Alpha Gamma Delta

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Alpha Gamma Delta

ΑΓΔ
Open Motto: Inspire the Woman. Impact the World.
Nicknames: Alpha Gams, Gams, AGDs
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Armorial Bearings
Founded: May 30, 1904 at

Syracuse University, (Syracuse, New York)
Founders:
  • Marguerite Shepard
  • Estelle Shepard Beswick
  • Georgia Alberta Dickover
  • Jennie Titus Smith Morris
  • Ethel Evelyn Brown Distin
  • Grace Mosher Harter
  • Edith MacConnel Hickok
  • Mary Louise Snider
  • Georgia Otis Chipman
  • Emily Helen Butterfield
  • Flora Knight Mayer
Members: 140,000 Members,
Official Philanthropies: Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Official Colors: Red, Buff, and Green
Member Badge:
Official Flowers: Red and Buff Roses
Official Jewel: Pearl
Official Mascot: Squirrel
Alpha Gamma Delta Website

Alpha Gamma Delta (ΑΓΔ) Founded in 1904, Alpha Gamma Delta is an international fraternity for women dedicated to academic excellence, leadership development, high ideals and sisterhood. Also known as "Alpha Gam" and sometimes "AGD", the organization has nearly two hundred chapters in colleges across North America.

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[edit] History

Alpha Gamma Delta was founded in 1904 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York by eleven female students. The official founding date is May 30.

The organization's official designation as a "fraternity" rather than a "sorority" (often seen in the names of women's groups) derives from an early advisor, who noted that soror is a Latin word with no connection to the Greek traditions cited by many collegiate social groups like Alpha Gamma Delta.[1] Many other Greek-letter organizations for women likewise refer to themselves as fraternities, though in the collective sense are generally called "sororities".

Alpha Gamma Delta's flowers are red and buff roses, with green asparagus plumosa fern. The jewel is the pearl. The colors are red, buff, and green. The mascot is a squirrel. Alpha Gamma Delta's current membership exceeds 140,000. There are currently 181 collegiate chapters.

Alpha Gamma Delta is a member of the Syracuse Triad along with Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi.

[edit] Philanthropy

The Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation was created in 1962 ensuring that the Fraternity's mission would live on into Alpha Gamma Delta's second century, allowing women of all ages to make positive differences on their campus and in their communities - leaving a legacy for generations of women to follow.

Through the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation, large grants are made annually to organizations and individuals for diabetes research, treatment and education.

The Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation assists members through scholarship grants, wellness programs, leadership training and workshops. Members in emergency financial need are also aided through the support of the Foundation.

[edit] Mission

Alpha Gamma Delta is an international fraternity for women that exists to provide opportunities for personal development through the spirit of sisterhood:

We support lifelong learning as a means to gain understanding and wisdom. We promote the value of fraternal membership and commitment to higher education. We help prepare members to contribute to the world’s work. We advocate lifetime involvement in Alpha Gamma Delta.


[edit] Purpose

To gain understanding that wisdom may be vouchsafed to me.

To develop and prize health and vigor of body.

To cultivate acquaintances with many whom I meet.

To cherish friendships with but a chosen few and to study the perfecting of those friendships.

To welcome the opportunity of contributing to the world's work in the community where I am placed because of the joy of service thereby bestowed and the talent of leadership multiplied.

To honor my home, my country, my religious faith.

To hold truth inviolable, sincerity essential, and kindness invaluable.

To covet beauty in environment, manner, word, and thought.

To possess high ideals and to attain somewhat unto them.

This shall be my purpose that those who know me may esteem Alpha Gamma Delta for her attainments, revere her for her purposes, and love her for her womanhood.


[edit] Notable alumnae

For a full list of notable Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae please visit here. [2]

[edit] Chapters

Alberta, Canada

  • Delta Kappa: University of Alberta
  • Delta Nu: University of Calgary

Manitoba, Canada

Alabama

Arkansas

  • Epsilon Zeta: Arkansas State University

British Columbia, Canada

  • Delta Zeta: University of British Columbia

California

  • Delta Iota: California State University, Chico
  • Delta Pi: San Francisco State University
  • Delta Rho: Sonoma State University
  • Delta Tau: Chapman University

Colorado

  • Epsilon Gamma: University of Denver

Florida

  • Gamma Beta: Florida State University
  • Theta Lambda: University of West Florida
  • Theta Rho: Barry University
  • Theta Phi: University of Tampa

Georgia

Hawaii

Iowa

  • Rho: Iowa State University

Idaho

Illinois

  • Sigma: University of Illinois
  • Xi: Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Beta Eta: Southern Illinois University
  • Beta Iota: Eastern Illinois University
  • Beta Omicron: Illinois State University

Indiana

  • Beta Delta: Indiana University
  • Beta Tau: Ball State University
  • Beta Xi: Purdue University

Kansas

  • Epsilon Beta: University of Kansas
  • Epsilon Kappa: Pittsburg State University
  • Epsilon Mu: Fort Hays State University

Kentucky

  • Epsilon: University of Kentucky
  • Gamma Omicron: Eastern Kentucky University
  • Gamma Xi: Murray State University
  • Theta Iota: Western Kentucky University
  • Theta Upsilon: Georgetown College

Massachusetts

  • Zeta Zeta: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Manitoba, Canada

Maryland

  • Zeta Delta: Towson University

Michigan

  • Alpha Beta: University of Michigan
  • Alpha Pi: Wayne State University
  • Alpha Upsilon: Central Michigan University
  • Zeta Alpha: Eastern Michigan University
  • Zeta Epsilon: Michigan Technological University
  • Zeta Nu: Alma College
  • Zeta Omicron: Kettering University
  • Zeta Sigma: Northwood University
  • Zeta Upsilon: Northern Michigan University

Minnesota

  • Delta: University of Minnesota

Missouri

  • Epsilon Epsilon: William Jewell College
  • Epsilon Lambda: Central Missouri State University
  • Epsilon Omega: Truman State University
  • Kappa Beta: Missouri Western State College

Montanta

  • Delta Gamma: Montana State University

Nebraska

  • Beta Alpha: Nebraska Wesleyan University

Nevada

  • Delta Omicron: University of Nevada, Las Vegas

New Jersey

  • Zeta Mu: Richardson Stockton College of NJ
  • Zeta Tau: Seton Hall University

New York

  • Alpha Alpha: State University of NY at Buffalo
  • Zeta Eta: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

North Carolina

  • Gamma Eta: High Point University
  • Theta Mu: University of North Carolina at Wilmington
  • Theta Omicron: Western Carolina University

North Dakota

  • Beta Beta: North Dakota State University

Nova Scotia, Canada

Ohio

  • Omega: University of Akron
  • Zeta: Ohio University
  • Alpha Iota: Baldwin-Wallace College
  • Alpha Kappa: Bowling Green State University
  • Alpha Lambda: Ohio State University
  • Zeta Iota: Miami University

Oklahoma

  • Upsilon: University of Oklahoma
  • Epsilon Nu: University of Centrak Oklahoma
  • Epsilon Xi: East Central University

Ontario, Canada

Oregon

  • Phi: Oregon State University

Pennsylvania

  • Alpha Epsilon: Westminster College
  • Alpha Omega: Duquesne University
  • Alpha Sigma: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
  • Alpha Tau: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
  • Zeta Beta: Lehigh University
  • Zeta Gamma: Gannon University
  • Zeta Kappa: University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
  • Zeta Pi: St. Joseph's University
  • Zeta Theta: Lafayette College

Tennessee

  • Gamma Zeta: University of Memphis
  • Theta Pi: Lambuth University
  • Theta Tau: Belmont University

Texas

  • Epsilon Phi: Texas Womens' University
  • Epsilon Psi: University of Texas at Dallas
  • Epsilon Upsilon: Tarleton State University
  • Kappa Gamma: Texas A&M - Corpus Christi

Virginia

  • Gamma Lambda: Longwood College
  • Theta Nu: Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Theta Zeta: Randolph-Macon College
  • Theta Chi: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Washington

  • Iota: University of Washington
  • Delta Beta: Washington State University

Wisconsin

  • Beta Epsilon: Carroll College

West Virginia

  • Alpha Omicron: West Virginia Wesleyan College

[edit] External links


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