Alpha Gamma Omega

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Alpha Gamma Omega ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, or AGO) 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.<ref name="chapters">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

Alpha Gamma Omega was founded in 1927 at University of California, Los Angeles as a Christ-centered fraternity.<ref name=":0" />

The preamble to the fraternity's constitution is as follows:

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SymbolsEdit

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.<ref name="history"/>

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The fraternity's colors are blue and gold.<ref name=":2" /> Its flower is the Easter Lily.<ref name=":2" /> Its mascot is the medieval knight.<ref name=":3" /> Its motto is "Fraternity for Eternity".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2" /> The fraternity's Bible verse is II Timothy 2:15: "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

ActivitiesEdit

Founders' Day – Scheduled annually on the last Saturday of February, the active and alumni members come together to celebrate the founding of the fraternity.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Annual alumni camping trip to Yosemite National Park.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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ChaptersEdit

Following is a list of Alpha Gamma Omega chapters.<ref name="chapters" /><ref name=":0" /> Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1927	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Active
Beta	1938–1943, 1948	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Active	<ref name=":1" />
Gamma	1962–1967, 1978–1994, 2014	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Active
Delta	1964–1969	California State University, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Epsilon	1965–1974, 1979	San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Active
Zeta	1987–2020	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Inactive
Eta	1987–19xx ?, 2009–2020	California State University, Fresno	Fresno, California	Inactive
Theta	1989–1992	Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Inactive
Iota	1992–-20xx ?	University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Inactive	<ref name=":2" />
Kappa	1992	California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo, California	Active
Lambda	1993–1996	University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Inactive
Mu	1994–199x ?	Illinois State University	Normal, Illinois	Inactive
Nu	1996–199x ?	Baylor University	Waco, Texas	Inactive
Xi	1997	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Active
Omicron	1999–200x ?; 2017	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	Active
Pi	2001	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Active
Rho	2011–2020	Colorado State University	Fort Collins, Colorado	Inactive
Sigma	2012–201x ?	University of California, Riverside	Riverside, California	Inactive
Tau	2013	Santa Clara University	Santa Clara, California	Active
Upsilon	2017	Appalachian State University	Boone, North Carolina	Active
Phi	2017–2020	University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Active
Chi	2018	Liberty University	Lynchburg, Virginia	Active
Psi	2018	West Chester University	West Chester, Pennsylvania	Active
Omega	2019	University of Virginia's College at Wise	Wise, Virginia	Active