Welcome to Texas A&M's Premier Fraternity

Introduction

Alpha Gamma Rho (a.k.a. AGR) is known as the National Agricultural Fraternity.  It is a social and professional fraternity that promotes scholarship, leadership, brotherhood and the development of better men.  Members of the fraternity are involved in many different organizations across campus.  Graduates benefit from the close network of highly successful Alumni and the many insights and opportunities that they can provide.  Alpha Gamma Rho is much more than an organization; it proves to be a strong brotherhood through the common bond of agriculture.

What makes AGR unique?

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 and the community. AGR is also like other social fraternities in that it has a strong, close-knit group of members.

But AGR is more than just one of those strictly social fraternities. It is also a professional fraternity in that all the members of AGR have related career interests. AGR is for young men pursuing any career related to agriculture, food, or fiber industries.

One more difference: at AGR there's no pledging. You can join as an equal member. AGR does a careful review of all potential members in advance, so there's no need for a "weeding out" process.

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:

It's a tough world out there, but thousands of AGR members worldwide are there to help you succeed. From Secretaries of Agriculture, to upper management, to presidents of Ag. companies, to thousands of farmers and ranchers, AGR Alumni are a "who's who" in worldwide agriculture.

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 isn't just for "farm boys".

You don't have to study production agriculture to join AGR. AGR is for any young man preparing for any ag or food related career, including food science, biotechnology, agri-marketing, environmental science, engineering and many others. AGR has strong ties with 4-H and FFA, but even if you have never been a member of these groups, you can be a member of AGR.

AGR men are leaders.

Leadership is an important skill you'll learn or develop in Alpha Gamma Rho. Our members recognize 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 members are involved in organizations such as:

Lean on us.

AGR members 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 is actively involved in the annual Feed the Hell Outta t.u. canned food drive held each fall the week before the big game with Texas.  This event involves a competition between campus organizations to see who can collect the most canned goods.  Our fraternity helps with collecting and counting the cans from each group, as well as loading the cans onto the delivery trucks.  Additionally we have volunteered our services to a local church to help with garden work, we actively participate in the Adopt-a-Highway program, and volunteered to spend time with troubled youth at the Still Creek Boys Ranch.  Philanthropy events are important to AGR because it gives us a chance to give back to our community and provides the chance to give back to people that may not be as fortunate we.

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, too. Intramurals are a great way to show our AGR competitiveness in a variety of both team and individual sports. From softball and basketball, to flag football and 42 tournaments, intramurals are lots of fun, and they provide a chance for AGRs to have a great time together. Plus, AGR usually has a full calender of social events each term, including responsible parties, tailgates and sorority functions. These social events let you balance the professional and social aspects of the AGR fraternity experience.

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