Alpha Gamma Delta

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ΑΓΔ - Alpha Gamma Delta

Motto	Inspire the Woman. Impact the World.
Colors	Red, Buff, and Green
Flower	Red and Buff Roses
Founded	May 30, 1904 at Syracuse University, (Syracuse, New York)
Type	Social
Scope	International
Headquarters	8701 Founders Road Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Chapters	181
Members	140,000 currently lifetime
Philanthropy	Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Jewel	Pearl
Homepage	http://www.alphagammadelta.org/

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.

1 History
2 Philanthropy
3 Mission
4 Purpose
5 Notable alumnae
6 Chapters
7 References
8 External links

[edit] History

Alpha Gamma Delta was founded in 1904 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York by eleven female students; 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, and Flora Knight Mayer. 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.

The Badge of AGD

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.