“Brotherhood, No Matter the Path”

BY ITS NATURE AS A GREEK ORGANIZATION,

Alpha Gamma Rho’s membership is primarily created by students attending a college or university where the Fraternity has an established chapter. Either through recruitment efforts prior to stepping foot on campus or later in their college experiences, these 18-22-year-old students are making the decision to join AGR. But what about those who have since graduated from college and have gone on to establish noteworthy careers in the agricultural industry? They may have been involved within their campus community but did not have the privilege of a fraternity experience.

Alpha Gamma Rho is proud to have an established path where those who may not have been able to participate in Greek life aspects on their college campus can still have a chance of becoming part of the AGR brotherhood.

Alumnus Initiates are adults who have made an impact either in their local community, played a role at a university, helped a chapter through their own personal time, talents, and treasure, or someone who has made an impact in the agricultural community. Alumnus Initiates are initiated by a chapter in the same manner as would a collegiate brother and are given the same rights and benefits as any other AGR brother.

In the Fraternity’s lifetime and vast network of members, 506 of AGR’s brothers have been brought into the membership as Alumnus Initiates. Some have gone on to serve as Chapter Advisers, are members of alumni boards, donors to chapter projects or National Fraternity efforts, and even inducted into the Fraternity’s prestigious Hall of Fame for their lifetime work. During this past February alone, AGR initiated four new Alumnus Initiates throughout the 2023 Leadership Seminars.

No matter the journey or age which brought them to Alpha Gamma Rho, each one has been able to make an impression within their new-found fraternity and feel the lasting effects brotherhood can have on an individual.

Think about those mentors and leaders on your campus or in your community; how have they helped individual brothers, or the chapter has a whole over the years? These are the kind of adult leaders who make for great candidates as Alumnus Initiates and make AGR the vibrant Fraternity it is today.