Kutztown University is offering new scholarships for displaced federal employees and those unemployed due to federal cuts who are looking to add new skills and training.

Scholarships are available at the undergraduate, graduate and noncredit workforce development levels.

Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for a one-time scholarship of $1,000 for full-time students.

Prorated discounts are available for part-time students. All application fees are waived.

Undergraduate degree-seeking students can contact Steve Lem, Academic Advising and Student Development, at 610-683-4471 or lem@kutztown.edu to get started.

Graduate degree-seeking students can contact Kittie Pain, Graduate Enrollment, at 610-683-4200 or graduate@kutztown.edu.

KU students select from more than 130 areas of study within four colleges in a diverse liberal arts academic environment.

In addition, KU’s noncredit workforce development program, KU Advance, is offering six months of free noncredit training to the first 1,000 displaced federal employees through Coursera’s Career Academy.

The Career Academy includes more than 300 courses and more than 40 noncredit certificates ranging from Data Analysis with R Programming to Social Media Management.

Noncredit students can learn more by visiting the KU Advance website or by contacting Lori Lentz, Extended Learning, at extendedlearning@kutztown.edu to get started.

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