On December 6th, 2013 the Fall 2013 Cal Epsilon new member class became active Alpha Zeta members! The eleven new members enjoyed their time as new member candidates throughout the Fall 2013 semester. Pledges took the initiative to become involved not only in our chapter yet within our college as well! The night was magical and ended in celebration at the Cheesecake Factory to commend and recognize the Fall 2013 New Members. Congratulations to all eleven members, it’s been an incredible ...

On November 16th, 2013 the Cal Epsilon Chapter hosted the annual Alpha Zeta Development Summit. The Cal Epsilon chapter openly invited all students within the Fresno State Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology college and our neighboring California Alpha Zeta Chapters to attend this free professional development event. The professional development event encompassed a day filled with guest speakers, networking, agriculture industry discussions, and an etiquette luncheon. All ...

The theme of the 182nd Annual Meeting of the New York Agricultural Society and Agricultural Forum was "The Next Generation of Agriculturalists: Millennials’ Perspectives on Their Future of Agriculture.” To get more youth involved in the forum, the New York Ag Society Foundation offered scholarships to 10 students pursuing agricultural related degrees. Three of those scholarships were awarded to Cornell Alpha Zeta members: Andrew Gardinier ’14, Emmaline Long ’12 and Sara Orlowski ’14. ...

On January 30, the Cornell chapter welcomed 14 new members with our pinning and bid acceptance ceremony.  Our new members will now begin our new member education program, where they will learn chapter history, AZ history, traditions, AZ's impact on our campus, as well as bond and have fun while getting to know active members and alumni! We are looking forward to everything that they will bring to AZ this year!

The Cornell Chapter has just finished two fun-filled weeks of rush! From January 15th to January 29th we held a series of great events for people to come down and learn all about our chapter. Several Greek smokers were offered and there were plenty of activities such as bowling, broomball, and ice-skating. One really awesome event was the guys/girls event. The guys headed out for a fun day at Turning Stone Casino while the girls went to the Corning Museum of Glass to make sand-blasted ...

This past weekend, the Florida Chapter experienced Habitat for Humanity for the first time! 4 of our members went out at Saturday morning to help rebuild a house for a family in need. It was a great and extremely rewarding experience. Our members could see that they were having a huge impact on one family. We also learned some carpentry skills on the way, too!

Beginning on November 18, 2013, Alpha Zeta-Cal Epsilon held a 50/50 fundraiser with proceeds going to Fresno State’s food bank, the Bulldog Pantry. Members came together to make packets, sign out sheets and separate tickets to prepare for this community service event. Cal Epsilon members checked out packets with raffle tickets and competed to see which member could sell the most tickets. We are proud to announce that the winner of the ...

On December 12th members of the Cal Epsilon Chapter volunteered at Occu-Med, a global healthcare firm, that provides Christmas presents for families in the community. Members helped organize and wrap presents that would later be given to 100 different families. With a short amount of time and members we were able to wrap over 30 presents and numerically organize the presents to their designated areas. We had a great time giving back to the community and also collaborating with the ...

The project was a professional clothing and accessories drive benefitting Dress for Success Columbus and the Columbus Urban League's My Brother's Closet Program.  These organizations provide the necessary skills, clothing and materials to help citizens of Columbus, Ohio enter or re-enter the workforce.  Chapter members, other students and faculty/staff all donated to the drive.  Donated gifts cards were then awarded to randomly chosen donators as a thank you for their contributions. ...

Today, members of the Florida Chapter went out to our road in Gainesville to perform a road clean up. It was a great bonding experience for our members because we had one of initiated pledges come out to our road for the first time! We picked up 2 bags of trash, and part of a car bumper. Additionally, this road clean up was very special because someone stopped and thanked us for cleaning the road. This was the first time that someone stopped and thanked us for our service. This action fuels ...