Alpha Gamma Rho - Penn State University

ΑΓΡ gamma crescent Gamma Chapter of alpha Gamma rho fraternity at penn State I SprinG 2020 Inside 2 alumni relationS eventS 3 reCruitment ChanGeS 4 GraduatinG SeniorS 5 new thon reCord 6 a marriaGe to envy 8 a family of farmerS W hile the semester was abruptly cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gamma Chapter was still able to accomplish a lot before school closed, and we are managing to operate in a new and adaptive way, where we use this global crisis as a new direction for fundraising and philanthropy. Brothers were involved in a Red Cross blood drive before school was closed. The brotherhood has already begun fundraising for COVID-19 relief, along with many other fraternities and sororities at the university, and doing our part in helping with what we can. Lately, brothers have taken both individual steps in fundraising and getting more people involved as a supportive community through social media. We are proud to have another successful academic year of being above the university's all-fraternity GPA, earning a 3.23. Gamma Chapter has maintained its high ranking of excellent academics, with 33 brothers making Dean's List in the fall semester. As a response to the ongoing epidemic, the university's grading policy, like many schools around the country, has been changed to pass/fail. This helps students be more selective about what grades from this semester will impact their GPA. Unfortunately, many events we planned for the spring semester are not happening now like spring formal, our annual Blue and White alumni tailgate, and parents weekend. We had a great Founder's Day call with alumni earlier this semester on February 8, which would have allowed us to have a better time at the planned tailgate in the spring with alumni. Luckily, we still had THON. This year, we raised over $100,000 with our partnered sorority, Phi Sigma Sigma, a huge achievement for us. VNR Membership Development Declan Evans '19 (Γ1816) participated the entire 46 hours of THON. Declan and I attended the National Leadership Conference this year in Baltimore along with two newly initiated members that were interested in running for executive board positions in the future. While the semester finished sooner than anybody had expected and hoped for, Gamma Chapter manages to stay in touch with each other and remain involved. Fraternally, Patrick Fitzsimmons '19 (Γ1817) Noble Ruler Gamma Chapter Maintains Fraternity Success BrotherS Give BaCk durinG pandemiC Dylan Patrick '20 (Γ1850), Joey Romano '20 (Γ1851), Declan Evans '19 (Γ1816), and Patrick Fitzsimmons '19 (1817) at the AGR Regional Leadership Seminar in Baltimore. - Chapter Website www.agrgamma.com Connect with Gamma Online l Chapter Twitter @AGRPennState

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