By Katlin Sweeney
Editor-in-Chief
Spencer Joseph is a dynamic force that has brought a mentality of inclusivity and community outreach to the Greek Leadership Council this year.
As GLC President, Joseph represents the members of the nine fraternities and sororities on campus, as well as the two Greek honor societies. He handles any issues or questions that arise within the community and acts as the voice of the students with the administration.
Joseph happened into the position when the spot opened up unexpectedly. He applied with the intention of making his name more recognizable and intended to reapply a year or two later when he was more known in the Greek community. Joseph was taken by surprise when he received a phone call twenty minutes after he left the interview and was offered the job.
Since then, the 19-year-old business major has taken on the task of managing and overseeing the Greek community’s approximately more than 700 members. However, Joseph does not solely focus on bringing the various fraternities and sororities together. He also reaches out to students and orgs. across campus to create ties between them and the Greek community.
One of the ways that he accomplishes this is by joining together his roles as GLC President and Resident Adviser at The Quad. Joseph has a set quota of events that he has to create for his ‘residents’ in the dorms, so often times he coordinates them to intersect with Greek. He believes that by getting groups to work together, everything on campus will operate in a more inclusive manner.
Joseph keeps his commitments to GLC and his fraternity SAE close to his heart, firmly believing that this path will expose him to a multitude of new opportunities.
“I’m the 307,294th member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. It’s not necessarily a number to me, but something that supports my decision,” Joseph said. “It represents all the hard work I had to do to get to college and the hard work that I will do when I get out.”
Joseph manages to bring together the multiple dimensions of his college career while maintaining a full course load, a skill that he attributes to being organized and qualities that he has learned from being a member of a fraternity.
“It’s been a way to find friends, but they’re not just my brothers because of a title. Truly each and every one of them is my family,” Joseph said. “The reason for my success is because going Greek helps foster growth within a person. It really has opened my eyes to what I can accomplish in the business world.”
Joseph’s dedication to GLC and the Greek community has only continued to fuel the tremendous success that fraternities and sororities have enjoyed at CSUSM. He can be contacted via email at [email protected].