Saturday, August 30, 2025

PURPOSE, PROMISE & VALUES

The Purpose of Alpha Gamma Rho is to Make Better Men, and through them a broader and better agriculture by surrounding our 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.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Opportunities : Chapter Adviser & Educational Leadership Consultant

Chapter Adviser

Facilitator, provider of continuity, visionary, leader, advocate, an Alpha Gamma Rho Chapter Adviser is all of these and more. The basic function of the Chapter Adviser is to provide guidance and mentor individual members and chapters toward success while staying in contact with the Chapter's associates (alumni groups, Home Office staff, Housemother/House Directors, and school administrators.) The National Fraternity encourages Chapter Advisers to attend events including Adviser Forum, Leadership Seminars, National Convention, and Top Leaders Institute. 

Educational Leadership Consultant

Alpha Gamma Rho seeks candidates for Educational Leadership Consultants on the Home Office Staff. This full-time position allows the staff member experience traveling, exposure across the country to agriculture, AGR Chapters and alumni further cultivating relationships for professional opportunities. Find out more about the position in the job descriptions below.

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

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Sunday, August 24, 2025

Student Story - Basic Needs Center


Students at the Basic Needs Center (BNC) understand the challenge of living on a tight budget, but through collaboration and community, they support one another.

The center offers food assistance, free laundry services, emergency housing support, laptop loans and textbook lending each term. 

The BNC operates on a peer to peer model, and its student staff take the lead. In this video, Elliana shares the story of working in service to her fellow Beavers.

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Corvallis, OR 97330

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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Opportunities : Alumni Recruitment Mentor

The Alpha Gamma Rho experience is a lifelong opportunity for personal growth and service To Make Better Men. Discover the opportunities to work directly with your chapter, travel across the country on behalf of the Fraternity, be a fulltime employee of the Alpha Gamma Rho, and more. The Fraternity encourages all alumni members to volunteer with chapters in any role.

Alumni Recruitment Mentor

The Alumni Recruitment Mentor serves as a guide and supports the Vice Noble Ruler-Membership Recruitment resulting in an effective recruitment program for the chapter. Through ongoing advice and counsel, the partnership creates an organized and sustained emphasis on effective recruitment including training, communications, and securing alumni recruitment involvement and support. Get involved with recruitment and Making Better Men by visiting the Chapter List and finding a chapter near you.

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

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Monday, August 18, 2025

Housing Resources Trust

Alpha Gamma Rho's Housing Resources Trust (HRT) exists to help each chapter maintain housing that is appropriate for its unique circumstances. A Board of Trustees manages its funds and works to ensure every Alpha Gamma Rho chapter facility is a home away from home for collegiate members.

Chapter House Improvement Grants

Designed to help provide a modern living-learning environment for collegiate members, the Chapter House Improvement Grant program awards grants to alumni groups planning to perform chapter facility improvement projects. Interested alumni groups should collaborate with collegiate brothers and chapter leadership teams to perform the following:

  • Identify a specific chapter facility improvement project
  • Prepare a detailed proposal to include with the application below
  • Upon completion, submit a final report that details the project's execution and if it achieved the desired outcome

The HRT Board of Trustees reviews Chapter House Improvement Grant applications on an ongoing basis. Not all projects will receive funding at the requested amount.

Read more, here.

Grant Application



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Friday, August 15, 2025

2025 Distinguished Professor Melissa Cheyney


Dr. Cheyney is a professor of clinical medical anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts and an international leader in maternal healthcare and midwifery research. Her extraordinarily active public engagement is influencing the reform of maternal care in Oregon and the nation, resulting in improved birth outcomes, especially among underserved populations.

Ethan Shaw
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Tuesday, August 12, 2025

ADVISER FORUM

While no two chapters are the same, they may face similar issues. The Educational Foundation supports reoccurring Adviser Forums for Chapter Advisers and alumni volunteers to discuss important chapter issues in an open dialogue. Attendees walk away with a plan of action to be effective mentors to their collegiate members enhance the chapter's overall ability To Make Better Men.

Learn More, HERE.

Ethan Shaw
(707)-621-0989

331 NW 26th Street
Corvallis, OR 97330

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Saturday, August 9, 2025

Impact of Giving


Donating to the Educational Foundation of Alpha Gamma Rho enables the Educational Foundation to support educational programs and services for the Fraternity including Leadership Seminars, Recruitment School, matching funds, Chapter Planning Sessions, Adviser Forum, scholarships and more. All Alpha Gamma Rho chapters who take advantage of the Fraternity's opportunities are impacted by YOUR giving. 

The Educational Foundation works to fund the following programs:
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Creating a Healthier World


Oregon State University's excellence in integrated health and biotechnology research is as broad as it is deep. With premiere speciality in precision health, health monitoring technologies and environmental health, our faculty and students are focusing on big discoveries that inspire big solutions that drive a healthier and more prosperous society.

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Sunday, August 3, 2025

About the Foundation

The Mission of the Educational Foundation of Alpha Gamma Rho is to drive Alpha Gamma Rho's Purpose, To Make Better Men, from initiation throughout their personal and professional lives.

Organized in 1965, the Educational Foundation of Alpha Gamma Rho is a charitable organization funded by voluntary contributions and investment income. The Educational Foundation operates as a not-for-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Illinois and recognized by the federal government as exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Employer Identification Number (EIN): 36-6158409.

All contributions are tax deductible and support:

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(707)-621-0989

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