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It's Two Fraternities in One

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 people in the community. AGR is also like other social fraternities in that it has a strong group of members and a house you can live in during your college years. But AGR is more than just one of those strictly social fraternities; it is also a professional fraternity. All members of AGR have related career interests. AGR is for young men pursuing any career related to the agriculture, food or fiber industries. One more difference: at AGR there's no pledging. You 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.

The following was written by Jesse Hallowell, who was initiated into AGR in 1997, the next AGR brother in a long line of Hallowell men:

Walter Hallowell, a distant cousin, joined in 1936. Then, in 1939 my great uncle Joe Hallowell joined. His younger brother Penrose Hallowell, my granddad, joined in 1947. Next, my dad, Penrose Hallowell, Jr. joined in 1973, followed by his younger brother, my Uncle Jim Hallowell in 1974. I came along in 1997.

Being an AGR brought me closer to the men in my family. We love each other for many reasons, and now being able to share the genesis of our adult lives is one more. For three years I lay in my bed in the same room in the same house, at the same age as my distant cousin, two uncles, dad, and granddad had done. That’s powerful.

Brothers work together in the Teamwalk event at Community Challenage 2005 where we took 2nd place in all Fraterities division.

Photo courtesy of the Chico State Orion

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