THE BETA ZETA CHAPTER OF ALPHA PHI OMEGA
Be a Leader・Be A Friend・Be of Service
NATIONAL HISTORY
About APO
On December 16, 1925 at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, APO was founded. Now it is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States. It has chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of over 25,000 students, over 400,000 alumni members, and chapters in the Philippines, Australia and Canada. Alpha Phi Omega is a co-ed service fraternity organized to provide community service, leadership development, and social opportunities for college students.
Unlike many other fraternities, APO's primary focus is to provide volunteer service within four areas: service to the community, service to the campus, service to the fraternity, and service to the nation as participating citizens. Being primarily a service organization, the fraternity restricts its chapters from maintaining fraternity houses to serve as residences for their members.
Notable members include John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama & many more.
The Beta Zeta Chapter
CHAPTER HISTORY
The Beta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega was chartered on the campus of the University of Georgia on May 22, 1938, as the 54th chapter of the National Fraternity. The Chapter remained strong and active for several years. While on Campus, Beta Zeta initiated over seven hundred brothers to the Chapter. Later, the Beta Zeta Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega was re-activated at the University of Georgia on April 8, 1995, where over forty brothers were initiated into the fraternity. Today, the Beta Zeta Chapter continues to grow in its program of service. We continue to serve on the campus, in the community, and on the national level. As Beta Zeta continues its service programs, we strive to be examples of Leadership, Friendship, and Service.
We have all heard from a parent or mentor at least once in our lives the story of the sturdy oak that grew from a small acorn. The oak is stately, sturdy and sheltering.
The 1976 National Convention declared the golden eagle as a new fraternity symbol. The golden eagle symbolizes strength, gracefulness, keenness of vision, and endurance.
A perennial flower with royal blue blossoms. It is everlasting, always remembered.
The most precious of all gemstones representing brilliance, luster, always increasing in value, and an expression of the greatest gift of love when given
It represents high value, respect, royalty, and a sign of love.
It is elegant, a sign of pure deed and thought.
OUR PURPOSE
& Our Symbols
To assemble college students in a National Service Fraternity in the fellowship of principles derived from the Scout Oath and Scout Law of the Boy Scouts of America; to develop Leadership, to promote Friendship, and to provide Service to humanity; and to further the freedom that is our national, educational, and intellectual heritage.