became Keystone State Normal School (KSNS). KSNS was dedicated to preparing students for the teaching profession. With emphasis placed on student life and the school's Pennsylvania German heritage, this book tells the story of KU from its modest beginnings as a teacher training school to its current mission of providing high-quality education."
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