Inculcating Life Skills .
Anne Humphries Arseneau ’89, M.Ed. ’92
Anne Arseneau ’89, M.Ed. ’92 didn’t go far to put her two William & Mary degrees to use: as the associate director of Student Activities at the College, she helps shape the lives of students every day. “There’s nothing more motivating than helping your
own home community,” says Arseneau, who works with the College’s strong and diverse Greek organizations and manages the Student Activities office’s leadership development programs. Arseneau’s career in higher education started just
after graduation. The English major spent a year as a leadership consultant for the women’s fraternity Kappa Alpha Theta (often referred to as Theta), an organization she was an active undergraduate member of at William & Mary. The position required her to travel to campuses and work with members and advisers of other Theta chapters. “When I was an undergraduate, William
& Mary didn’t have an ‘Anne Arseneau’ on staff for the Greek community,” she notes. “I didn’t know this was something I could do until I started traveling for Kappa Alpha Theta.” After that year, Arseneau came back to
campus, this time to earn a master’s degree in secondary education. She also became head resident for Sorority Court. “During my second year Vice President Sam Sadler [then the longtime vice president for Student Affairs] suggested I consider a career in student affairs,” she recalls. After graduation, she spent two years working in residence life at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., and then worked for LeaderShape, a nonprofit organization that provides ethics-based leadership develop- ment programs. Arseneau returned to William & Mary
for a third time in 1997 after Sadler ’64, M.Ed. ’71 called to say the College was creating
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the Greek advising position the two had long talked about. With 13 years of Greek advising under her belt, Arse-
neau says she’s among the more seasoned professionals in the field. “Young professionals usually last about three to four years in these positions,” she says. “I plan to stick with this as long as my voice is valuable.” The Greek community inspires her. “When we are
doing everything right, there is no other student organi- zation that offers the civic, academic, social, service and community experiences all wrapped into one the way we do,” she says. The students also inspire her. “What keeps me engaged
is the notion that our men and women are learning how to navigate as a group the things they are passionate about,” she says. “This is a life skill they’ll use in their careers and their personal lives after they graduate.”
STEPHEN SALPUKAS
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