Theta Chapter Aquires New Podium
Josh Roling, 2012 Noble Ruler and Jared Henderson, 2011 Noble Ruler grab a photo opportunity with Theta’s new podium.
When Jared Henderson became Noble Ruler, he quickly realized the podium used for Chapter meetings and events was in a sad state of disrepair. He shopped for a new one, and found out rather quickly a new podium would not only be costly, but it would be a generic podium with the possibility of adding a plaque to identify it as the AGR podium.
Enter Harry Thompson (Theta 1972) master craftsman. When Brother Thompson was contacted, he not only volunteered to build a podium, he refused monies to purchase the wood. He said he had wanted to do something for the Chapter for many years and it would be his pleasure to build and donate a new podium to Theta Chapter.
Brother Thompson delivered the podium over semester break, just in time for the first Chapter meeting of 2012. It is a true work of art; beautiful wood, masterfully built, and personalized with the AGR Crest and letters on the front. We are grateful to Brother Harry Thompson for his gift. We promise to take great care and preserve it for use by decades of AGR Brothers.
Note: Harry is the father of Benjamin Thompson (Theta, 2000) and the father-in-law of Scott A. Gard (Theta, 1995)
Finally Got the Banner
Starting a year ago the campus Greek Life began awarding the Academic Achievement banners to the students of Greek houses who were in the top tier of fraternities. Last year, brother Steve Ellis, issued a challenge the men of Alpha Gamma Rho at Founder's Day to have that banner hanging in front of our house next year. We set our minds to achieving the best grades possible, and we did. This past semester we had over half of our members achieve the Payne/Longwell scholarship, a scholarship awarded to brothers who have a semester GPA of 3.25 or greater. Our combined GPA as a house was 3.10, placing us 4th overall in the Greek system. We were above the University average of 3.034, above the all male average of 2.893, and above the all fraternal average of 2.780.
Every year we look to build upon our successes and we hope that we will we soon reach the number one spot for grades.
- Alpha Gamma Rho House Tour
2012 Spring Initiates
Pictured above (Spring Class '12) are the newest additions to Alpha Gamma Rho, Theta Chapter. We are proud to have them as brothers.Front Row, L to R: Josh Hyde (Marshfield), Michael Patterson (Shelbina), Tyler Hogle (Trimble)
Row 2, L to R: Tyler Moses (Springfield), Devon Whitlock (Strafford) Josh Glendenning (Lebanon)
Back Row, L to R: Casey Heiman (Butler), Zach Nixon (Kahoka)
Fall 2011 Initiate Class
