What is AGR?

Our Chapter in a Paragraph:

Alpha Gamma Rho is a social fraternity for men with professional interests in Food, Fiber and Life Sciences. However, we are not restricted to those majors. AGR enhances the social, professional, moral, and physical development of our brothers by providing quality programming, alumni networking, group living, and a home-away-from home environment. AGR stands as a pillar in University Community, known for academic performance, down-home hospitality, and developing quality leaders.

AGR is two fraternities in one.

Alpha Gamma Rho isn't like other fraternities. In AGR you'll get the opportunity to experience both a social and a professional fraternity.

• AGR does what you expect a social fraternity to do: socialize with other students on campus, participate with all Inter- Fraternity Council events as well as other fraternity events, and people in the community.

• AGR is also a professional fraternity. We offer professional development workshops, alumni networking, as well as Leadership Seminars held all over the nation.

• No Time for Pledge??? Neither do we, at AGR there's no pledging. You join as an equal member. What is good for a freshman is good for a senior.

We get you ready for the real world.

Because AGR is a professional fraternity, we are concerned with promoting your career development during your college years and after graduation. We offer: Regional career seminars for undergraduates. Internships through alumni contacts. Job networking. Alumni associations with informative ag programming. It's a tough world out there, but thousands of AGR members worldwide are there to help you succeed.

We know the real reason you're in college.

AGR never loses sight of why you're in college in the first place...to graduate and get a job. And to graduate, you need to do well academically. This is where belonging to a fraternity that is both social and professional helps most. Because everyone in AGR is in the same career field, it's easy to have peer study groups or find someone who has taken the same classes.

AGR men are leaders.

Leadership is an important skill you'll learn or develop in Alpha Gamma Rho. Our members recoginize the need to develop leadership skills and take an active part in fraternity and university activities. Fraternity officer positions give you real leadership experience; you will use these skills to get involved in campus clubs, organizations or student government.

Our chapter currently has many prominent campus and college leaders: Current brothers sit on Faculty Senate Committees, Serve in College Recruitment activities, are officers in other clubs, serve as teaching assitants, work in professors' labs, and even serve on the Alpha Gamma Rho National Board of Directors. There are numerous opportunies gain leadership experience.

Lean on us.

Our brothers realize they are students of their university and non-university communities. AGR tries to be a good neighbor by doing community service work and completing philanthropic projects which help the community.

AGR plays hard too.

If all of this sounds like a lot of serious work, don't worry. AGR knows how to have a lot of fun. Camping and fishing trips, tailgates, formals, hayrides, national conferences, chapter retreats and other events contribute the the continuing social development of our members.