By Degrees - Sean Kashanchi
Questions for Sean Kashanchi, student government leader and member of Sigma Phi Epsilon
Hometown: Irvine, California
Major: business management
You’re a member of Associated Students (AS), the student government organization. What role do you serve?
I am the interfraternity AS liaison representing all IFC Greek males on campus and I also serve in President Tyler Boden’s cabinet. As communications commissioner, I’ve developed new communications strategies using Facebook, Twitter and an AS blog. Our goal is to ensure that every student knows about AS and what it’s doing for them.
Which fraternity do you belong to?
I joined Sigma Phi Epsilon in the second semester of my sophomore year. I had never truly understood what the Greek community was about but eventually, through friends, I realized all the great things fraternities do. My house just won a national Buchanan Cup for excellence based on our GPA, athletic teams and community service. We also just won our fourth consecutive Dean’s Trophy at SDSU. Last spring, we worked with the chapters at UCSD and USD to sponsor the first ever SigEp Sun Cup, a beach soccer tournament for Greek sororities. It attracted 1,000 Greeks from all over San Diego, who jointly clocked more than 800 community service hours and raised $5,000 for Youth Aids.
You received an AS scholarship to study abroad. Where did you go?
I studied in Florence, Italy, for about 10 weeks. I thought about London, but finally decided to go to a place where I would feel the shock of living in a different culture. The experience not only opened my eyes to how Americans are perceived abroad, but also taught me how to handle myself in unfamiliar situations. It was absolutely amazing, and I am thankful that I had the opportunity to
study abroad.
