Arjun Arora Presented Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award

2015 Apr 30

Arjun Arora of New Dehli, India, is the recipient of the Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award. The award is one of the most prestigious honors given at Kutztown University.

Arora will graduate this May with a bachelor's degree in leisure and sports studies and business administration. He receives the Silver Chambliss Student Academic Achievement Award 2015 in the categories of successfully completed research projects, original writing in literature or meritorious writing in other fields and outstanding service to the Kutztown University community. During his time at KU, he gave five research presentations at several national and international conferences and created two consulting projects for professional sport teams. One of his most noteworthy accomplishments is his work on exploring and comparing motives among three different minor-leagues sport teams in Reading, Pa. The purpose of the research project was to help minor league professional teams develop their fan base and increase game attendance. His findings provided managerial implications for sport organization at the 2014 Sport Business Conference. Arjun also was instrumental in developing a financial presentation in support of the Kutztown University Business Idea Competition, which explains the fundamentals of finance to students struggling with the concept. He also does research with the Health and Wellness Center and Entrepreneurial Leadership Center. More recently, his research was accepted for presentation at the 2015 North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM) conference, one of the highly regarded conferences in sport management. Of a total of 409 papers submitted, his work was one of 243 research papers accepted for presentation at the conference. More recently, he completed a consulting project for the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks, a professional indoor football team, which included recommendations on marketing strategy and the utilization of social media to drive revenues. He plans to apply to graduate schools to continue his education and research.

Faculty members nominate students after they have met one or more of the six areas of achievement. Areas in which achievement can occur include: successfully completed research projects, original artwork of high quality, artistic performances (music, chorus, drama, etc.) of high quality, original writing in literature or meritorious writing in other fields, noteworthy athletics, and outstanding service to the KU community.

The Academic Achievement Award was established through a donation provided by Dr. Carlson R. 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. Specially designed coin medallions of gold, silver, and copper were presented to the students.