Alpha Gamma Rho - Pi Chapter

 

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Pi Chapter Brothers attending Leadership Seminar in Ft. Worth, Texas, on February 18-19 had the opportunity to interact with and learn from over 180 collegiate and alumni members of Alpha Gamma Rho and Sigma Alpha. 

 

This year’s theme was “Cornerstone” and emphasized the importance of building a strong foundation of leadership skills in order to be successful in the fraternity, in college and in life.  In addition to attending workshops on topics such as communication, leadership styles, mentoring, diversity, conflict resolution and other relevant topics, attendees also had the opportunity interact with representatives from sponsoring companies, National Headquarters Staff, and Alpha Gamma Rho Officers.

Shown in the picture above are members of Pi Chapter and Grand President Sandy Beldon.  Pictured with President Beldon is Josh Goff, Brock Pittman, Carson Horn, Kale Castner, (Beldon), Kyle Slagell, Clark Bixler, and Mitchell Earl.

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In 1992, the men of Pi Chapter had the honor of initiating the founding members of the AGR

Colony at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. 

 

This action officially established the Beta Sigma Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho and recognized those men who were instrumental in its formation.  Unfortunately, one man who played an instrumental role in the formation of the colony earned his degree the semester before the initiation ceremony took place and, thus, was not officially initiated as a member of Beta Sigma Chapter.

On February 19, 2011, almost twenty years after the installation of Beta Sigma, the men of Pi Chapter once again had the honor of initiating a member of Beta Sigma Colony--Scotty Duvall. 

 

Brother Duvall was that colony member who graduated and was never officially initiated.  The ceremony took place at the Alpha Gamma Rho Leadership Seminar in Ft. Worth, Texas.  The members from Pi Chapter participating in the initiation were Carson Horn, Kale Castner, Kyle Slagell, Clark Bixler, Brock Pittman, Mitchell Earl, and Josh Goff.  The initiation of Brother Duvall was arranged by Brother Cody Lane, Alpha Gamma Rho Regional Vice-President.

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Brothers Zack Greenhill and Joe Poindexter recently visited the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) headquarters in Pittsboro, NC to deliver a check for $500. RAFI representatives said that it was the largest private donation made all year. This donation was the result of the money raised at the chapter's Ag Bash benefit concert last semester. This was the first philanthropy effort made by Nu Chapter in several years and they aim make it an annual event. Hide

 In past semesters at Epsilon, we’ve contributed to the community by doing various activities like picking up trash along our adopt-a-highway stretch, or selling wheat emptied from old samples from research plots and donating the proceeds to Farm Rescue. It’s been quite some time, however, since we’ve held our own special event at the house, and invited the public to help out. What better time to do this than our first semester living in the newly renovated house! Our idea was to hold a community food drive, and offer a meal and a house tour to anyone who came with a food item. We named the event “Farmers Feeding Fargo,” and it was a success as we collected 129 pounds of food. We also accepted money donations which were distributed to the Great Plains Food Bank ($180) and Farm Rescue ($154). We plan to continue these types of events in years to come as well as use our newly found experience to improve participation. A special thanks to all alumni who stopped by or donated money. Your support is greatly appreciated.

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If you are in Stillwater on the first Wednesday of the month, stop by the house for lunch from noon to 1pm. The events calendar has been updated with the Spring semester meals.

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Dr Steve Damron is the 2010 Oklahoma Professor of the Year!!

 

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Congratulations to Brother Randy Gordon on your election to the IFC President position. Your Brothers are proud of you!

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Members of the National AGR Fraternity visited Pi Chapter on November 4th.

Members visiting included Grand President Sandy Belden and members of the National Board, members of the Housing Resource Trust, Executive Director Phil Josephson, Chief Recruitment Officer Josh Wackler and home office staff and Director of Development James Ferrell (Pi Chapter) and members of the Foundation board.

Members visited Pi Chapter before attending meetings in Oklahoma City Thursday and Friday for the various boards. Our guests had a chance to visit various fraternities to see the housing conditions at Oklahoma State as well as touring the residential life options students have. Members also met with various members of the OSU faculty and the Manager of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.

Before leaving for their meetings, the visitors sat down with Alumni President A.L. Hutson and alumni while discussing the current condition of the Chapter had an opportunity to eat with Mom Walker, Chapter Advisors, Stillwater alumni and undergraduates.

Grand President Belden had many complements to share with our Chapter about the alumni and undergraduate relationship and the successes of the Chapter.

 

The National Fraternity hosted a reception & dinner at Cattlemen's in OKC for Pi Chapter Alumni.  The reception was well attended by Pi Alumni & a great time was had by those in attendance.

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Congratulations to Cecil D. Maynard on his induction to the Pi Chapter Hall of Fame.

Congratulations to Weston Dehart as the recipient of the Virgil Stratton Outstanding Alumni & Dr. Mike Hardin, recipient of the Leo Strickland Outstanding Alumni award.

Congratulations Brothers!!

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The men of Alpha Gamma Rho and women of Kappa Alpha Theta have put in countless hours of pomping and welding during Americas Greatest Homecoming.

 

The results are: Sweepstakes - 2nd, Housedeck - 2nd, Homecoming Sign - 3rd, Harvest Carnival - 2nd, Engineering - 1st and Football Frenzies - 5th

 

Congratulations to Brother Wyatt Swinford for becoming the Homecoming King.

 

Congratulations guys and thank you for all your hard work!

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The men of Alpha Gamma Rho and women of Pi Beta Phi will team up together to compete in Varsity Review 2011. Good luck guys!

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Riley Pagett, Oklahoma FFA Member from Woodward, has been selected as the 2010-2011 National FFA President.

 

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Several Pi Chapter Brothers were recognized during the 43rd Annual Career and Technology Education Summer Conference. The conference was held Aug. 2-3 at the Tulsa Convention Center.

Phil Berkenbile (Initiate 1061, 1977), State Director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education, received Oklahoma CareerTech’s top award, the Francis Tuttle Career Excellence Award

The Francis Tuttle Award was established in honor of Francis Tuttle (Initiate 1323, 1990), former state director of the Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education and “architect” of what is now called the CareerTech system. The award recognizes individuals whose careers exemplify Tuttle’s dedication to the development of people through career and technology education.

Berkenbile was also presented with the Stars of Excellence Award by the National Technical Honor Society. The Stars of Excellence Award recognizes those individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the Oklahoma Chapter of NTHS.

Kent Boggs (Initiate 1781, 2007), executive secretary, Oklahoma FFA, received the Arch Alexander Award.

The Arch Alexander Award recognizes CareerTech educators who have made significant contributions to Oklahoma’s CareerTech system and applauds those who are progressive leaders in program and curriculum development and utilizing advanced technology in education.

Jeremy Zweiacker (Initiate 1469, 1995), State Tech Prep and Alliance Coordinator, received the New Professional Award as a potential leader in Oklahoma ACTE.

Dr Joe Williams, New Mexico State Univesity, was recognized with the Outstanding Board Member award.

 

For more information about the awards visit OkACTE Awards website

August 15, 2010

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