Thursday, July 31, 2025

Purpose

The Purpose of Alpha Gamma Rho is To Make Better Men, and through them a broader and better agriculture by surrounding members with influences tending to encourage individual endeavor, resourcefulness, and aggressive effort along lines making for the development of better mental, social, moral, and physical qualities; to promote a wider acquaintance and a broader outlook on the part of agricultural men through fellowship in a national organization that stands for the best social, mental, and moral development.

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


Monday, July 28, 2025

2025 Grad Profile | M - Ecological Engineering


M is a graduating senior, class of 2025, studying ecological engineering. As part of a class, they recently visited the Klamath River, where a recent engineering project allowed them a glimpse behind the scenes of the largest dam removal and salmon restoration project in world history.

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
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Friday, July 25, 2025

VALUES

• Consistently perform as a professional, integrity-driven, world-class organization committed to the highest of standards and driven to recruit men of the highest potential

• Always present a positive image of Alpha Gamma Rho in everything we say or do

• Inspire a pursuit of academic excellence among all our members

• Encourage lifelong involvement in the colleges and universities we call home

• Foster lifelong personal development through innovative educational, leadership, and social opportunities

• Engage all brothers in professional development, promoting lifelong career success

• Attract members representing the breadth, sophistication, scope, and relevance of agriculture

• Reflect, value, and advocate diversity in our membership and professional lives

• Ensure sound financial management and responsibility individually and at all levels of the Fraternity

• Enthusiastically recognize and reward accomplishments consistent with our Promise and Values

Read more, here.


Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Promise & Values : LIVING THE PROMISE

Alpha Gamma Rho is the Fraternity sharing a common bond within a dynamic, global agriculture committed to fostering the highest values and providing each and every brother with superior lifelong personal development and professional success.

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Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


Saturday, July 19, 2025

Have Jaguars found a climate refuge?


A large-scale wildfire in a study site in the Brazilian wetlands that already had the largest population density of jaguars in the world resulted in more jaguars moving into the area, a new study found.

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


Wednesday, July 16, 2025

History

The history of Alpha Gamma Rho reflects the character of a brotherhood coming together from all levels of society, sharing a common bond in their pursuit of academic and professional excellence in agriculture, natural resources, and similar industries.

Alpha Gamma Rho can trace its roots back to 1903 at the Ohio State University College of Agriculture. It was there the college's top students met in secret and first began talks of forming a Greek letter society. Plans developed slowly as seven students decided to bind together their cords of friendship and organize a fraternity. Brothers F.L. Allen, Rudo L. Fromme, W.A. Martin, E.S. Poston, G.T. Snyder, B.L. West, and R.C.E. Wallace founded Alpha Gamma Rho (ΑΓΡ) Fraternity in Oct. 10, 1904.

Read more, here.


Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


Sunday, July 13, 2025

Pillars


The Four Pillars, built upon a firm foundation, support and maintain the integrity of this brotherhood. Each pillar, a cornerstone for success, an established principle all members of Alpha Gamma Rho pledge to live by through the Covenant.

Every member is required to sign the Covenant, available here, upon initiation.

The adoption of the Brotherhood Program was a defining moment for Alpha Gamma Rho, and a historic moment for Greek Life. Because of this program, Alpha Gamma Rho is the first fraternity to end pledging nationwide. It changed the philosophy on fraternity and ushered in an era of growth unlike any AGR had experienced before. In 1992, Alpha Gamma Rho did more than eliminate pledging; it redefined the fraternity experience.

Learn more, here.
Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


Thursday, July 10, 2025

Tidal Flats Legacy


Dobby and Ken Wiegard represent the fourth and fifth generations of a family of Pacific Northwest oystermen. Though he’s now retired from the family business, Dobby hauls a thousand pounds of gravel out to his clam beds every day the weather allows. And he continues to raise shellfish in the legendarily pure waters of Willapa Bay in the southwest corner of Washington.
Ken has taken over operations of the family oyster business, which he hopes to pass on to the next generation of Weigardt oystermen.
But pollution upstream and a changing ocean is challenging the shellfish industry. Dobby’s son, Mark Wiegardt, runs Whisky Creek Shellfish Hatchery on Oregon’s Netarts Bay. Since 2007, when Pacific oyster larvae at the hatchery began dying en masse, he’s been working with Oregon State scientists to learn ways to deal with ocean acidification and its effects on the Pacific oyster.
The family’s legacy depends on the vast bounty of the Northwest coast and the careful stewardship of those who make their lives — and their livelihoods — in these waters.

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


Monday, July 7, 2025

Contact Us



Contact Information
Email or phone us for any questions:

ADDRESS: 331 NW 26th Street, Corvallis, OR 97330

CONTACTS:

Nate Burns | 720-219-5816

Ethan Shaw | 707-621-0989

Gabe Mahaffy | 541-808-8731


Friday, July 4, 2025

Happy 4th of July!


Happy 4th of July!

Be Safe and Enjoy Your Holiday Weekend

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Luke Painter Explains Bisons' Impact on Aspen Trees


Join Luke Painter, an expert from College of Agricultural Sciences, as he explains his findings of bison breaking down aspen trees in Yellowstone National Park. 

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

Email
agrsocialchair@gmail.com


New Lemur Discovery

The explosion of new lemur species that began when the first of those animals arrived on Madagascar more than 50 million years ago has not d...