Alpha Tau Omega

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Alpha Tau Omega
ΑΤΩ
The official crest of Alpha Tau Omega
Founded September 11, 1865; 159 years ago (1865-09-11)
Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia
Type Social
Scope United States
Motto πι εψιλον πι[1]
Slogan Love & Respect
Colors      Azure Blue      Old Gold
Flag Flag of Alpha Tau Omega.svg
Flower White Rose[2]
Publication The Palm
Chapters 140 active, 250 chartered
Members 8,000[3] collegiate
250,000+[3] lifetime
Nicknames Taus, Alpha Taus, ATOs
Headquarters One North Pennsylvania Street, 12th Floor
Indianapolis, Indiana
Homepage www.ato.org

Alpha Tau Omega (ΑΤΩ) is an American social fraternity founded at the Virginia Military Institute in 1865. The fraternity has around 250 active and inactive chapters and colonies in the United States and has initiated more than 250,000 members.[3]

Alpha Tau Omega represents one-third of the Lexington Triad, along with Kappa Alpha Order and Sigma Nu. The Fraternity does not have chapters or affiliations outside the United States. The fraternity's non-profit organization is The ATO Foundation, which provides scholarships to its members.

History

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The Virginia Military Institute.

Alpha Tau Omega was founded at the Virginia Military Institute on September 11, 1865 by Otis Allan Glazebrook, Erskine Mayo Ross, and Alfred Marshall. Glazebrook's plan was to use Christian brotherly love as a way to help facilitate reconciliation between the North and South in the aftermath of the American Civil War.[4]

Following Glazebrook, Marshall and Ross, there are two others who are considered "second founders": Thomas Arkle Clark, the first Dean of education at the University of Illinois who served the national fraternity president for all or parts of four terms, and Joseph R. Anderson who was president during a membership crisis.[citation needed]

Publications

Alpha Tau Omega has three publications, The Palm, which is the fraternity's semi-annual general magazine; ATO Leader, which is a bimonthly newsletter for chapter presidents and other organization leaders;[4] and ATO Roadshow, which is a website designed to highlight individual chapter accomplishments and combat negative perceptions of fraternities.[5]

Membership programs

The fraternity holds several retreats and training conferences.

Altitude is a five-day leadership retreat in the Rocky Mountains.[6] Participants must be in good standing with their chapter in order to participate.

LeaderShape was started in 1986 by the fraternity, and was exclusive to members until 1988. LeaderShape was spun off into its own organization which holds week-long leadership and networking retreats for college-age students.[7]

The presidents retreat is held every January as training for incoming chapter presidents and vice presidents.[8]

The Emerging Leaders Conferences, formerly known as the Regional Leadership Conferences (RLC), is a leadership training conference.[9]

Foundation

In 1935, Erskine Mayo Ross started the Alpha Tau Omega Foundation with a donation of $5000. The foundation is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that provides educational opportunities and scholarships for the members of Alpha Tau Omega.[10]

Controversies

In 2016, the fraternity at the University of Indiana was shut down after a sex tape serviced involving a fraternity member engaging in sex acts with a female while his fraternity brothers watched and cheered him on.[11]

In 2013, the chapter at Cornell University was shut down for repeated alcohol and drugs violations.[12]

In 2012, the fraternity at the University of Central Florida was suspended for hazing pledges, including forcing one pledge to stand in a bucket of ice water while fraternity members beat him.[13]

List of chapters

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List of Alpha Tau Omega brothers

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Georgia Southern Greek life Alpha Tau Omega page
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Where Can I Join? JoinATO.com - accessed February 2, 2015
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  11. ↑ http://www.indystar.com/story/news/crime/2015/10/08/iu-fraternity-suspended-hazing-investigation-underway/73561188/
  12. ↑ http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/06/four-greek-chapters-sanctioned-two-others-closed
  13. ↑ http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-11-09/news/os-ucf-hazing-alpha-tau-omega-20121109_1_fraternity-ucf-spokesman-chad-binette-ato-chapter

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