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ALPHA GAMMA RHO
CRESCENTA L P H A Z E TA C H A P T E R • K A N S A S S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y
INSIDEOUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP...PAGE 2
NOBLE RULER...PAGE 3ALUMNI BIOGRAPHIES...PAGE 4
PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM...PAGE 6PINK ROSE 2012...PAGE 7
GRADUATES OF ALPHA ZETA...PAGE 9AGR SUMMER FUN WEEKEND...PAGE 11
SUMMER 2012
Number 1 at 150 Event and Dad’s DayDave Anderson #949, had the Governor’s Cup made tocelebrate this award. Feel free to stop by the chapter houseany time to see the Governor’s Cup, which is in a lockedcase in the formal living room. Dr. Bob Broecklman #691talked about the future of the Alpha Zeta Chapter and theCapital Campaign efforts. The event finished up in time toallow everyone to attend the K-State men’s basketball gamevs. Texas A&M. We had a Call Hall ice cream social back atthe house for the 27 AGR dads who attended and their sonsto wrap up the long day. Then we all headed to thebasketball game, which was a victory for the Wildcats.
Number 1 at 150 and Dad’s Day Event was a greatsuccess this year with so much brotherhood and greatactivities. We look forward to making this a yearly event.Thanks to Dave Anderson and Keith Westervelt for planningand putting on this event. On February 4th at BluevilleNursery was packed with purple and pride for AlphaGamma Rho Fraternity Alpha Zeta Chapter.Written By: Reagan Kays
The Alpha Zeta Chapter was exploring an opportunity toorganize a yearly event to gather AGRs for socializing in aninformal setting. After much brainstorming, the idea of anevent in the Manhattan area. This year Keith Westervelt#1014, hosted the Alumni Event at his company BluevilleNursery to celebrate being ranked the top fraternity in Kansasby the Topeka Capital Journal. The active chapter chose tohold their dad’s day on the same day in conjunction with thealumni events.
As the planning began for this event we had over 200people RSVP. The day started out with breakfast in a BluevilleGreenhouse where AGR actives, alumni and fathers mingledafter breakfast for a couple hours. Unfortunately, it was toorainy in the morning for tours, so they had to wait until afterthe event. The formal reception followed with some remarksfrom the Alumni Board President Ron Hirst #595. GovernorSam Brownback #851 stopped by to share a few words ofwisdom and to join us for a barbeque lunch sponsored byWestervelt. After being named the top fraternity in Kansas,
The Governor’s Cup presented to a group of undergraduates and alumni.
Undergraduates and their fathers visiting in the Dining Hall at theChapter house. (From left to right: Kevin Harris, Frankie Noel, Chris Berg,
Eric Noel, Greg Harris, Henry Britton, Logan Britton)
AGR alumni, friends, family and undergraduates in aBlueville Nursery Greenhouse.
Governor Sam Brownback speaking to actives,alumni and fathers of K-State AGRs.
• July 20th and 21st - AGR SummerFun Weekend
• October 6th - Founders Dayand Parents WeekendDates to Remember
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Leadership has always been a big part of Alpha GammaRho’s Alpha Zeta Chapter. What other fraternity on campusboast that in five years they have had one student bodypresident, one Kansas 4-H Youth Council President, over tenstudent senators, one IFC president, over a dozen FFA StateOfficers and three National Scholarship winners? Alpha ZetaChapter has had this superior leadership. The AGR Fraternityhas continued this trend during the spring semester.
At the end of the fall semester, Brother Garrett Listerannounced his decision to run for Student Body President.
Lister has been a very involvedmember of the StudentGoverning Association for twoyears and he was ready toadvance to the next level. Garrettis from Marysville and hisrunning mate was Allison Pennerfrom Clay Center. Lister andPenner held campaign events atthe chapter house andmany AGRs showedsupport by wearingcampaign t-shirts orworking on thecampaign team.Although Garrettwas not successfulin his race, we are
proud of his leadership at Kansas StateUniversity and AGR.
Alpha Gamma Rho has had a stronghistory of representing the College ofAgriculture at the University level by serving asAg Student Senators in SGA. This spring we had fourbrothers elected out of six positions availble. New senatorsinclude: Kendal Clawson, Satanta, Reagan Kays, Weir, NathanLaudan, Paola and Kurt Lockwood, Caney. We are lookingforward to providing leadership for the college and KansasState University during the next school year.
FFA leaders have made a tradition of becoming AlphaGamma Rhos. This school year, all three of the elected malestate officers Nathan Laudan, Paola, Kurt Lockwood, Caneyand Cole Smith, Natoma lived in the AGR House. Includingpast state officers we had six state officers living in the houseduring the 2011-2012 school year.
Ag Ambassadors is an active club in the College ofAgriculture that is responsible for recruiting new studentsand representing the college. Nine AGRs were in theambassador program during the past year. Those including:Logan Britton, Bartlett; Jeff Cather, Anthony; Kurtis Clawson,Satanta; Nick Herrmann, Holcomb; Reagan Kays, Weir;Nathan Laudan, Paola; Garrett Lister, Marysville; KurtLockwood, Caney, and Andrew Strasburg, Fredonia.
AGRs are also involved in club level leadership. ColePearson from Scott City served as the president of the FoodScience Club. The Vice President of Block and Bridle this yearwas Nathan Smith, Macksville and Calvin Dix, Woodstonserved as treasurer. Other brothers also provided greatleadership for Block and Bridle’s Little American Royal Show.
Ben Tokach was the president of LAR andChase Minihan, Nathan Smithand Dustin Wooten wereinvolved in the planning andshow day activities.
Our fifth value at AlphaGamma Rho is to “Fosterlifelong personal developmentthrough innovative educational,leadership, and socialopportunities.” Here at AlphaZeta Chapter we value leadershipgreatly in all aspects of thecollege life. In the coming year,AGR will continue to lead the
College of Agriculture and Kansas State University to newheights.
Written By: Reagan Kays
Outstanding Leadership
Allison Penner and Garrett Lister in
their Student Body President and
Vice President Campaign t-shirts
Five of next year’s Ag Student Senators includingfour AGRs – Nathan Laudan, Kendal Clawson,Hannah Miller, Kurt Lockwood, Reagan Kays
PresidentRon Hirst #595
TreasurerBen Brent #478
SecretaryJeff Sutton #[email protected]
VP Chapter RelationsRick Perkins #1045
VP FundraisingSteve Slusher #[email protected]
VP Property ManagementRoger Johnson #[email protected]
VP AwardsDalton Henry #[email protected]
Director 1Chad Chase # 1364
Director 2Ken Smith #732
Director 3Jason Grady #1325
AdvisorsJosh Roe #1413
Ryan Briener #[email protected]
Peter [email protected]
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When I talk to some of my friends at K-State that are inother Greek houses across campus, I am always humbled bythe support we have here at Alpha Gamma Rho. This wasreinforced this semester by having outstanding alumni comespeak to our chapter during formal dinner. The alumni thatcame and shared their knowledge included; Mike Smith#922, Hesston, Scott Bokelman #950, Washington and RickPerkins #1045, Wichita.
Our first presenter, Mike Smith, is the Managing Partnerand President of Ag 1 Source. Mike lives in Hesston and playsmany different roles in the success of the company he helpedstart, Ag 1 Source. Mike talked to us about being the bestcandidate possible to fill jobs in the agricultural industry.Smith also provided us with materials that he uses in hiseveryday business. The undergraduate chapter found Mike’spresentation very helpful in preparing for entering agbusinesses. Mike and Ag 1 Source have started a new five-yearscholarship opportunity. This award of $3,000 will go to theVNR of Recruitment for their integral role in filling our housewith good agricultural men. We really appreciate Mike’ssupport of this very important leadership role in the AlphaZeta Chapter.
In late March, Scott Bokelman, is a Financial ServicesOfficer with Commercial Finance Team of Frontier FarmCredit, spoke to us. He works out of the Marysville office and
has 25 years of experience with Farm Credit. As in the past,many of the undergraduate members will return home andcontinue the family operation after graduation. Therefore,Bokelman talked about how we can prepare to be goodcandidates for loans after we graduate from college. He alsofarms on the side, so he touched on how beneficial off thefarm income is to providing for his family. One of thehighlights of the night was listening to Scott’s stories whilehe was Noble Ruler. He had some pretty crazy stories and weremain uncertain if he was involved in any of these activitiesor was just an innocent bystander.
Our final alumnus speaker was Rick Perkins. Perkinsworks for Rabo AgriFinance as the Assistant VicePresident/Relationship Manager. He talked briefly about thebanking business and what Perkins does with RaboAgriFinance. He acts as the liaison between the under-graduatechapter and the alumni board. Therefore, we had a discussionabout issues facing the house and the alumni board. Rick alsoshared some stories about sneaks he had while anundergraduate, which brought laughs to the whole group.
Having alumni come to the chapter house and sharetheir knowledge and experiences with the undergraduates isa highlight of our semester. If you are interested in being aspeaker next fall or spring please contact Jason [email protected] or Reagan Kays [email protected].
Alumni Speaking to the Undergraduates of Alpha Zeta
From the Desk of the Noble RulerGreetings from Manhattan!
Summer break is upon us, and it isimportant to reflect on manyaccomplishments of Alpha Zeta thisSpring semester. The semester startedwith five new initiates bringing the pinnumber total to 1689. Otherhighlights to our semester includedour philanthropy, community service,and accomplishments on campus. Wehad our annual Sell-A-Fellaphilanthropy and raised over $4000 tohelp benefit Great Strides, a group
affiliated with the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. It is always afun time for the undergrads, and we enjoy putting on theevent. We recently completed our Adopt-A-Highway clean upeffort on a section north of Manhattan. This is somethingthat we were excited about bringing back after a brief hiatus,and it provided a chance for us to give back to the
community. Some highlights across campus include GarrettLister running for Student Body President; Luke Knight andTanner Brunner representing K-State at NCBA; and NathanLaudan and Nick Herrmann being selected as College of AgAmbassadors.
We have had a solid start to 2012 and look to continue thesame direction when we all return in the fall. We expect aclass of 27 new members, so if there are any possible recruitsplease send us their contact information as soon as possible.The AGR house is an exciting place to be right now and itdoes not look like it will slow down anytime soon. Thepotential of the Alpha Zeta truly is high right now with thecapital campaign and the quality of members in the house.We welcome you by the house anytime. The weekend we haveplanned for the KU football game on October 6, 2012 will bea great one and we look forward to seeing as many of youthat can make it!
Fraternally, Jeff Cather, Noble Ruler
Jeff CatherNoble Ruler
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Alumni BiographiesAustin DeZeeuw is a 2012 graduate inAnimal Sciences and Industry. He isoriginally from Elkton South Dakota.In 2011, DeZeeuw was an integral partof the 5th place finish overall of the K-State Animal Sciences and IndustryQuadrathalon Competition. He alsowon the Don and Jane Good Award forthe Outstanding Senior in AnimalSciences and Industry. This award ischosen by a committee of faculty andbased on the student’s moral character,
scholarly achievement, leadership skills, participation onjudging teams, foreign and domestic travel, etc. This award isonly given to one senior each year and Austin is only thesecond recipient.Written By: Reagan Kays
Kansas State alumnus, Jason Ellis, wasawarded the Faculty of the Semesterhonors last fall in Kansas StateUniversity’s College of Agriculture.Ellis was hired in the summer of2011 by the Department of Com-munications and Agricultural Edu-cation as an assistant professor. Hecurrently advises undergraduateagricultural communications andjournalism students, teaches courses,and serves as the honors project
coordinator for the department. Ellis is also the adviser to K-State’s chapter of Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow.Written By: Logan Britton
A 1994 alumnus with a degree inAgriculture Economics, Todd Johnsonnow lives in Highlands Ranch, CO.Currently he serves as the VicePresident of Federation Services for TheNational Cattlemen’s Beef Association(NCBA). On a daily basis, he is incontact with state beef councils,providing services they need to maketheir organization strong. He helpscoordinate national planning meetingsand provides direction to the state beef
councils. Johnson serves as the President of the 2011-2012KSU National Alumni Board. This spring he was awarded theBlue Key Senior Honorary Outstanding Alumni Award. Toddand his wife Mandy both work for NCBA.Written By: Reagan Kays
My first aquitance with Steve Mayowas at youth cattle shows growing up.He helped me improve my showingtechniques during my showing career.Steve was one of the main people whotalked my brother, Cole Pearson, and Iinto joining AGR. Steve farmed inwestern Kansas up until a year ago.Currently, he is selling feed forLoomix. He was named one of the topthree salesman for Loomix this lastyear. In his spare time, Steve
volunteers as the announcer for the Garden City High Schoolwrestling team. Steve enjoys announcing for the wrestlingteam, so he can watch the children of his friends wrestle.Steve shared a story with me about when he was an AGR, hewas taking Anatomy and Physiology with 15 other guys,which resulted in some interesting study hours.Written By: Miles Pearson
Serving as the current AssistantSecretary in the Kansas Department ofAgriculture, Brother Jim Riemannleads the Agricultural and BusinessServices Divisions. Before leavingretirement to join the Department ofAg, Dr. Riemann was the president ofCertified Angus Beef for eight years.He also was the director of beefresearch and development for ExcelCorporation in Wichita, KS andassociate professor in the Food
Technology & Science Department at the University ofTennessee-Knoxville. This spring, Riemann was selected bythe Kansas State University College of Agriculture as thecollege’s 2012 Alumni Fellow. On an annual basis the twelvecolleges at K-State select fellows to come to campus anddiscuss current business and industry trends and to interactwith students and faculty.Written By: Reagan Kays
Larry Schwintz graduated with adegree in Ag Education and his firstseven years of teaching was atLaCygne, Kansas. From there he taughtat Winfield for seven years then atCowley County Community Collegein Winfield. At Cowley, Larrydeveloped an ag community class anda business computer class which hetaught. By this time computers werebeing developed and used more andmore in business and the agriculture
industry. The computer classes were in such demand, along
Austin DeZeeuw
Dr. Jason Ellis
Todd Johnson
Steve Mayo
Jim Riemann
Larry Schwintz
Jeff CatherNoble Ruler
[email protected] • Anthony, KS
Cody BurkeVNR Finance
[email protected] • Genoa, NE
Logan BrittonVNR Membership [email protected] • Bartlett, KS
Reagan KaysVNR Alumni Relations
[email protected] • Weir, KS
Andrew ScherrerVNR Recruitment
[email protected] • Matheson, CO
Greg HarrisVNR Operations
[email protected] • Abilene, KS
Eric NoelVNR Activities
[email protected] • LaCygne, KS
Chad NuelleVNR Planning
[email protected] • Higginsville, MO
Will LonginakerVNR Scholarship
[email protected] • Randolph, IA
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with Larry’s knowledge, that he began to teach computer inWichita for some of the aircraft industry. Larry began to doconsiderable Business and Industry training for Boeing andother major companies in Wichita. During this time he wasalso expanding his farming operation to include 1,000 acres,mostly doing the work by himself. After two heart attacks thedoctor said he should slow down. After the third heart attackhe no longer farms and rents out his land. Today he enjoysretirement in Winfield after 42 years of teaching.Written By: Reagan Kays
Dr. Jake Sherwood started his career as a veterinarian withDr. Schrater in the Kansas City area. He now lives inBeaumont, Texas where he has his own veterinary clinic. Jakeand his wife have a son Matt, a veterinarian in Manhattanassociated with Kansas State. Jake also has two daughters andhe is gifted with six grandchildren all eight years old andyounger. Sherwood is still working hard and would just assoon not have any more hurricanes. He continues to staybusy with other obligations outside of his veterinary practice.Written By: Reagan Kays
Spencer Schrader was in AlphaGamma Rho, Alpha Zeta chapterstarting in 1993. Originally from AltaVista, he now lives in Wells, KS withhis wife Laci and children Weston andJosi. He graduated from K-State inMay of 1997 and received a Bachelorof Science Degree in Animal Science.He currently works for Suther Feeds,Inc., merchandises cattle, andmanages Schrader Ranch with hiswife. He is active in the Kansas
Charolais Association as a senior member and also serves asan advisor for the junior association.Written By: Kurtis Clawson
Spencer Schrader
Recruitment for the fall of 2012 classis off to a great start. This spring wehad four vacancies but welcomed fivegreat new members to our chapter:Kurtis Clawson, Satanta; NathanStinson, Allen; Austin Richard,Chanute; Alex Cox, Linwood Acres,and Michael Porter, Freeman, MO.Interest in the house has been highand seems to continuously be on therise, proving there is a promisingfuture for our chapter. The class forthe fall looks like it will be 27 strong;at the beginning of May we had 22 of
these spots filled with outstanding men from various areas ofKansas and Missouri. For those of you who haverecommended potential new members I greatly appreciate it.I encourage all of you if you know of a great young man ofoutstanding character to get their names to me as soon aspossible seeing as how the spots are filling up so quickly. Iam pleased to be able to grant several incoming recruits withscholarships. Over the past several years, recruitment hasbeen outstanding and this year looks like it will follow suit.With recruitment being vital to our house’s continuedsuccess it’s important that it is a joint effort on behalf of theundergraduates and alumni.
Fraternally,Andrew Scherrer, VNR Recruitment719-760-2570, [email protected]
Recruitment Report
Andrew ScherrerVice Noble Ruler of
Recruitment
2012 Alpha Zeta Executive Council
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Exciting things are happening at Alpha Zeta and withoutquestion our fraternity’s greatest resource is its members,both alumni and active. With that in mind, the Alpha ZetaAlumni Board has developed a program to utilize ourgreatest resource to everyone’s benefit. The AGR ProfessionalsProgram is designed with five major goals: 1) Increaseundergraduate investment and commitment to AGR, 2)Increase undergraduate access to career guidance andindustry opportunities, 3) Increase alumni employerawareness of available employee candidates, 4) Give alumniemployers the opportunity to evaluate upper echelonemployment candidates, and 5) Give AGR membersopportunities not available to nonmembers. The goal of theAlumni Board is to serve enough alumni involvement toprovide a mentor to each in-house active member. Activemembers will have the opportunity to participate in twofacets of the program, career mentoring andemployee/employer connections. The career mentoring willpair an alumnus with an active member who is pursuing asimilar career or desires to work in a similar industry. The
relationship would be loosely structured to providemaximum flexibility to the two individuals. The goals ofcareer mentoring are to provide hands-on career/industryexposure to the undergraduate, give the alumnus anopportunity to evaluate the undergraduate for potentialemployment recommendations, and provide career adviceand industry insight to the undergraduate. The employee/employer connections program would aim to connect upperechelon undergraduate members with potential alumniemployers, and provide alumni employers with first access tothese top tier candidates. Other program features may beadded as it becomes more established. Participation in theprogram is voluntary for both alumni and active members.Alumni members who are interested in the program orwould like to know more about it please email Jason Gradyat [email protected] or call him at 918-807-1976.Please consider being part of this program, its successdepends on alumni and active member involvement.
Written by: Jason Grady
AGR Professionals Program
I have had the privilege of being on the board of severalorganizations during my “after college life” but representing mybrothers of AGR on the AZ Chapter Alumni Board has been themost rewarding. Right now, you have over 60 alumni brothersworking to culminate an effort that was started some 10 yearsago and to prepare plans for the future of AGR at K-State. I amextremely optimistic about the future of AGR at KSU. With yourhelp, we continue to develop the leaders of tomorrow, fromproduction ag to the large company boardroom to the politicalworld. We all need you to recommend names of young menthat have the qualifications to become new brothers.Recruitment is the heart and life blood of our existence.
During the last year, I have had the opportunity to visit inperson, on the telephone, via email and facebook many of ourbrothers from my time as a pledge and active. We continue tohave a kinship and care about each other and have an interest inwhat has happened to one another since graduation, despite notmaintaining contact for years. And I might add, tongue in cheek,despite whether we are Republican or Democrat. I happen tothink that our time at Alpha Zeta had a great deal to do with thatspecial life long bond of friendship.
A big thank you goes out to Sam Hands, Ty Brookover andDarrin Gigot and those who were responsible for a great eveningfor alumni in Garden City. A large thank you goes to DaveAnderson and Keith Westervelt for sponsoring a huge AGRgathering at Blueville Nursery. Another very much appreciatedthank you to Larry Geil for hosting an AGR gathering in Topeka.Watch for an AGR get together in your area. If you would like tohost an AGR social, please contact me and we will help.
July 20 and 21 is the date for the AGR Summer Fun Weekendto be in Hutchinson this year. Motel rooms have been reservedat Ramada Hotel and Conference Center under AGR or Alpha
Gamma Rho at a very good rate ($70). Courtesy of RandallGalle, on Friday afternoon we will be touring Kuhn Krause,formerly Krause Plow and visiting the John Evans Farm withdinner at Anchor Inn. Saturday morning is our summer boardmeeting, lunch and then we go 650’ below to tour theUnderground Salt Museum. See this Crescent for details. KuhnKrause just announced a large building expansion.
I have a request to ask you. Would you volunteer to come toManhattan to speak to the undergraduates about your time asan AGR, what it has meant to you in your life and about yourvocation? Just for one Wednesday evening for chapter dinnerand even stay for chapter meeting if you have the time. Thechapter members have been asking to have a chance to knowalumni. Contact Josh Roe, Jon Pretz, Peter Tomlinson, JasonGrady or Reagan Kays, VNR Alumni Relations.
We welcome Dr. Peter Tomlinson and John Pretz as chapteradvisors to assist Josh Roe. These men spend a lot of timeinteracting with the chapter. Jon is back on campus and is thedairy judging team coach among other duties. Jon has beenacting as an advisor for a year. Dr. Tomlinson is an AGR fromConnecticut and is an Agronomy Assistant Professor and StateWater Quality Specialist. We are very fortunate to have such animpressive group of advisors that bleed AGR.
Please update your email addresses to AGR National, or toReagan Kays or myself. For the latest news about alumni andAGR upcoming events sign in to K-State AGR Alumni onfacebook. Have a great summer and I will see you in Hutch.
FraternallyRon Hirst,AGR Alpha Zeta ChapterAlumni Corporation, President
Alumni President’s Report
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On Saturday, March 4, the men of Alpha Gamma Rho andtheir dates attended the 2012 Pink Rose Formal held at theBlue Hills Room. Theevent was coordinated byReagan Kays, Vice NobleRuler of Alumni Relations,and Eric Noel, Vice NobleRuler of Activities.
The night started offwith a social for theundergraduates andalumni, as well as datesand wives. Brother Kaysemceed the event. RonHirst, alumni boardpresident, read bio-graphies of members whowere initiated 50 years agoand relayed how AGRplayed an important part of their lives during their college
years and even today. Dr. JimRiemann, assistant to theKansas Secretary of Agriculture,was recently selected as anAlumni Fellow by the KansasState University AlumniAssociation. Dr. Riemannshared his long standingassociation with AlphaGamma Rho and theconnections he has had fromthe fraternity.
"Our Pink Rose Formal washighlighted by a speech froman 1994 graduate, ToddJohnson. Johnson currentlyserves as the Vice President of
Federation Services at the National Cattlemen'sBeef Association. He talkedabout some great aspects thatAlpha Gamma Rho Fraternityprovides for its members,"Kays said.
Johnson highlighted howthe AGR connections made incollege would stay with us forthe rest of our lives. In differentpoints in our life, our career,weddings, reunions to alumnievents, our brothers will bethere.
Undergraduate members wereawarded scholarship for theirexcellence in academics,leadership and service to the fraternity. More than 20
brothers received scholarships provided by donations fromalumni.
"Our scholarshipprogram for AlphaGamma Rho provides agreat amount offinancial assistance forour undergraduates. Atour Pink Rose Formal,we gave awayapproximately $30,000in scholarships. I feelblessed to have somuch support from ouralumni," Kays said.
A dance was heldat the conclusion of theprogram.
This year, PinkRose was one to remember. Last year, being one of the newguys, I assumed it was just another date party or get-together.Now, I realize it’s an excellent way to recognize the brothersof Alpha GammaRho. Being an oldermember, it was goodseeing alumni I havealready connectedwith and meetingnew ones. I washonored to seebrothers in my classand the class belowme honored fortheir hard workand dedicationtoward their education. Also, getting to
meet my brothers’ dates reassure meI am around an outstanding group ofgentlemen, by the caliber of womenthey take to our functions. It wasalso great to show my date, one ofmy high school friends, K-State, mycollege life and how I havematured. I’m also eternally gratefulto our alumni. Without them, wewould not be as successful withouttheir influence on us. I cannot waitto come back to Pink Rose whenI’m an alumnus and share myinsight and experiences twenty-five to fifty years from now. I lovebeing an AGR and wouldn’t trade
it for the world.
Written by: Logan Britton
2012 Pink Rose
All of the active members that received scholarshipmonies at this year’s Pink Rose Formal.
Lexi Wingerson and Andrew Strasburgat the Pink Rose Formal.
A room full of Alpha Gamma Rho alumni and actives
with their dates at the 2012 Pink Rose Formal.
Andrew Scherrer and his
scholarship sponsor Mike Smith.
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Adopt-A-Highway ProjectCommunity service is a big part of the Alpha Zeta Chapter
of Alpha Gamma Rho. In the recent past, we have improvedour community service effort. We used the Adopt-A-Highwayprogram as a quick and easy way to help get our houseinvolved around the Manhattan Community. We hadapproximately 40 members who were able to help with theevent. It only took us approximately a hour to clean a two-mile stretch of highway. We were able to participate in thisevent one evening after house dinner when everyone was freeof class and other activities around campus. We look forwardto continuing this clean up in the future and to partaking ina new fall community service event.
Dave Sewell Memorial Sell-A-FellaWe raised a total of $4000 dollars this year, at our annual
Sell-A-Fella philanthropy in February. The event is put on tohelp the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, in which our donationgoes to help with research and treatments for Cystic Fibrosis
as well as families affected by the disease. The event is alwaysheld around Valentine’s Day with the motto of “Who saysmoney can’t buy love?” Our first and second year brothers areauctioned off to the highest bidder in return for a date. Wehad 33 brothers auctioned off this year with an average saleprice of $120 per brother.
The money was presented at the Great Strides CysticFibrosis walk here in Manhattan on April 28th. This year wewere the largest sponsors for the event being classified as sitesponsors. Our sponsorship was in memory of brother DaveSewell who passed away a few years ago from CF. Wecontinue to grow in our contributions to the foundation asthe reputation of Sell-A-Fella grows through campus Greekswith over 100 lucky ladies in attendance this year.
Fraternally,
Chad Nuelle, VNR PlanningEric Noel, VNR Activities
Spring 2012 Philanthropy Report
Andrew Scherrer and Eric Noel standing by oursign at the Great Strides Cystic Fibrosis Walk.
Undergraduate members picking up trash along thehighway for our Adopt a Highway service project.
Chad Nuelle and Kurtis Clawson picking uptrash during our Adopt a Highway service project.
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2012 AGR SeniorsAustin DeZeeuwElkton, SDAnimal Science and IndustrySales Representative for Elanco Animal Health
Ben HarrisOttawa, KSAgricultural Economics, Animal Science MinorPursue a career in the Agriculture Industry
Brady JamesCouncil Grove, KSAnimal Sciences and IndustryPursue a career in the Agriculture Industry
Taylor JamesClay Center, KSAgriculture Communications & JournalismBanking in Southwest Kansas
Tyler LeonhardOskaloosa, KSAnimal Science and Industry, Business MinorWork for Land O’Lakes
Kyle MeenenHiawatha, KSAgronomy, Animal Science and Industry MinorSales Trainee/District Sales Manager forAgReliant Genetics
Scott NeufeldtInman, KSAnimal Science and IndustryReturning home to work on the family operation withDad, Uncle and Grandpa at Neufeldt Seed Farms
Cole PearsonScott City, KSFood Science and IndustryReturning to Scott City to work in aprocessing plant as a plant manager
Ian SmithConcordia, KSMilling Science and Management,Agriculture Economics MinorWorking for ConAgra Foods in Pennsylvania
Ben TokachSt. Anthony, NDAnimal Science and IndustryReturning home to work at Tokach Angus Ranch aswell as working for ABS as a Sales Representative
Clint VenJohnAndale, KSMilling Science and ManagementWorking at Bay State Milling in Tolleson, AZ
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House Mother LetterI was asked to write a small article
for the Crescent this year. What aprivilege to write about my young menand our house. Let me see if I can catcheveryone up. We have installed newcarpet, added new couches and a BIGflat screen TV in our informal livingroom. Also, new landscaping to thelawn and rock, so we have no morepulling weeds. It looks great.
We have had Sell-A-Fella and thisyear we raised 4,000 dollars to be givento the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in
honor of our lost brother David Sewell, whom we miss a lot.Pink Rose Formal was a great time with so many good-looking young men there with their dates and we had a greatturn out including our alumni. Attending were some thatwere celebrating 50 years since their initiation. Wow, that isamazing. The food and entertainment was wonderful. Iwould like to thank Roger Johnson, Reagan Kays and thecommittee for Pink Rose. I would also like to thank ToddJohnson for being there and being our guest speaker. I was
able to meet his lovely wife and lucky enough that they sit atmy table. If you missed it, we hope you can attend next year.Mark your calendar for right around Cattleman’s Day atKansas State next year and watch for more details in thefuture. We would love to see all of you.
I have been here now for five years and still feel the sameas I did the first day. I still cook Sunday dinner and wouldlove for anyone of you to stop by to visit and have dinnerwith us. Now I could talk about all the great AGR’s in thishouse and what they are doing and what they haveaccomplished, but I don’t have enough space to let you knowall that and how I feel about all of them. I still sew onbuttons, patch jeans and iron shirts. Not much has changedwith me. I still love what I do and this AGR house here atKansas State University and the young men in this house hasfilled such a big void in my heart. This is the best thing by farthat has happened to me since coming to Manhattan, KS. Ilove just being the AGR Mom.
I will be available anytime for questions. Call work #785-537-4226 or Cell# 785-410-6041 for questions or just to chat.
Sincerely, Carolyn Sadler
Carolyn SadlerHouse Mother
Editors of the Spring 2012 Crescent
ReaganKays
LoganBritton
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Alumni are an integral part of Chapter recruitment. With your help, AGR can recruit high-quality members that will continue the tradition of success that is held by the Chapter.Any information you can provide us is extremely helpful. During the spring, we may be contacting some of you to aid us in the recruitment process; look for further information at a later date.
Send To:VNR’s RecruitmentAndrew Scherrer
1919 Platt StreetManhattan, KS
66502
ALPHA ZETA CHAPTER
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July 20 and 21, 2012
Friday, July 2011:45 Lunch at the Plaza Go Truck Stop Restaurant
South of K-96 and US-50 junction, South Hutchinson
1:15 Meet at Kuhn Krause for tour305 S. Monroe, Hutchinson
3:30 Meet at John Evans Farm10919 South Dean Road, Hutchinson
7:00 Dinner at Anchor Inn128 S. Main, Hutchinson
?-? Socializing at Ramada Hotel & Conference Center/Grand Slam Sports Bar, 1400 N. Lorraine, Hutchinson
Saturday, July 219:00 Board and Committee Meeting, Ramada Hotel
12:00 Lunch at Airport Steak House1100 Airport Road, Hutchinson
1:30 Underground Salt Museum Tour
Call the Ramada Hotel and Convention Center for theAlpha Gamma Rho special $70 room rate. 620-669-9311.
Please RSVP by July 13, 2012 to Ron Hirst, [email protected] or 620-662-9447
AGR SUMMER FUN WEEKENDAGR SUMMER FUN WEEKEND
Ramada Hotel & Conference Center Underground Salt Museum Anchor Inn
Calling all AGR Alumni & Family
ALPHA GAMMA RHO
CRESCENTALPHA ZETA CHAPTER
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MANHATTAN, KANSAS 66502-2840
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