Alpha Gamma Omega


Alpha Gamma Omega is an American Christian fraternity. It was founded in 1927 at University of California, Los Angeles and now has chapters at universities in California, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

History

Alpha Gamma Omega was founded in 1927 at University of California, Los Angeles as a Christ-centered fraternity.
The preamble to the fraternity's constitution is as follows:
Alpha Gamma Omega has chartered chapters across the United States. It maintains a close relationship with its Christian sorority counterpart, Alpha Delta Chi, considered the fraternity's "sister sorority." Its headquarters is located in Laguna Beach, California.

Symbols

Alpha and Omega represent the sovereign majesty of God and His dominion and lordship over all things. These letters come from the book of Revelation, where Jesus Christ says, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." The letter Gamma, the third letter in the Greek alphabet, represents Christ, which itself begins with "C", the third letter of the English alphabet. It is in the center to represent Christ being at the center of the fraternity and the lives of its members.
In addition, the Greek letters ΑΓΩ spells the word "ago"
The fraternity's colors are blue and gold. Its flower is the Easter Lily. Its motto is "Fraternity for Eternity". The fraternity's Bible verse is II Timothy 2:15: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth".

Activities

  • Founders' Day – Scheduled annually on the last Saturday of February, the active and alumni members come together to celebrate the founding of the fraternity.
  • All-AGO Pismo Beach Flag Football Tournament – Every October, the Kappa chapter hosts all chapters as they compete on the Pismo-Oceano Dunes against one another in a 7 on 7 flag football tournament.
  • Annual alumni camping trip to Yosemite National Park.

    Chapters

Following is a list of Alpha Gamma Omega chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.
ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatus
Alpha1927University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CaliforniaActive
Beta1938–1943,
1948		University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CaliforniaActive
Gamma1962–1967,
1978–1994,
2014		California State University, Long BeachLong Beach, CaliforniaActive
Delta1964–1969California State University, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CaliforniaInactive
Epsilon1965–1974,
1979		San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CaliforniaActive
Zeta1987–2020University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CaliforniaInactive
Eta1987–19xx ?,
2009–2020		California State University, FresnoFresno, CaliforniaInactive
Theta1989–1992Arizona State UniversityTempe, ArizonaInactive
Iota1992–-20xx ?University of California, DavisDavis, CaliforniaInactive
Kappa1992California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, CaliforniaActive
Lambda1993–1996University of California, IrvineIrvine, CaliforniaInactive
Mu1994–199x ?Illinois State UniversityNormal, IllinoisInactive
Nu1996–199x ?Baylor UniversityWaco, TexasInactive
Xi1997University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, ColoradoActive
Omicron1999–200x ?;
2017		University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North CarolinaActive
Pi2001University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaActive
Rho2011–2020Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, ColoradoInactive
Sigma2012–201x ?University of California, RiversideRiverside, CaliforniaInactive
Tau2013Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CaliforniaActive
Upsilon2017Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North CarolinaActive
Phi2017–2020University of DenverDenver, ColoradoActive
Chi2018Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VirginiaActive
Psi2018West Chester UniversityWest Chester, PennsylvaniaActive
Omega2019University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, VirginiaActive

Notable members