For many people, some dreams will never come true, for others they seem to come true everyday. For Nu Chapter, the dream of a new house was some-what of a toss up. For years people had been saying that this would be the year and again that year would go by and a corner stone had still not been laid. But 2002 was different. After years of work, struggle, and countless hours of negotiation, work finally began on Nu Chapter’s new home.

Located approximately two miles off of the main North Carolina State University campus off Avent Ferry Road, the AGRs will not be alone in their new 60 man house (now the largest on the campus), near them are the houses of ZTA, TKE, and Xi. And though the house is a blessing to the chapter, it will be a source of change and challenges for the boys, especially when you consider that they will be moving from a 10 man house. But they are more than ready to accept the challenges ahead, and have already begun to work on them, as several men serve on housing and rules committees with the alumni.
The challenges however will surely be out measured by the obvious benefits that will come about from the house. First off there will be a tremendous increase in the sense of brotherhood in the chapter with all members under one roof, and the house will definitely help to smooth out chapter affairs. No longer will people have to play phone tag, or run across town to get up with one another or to come to meetings.

Perhaps we will be able to bring back some of those grand old traditions that the alumni remember, and maybe we can create some new ones to pass down to the future brothers. Hopefully, the house will create an atmosphere that people will want to be in. It should serve as a creator of memories and proud alumni for many years to come, for as much as undergraduate success is important, it is creating a group of loyal and supportive alumni through those undergraduate activities that will see to the survival and the overall well being of the fraternity and insure it’s future success.

So it is with a sincere debt of gratitude the undergraduate brothers of the Nu chapter thank our 1000 plus alumni base for what they have given to us. We know that without their support, both monetary and in the the means of countless hours of headache, argument, and compromise, this our new home would still still only be a dream. But rest assured that for now and for many years to come, that house and those young men in it will strive to represent not only the ideals and aspirations of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, but those who came before us and built up the name of AGR with hard work and dedication and cleared the way for those of us that are now undergrads, and those students yet to come. The alumni laid the foundation for those bricks and timbers, hopefully we the Nu chapter will be able to keep them in good standing, and keep the future of the Nu chapter not just growing bigger, but better and brighter.




 

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