Programs & Activities

During Welcome Week, there are a variety of meetings, programs, and activities sponsored or run by Residence Life.

For more information on campus events for Welcome Week, check out Engage.

Bears at Night events occur on Friday nights throughout the semester.

HARLOween is an event each October that invites the families of Kutztown to bring their children to campus to participate in a variety of Halloween themed children's activities.

The Sunday before Finals week is Deck The Halls day when each hall decorates their lobby or other designated common area in a theme. That evening President Hawkinson and the RHA executive board will visit each hall. The President will deliver cookies to each hall and the RHA executive board will judge each hall's decorations to determine a winner for the Deck the Halls contest. Information on rules and judging criteria will be announced at a hall council meeting in November.

Bearfest is one of Kutztown University's longest standing traditions. Bearfest is a multi-day event toward the end of the academic year that is planned and run by a committee of students who start meeting in the Fall.

Bearfest 46 will be April 30th through May 3rd, 2025. For more information on Bearfest, such as how to join the committee or contribute to the event, click here.