Quadruple Threat: Meet Kimberly from SRU

Kim, 20, is a sophomore at Slippery Rock University.

Could you imagine leaving your apartment at 7:30 in the morning and sometimes not returning until at least 11:00 or later at night? Can you envision this as your daily routine 5 days a week, along with additional work on the weekends as well? Well this scenario serves as a reality for one exceptional student here at Slippery Rock University, and her name is Kimberly Arntz. Kim, a sophomore at SRU, currently holds two majors as well as two minors here at the university.  With these different aspects of her degree working together, Kim truly is a quadruple threat. In addition to her academic endeavors, though, Kim participates in a wide array of extracurricular activities both on and off campus.  Through the variety of duties that she has taken on in her college life, Kim has set herself apart  from the pack of even the most exceptional students here at SRU.

Kim, born on March 28th in 1992, decided to attend Slippery Rock University because she heard that the college maintained a great reputation for dance. This aspect appealed to her because dance was her initial area of interest as a concentration for post-secondary education. She expressed her satisfaction in choosing the university, stating, “As soon as I stepped on campus, I knew it was the right school for me”.

As soon as she was initiated with the introductory aspects of college, Kim immediately immersed herself academically, socially, and mentally into her Slippery Rock life. With two declared majors of Management and Spanish, along with minors of Marketing and Dance, Kim certainly set her expectations for college achievement high, as early as her freshman year.

Once on campus, Kim immediately joined AKPsi, the professional business fraternity on campus. After serving a full year, Kim obtained the position of Master of Rituals for the fraternity during her sophomore year. Kim states, “This is definitely my most involved activity on campus.” As a side note, Kim recently discovered that she was accepted to attend the AKPsi Academy this summer, a leadership convention in Indiana. Only 16 people in the USA get chosen to attend this prestigious program, and Kim is the first to be accepted from SRU. If that isn’t a huge accomplishment for a young adult in her third semester of college, I don’t know what is!

Waiting for the start of an AKPSI meeting, Kim socializes with fellow fraternity members.

Kim is also involved with the Office of the Annual Fund, where she serves as a student supervisor, putting in about 20 hours a week. At the office, Kim supervises calling shifts, in addition to helping with mailings and working on extra campaigns to raise money for the university. The following video shows a fellow supervisor, Hannah Lindsey, discussing her relationship at the call center with Kim.



Kim also participates in the dance department, where she has contributed two pieces for the Senior Synthesis concert, as well as a solo piece for 60X60, a concert that took place in the fall. The following two videos are clips from a hip hop dance that Kim took part in.





Kim is also currently awaiting approval to be inducted into the Spanish National Honor Society. Outside of SRU, Kim works at Hershey Park in her hometown as a Guest Relations Clerk and Sweet Access Concierge, where she works in the customer service department and gives personalized tours to high-end guest when they visit the park. Reflecting on her ambition with all of these activities, Kim states “I am happiest when I am busy and working toward a lot of different goals. I also really like helping and meeting new people so I love being a part of so many different organizations.”

Kim with fellow annual fund supervisors Hannah, Amanda, and Zach.

With all of this persistence and dedication, what exactly does Kim plan to do after she graduates? She states that her primary goal is gaining experience in the business field. She plans on either working for Hershey Entertainment and Resorts or for a university in their advancement department. Eventually, Kim states that her ultimate goal is to open up her own dance studio. She explains, “I have had the dream of owning the dance studio since before I was 10 years old. I even drew a little dancer that I want to be the logo for my business and now I have a tattoo of it on my ankle.” Perhaps the tattoo serves as more than just a catalyst for her aspirations, but as a constant symbol of her determination and persistence as well. Watch Kim discuss her work at the annual fund as well as provide some advice to fellow students in the following video.

Kim puts her dance skills to use by becoming certified to teach Zumba at SRU.

If you’re still not convinced of Kim’s unique nature as an exceptional SRU student, here’s just a few other facts that may peek your interest. On top of her current endeavors, Kim has also helped build a house for Extreme Home Makeover, participated in a marathon last fall, become a certified Zumba instructor, as well as taken dance classes with a dancer from the royal ballet in Paris.  If you think that Kim has given back to the university through her dedication and talents enough, she embarks on a new activity where she becomes even more involved than before. Kim truly serves as an inspiration for many students not just throughout the campus, but in her everyday life as well. Wherever Kim goes, she inspires people, and she does so with a friendly and modest demeanor that you just can’t simply find in students of such high merit as her these days.

So what’s next for Kim? She states that she wants to focus on finishing her classes as soon as possible, as she’s aiming for completion of her degrees within the next 3 years. Until then, Kim is off on her next endeavor, where she will be studying abroad in Costa Rica for the summer. Classes taken here will provide Kim with credit for the Spanish aspect of her degree.