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Zeta Upsilon

University of Nebraska at Kearney

Scholarships

Each year, Alpha Tau Omega provides the Incoming Freshman Scholarship worth $500. The scholarship is available for any incoming freshman male. The application can be located on our web site, www.unkato.org. Filling out the application is simple and should only take a few minutes.

In 2009, the Alpha Tau Omega Foundation will make available over $100,000 in scholarships to ATO brothers across the country. National scholarships are awarded on the following scale: 40% academic; 30% demonstrated leadership in ATO; and 30% demonstrated leadership on campus and in the community. For more information, check out http://www.ato.org/fnd/schol_information.shtml.

Awards

* Nester Cup, 2006
* February 2008 NRHH Organization of the Month
* Most Improved GPA, 2008
* Overall Chapter Improvement, 2009
* True Merit, 2009
* Outstanding Alumnae and Honorable Mention Outstanding Alumnae, 2009

Organization Facts

* ATO was founded by Otis Allan Glazebrook, Erskine Mayo Ross and Alfred Marshall, at the Virginia Military Institute in 1865 upon Christian-not Greek-principles.
* ATO was not established in imitation of or in opposition to any existing fraternity.
* The LeaderShape Institute, Inc. was created in 1986 by Alpha Tau Omega, and is considered one of the finest leadership skills training programs in the country.
* ATO annually ranks among the top ten national fraternities for number of chapters and total number of members. ATO has more than 250 active and inactive chapters with more than 197,000 members and more than 6,500 undergraduate members.
* ATO was the first fraternity founded after the Civil War in 1865, striving to heal the wounds created by the devastating war and help reunite the North and South.
* ATO was the first fraternity founded as a national fraternity.
* The first World War I Medal of Honor was given to Captain C. L. Irwin, Wyoming '13, as one of the first American heroes mentioned in dispatches to the U.S.
* ATO was the first national fraternity to start a chapter free of alcohol and tobacco on fraternity property.
* ATO was the first fraternity to implement a spiritual development program.

Chapter Facts

While having fun is one of our main goals, we put a heavy emphasis on academics. ATO was awarded Most Improved GPA at the Fall 2008 Scholarship Banquet. Your grades while in college will determine your career path once you graduate and as a member of Alpha Tau Omega, you have brothers who will push you to do the very best you can. But being a true brotherhood, we are also their to assist you, with many current members and alumni who share similar majors, who are more than willing to help you if in need. Another area of emphasis is our dedication to community service and philanthropy. Each year, Alpha Tau Omega volunteers for the ARC of Buffalo County, American Red Cross, United Way, Relay for Life and many more. During the 2008-2009 academic year, ATO volunteered nearly 1,000 hours of service and donated more than $1,000 to the Future Teaching Learning Community and the American Red Cross. 92% of the chapter is also involved with other organizations outside of the chapter at UNK. Plus, ATO is actively involved with intramurals such as football, basketball, dodge ball, pitch, etc.

Address

Alpha Tau Omega
1700 University Drive URS-B
Kearney, NE 68845
Chapter website: http://www.unkato.org
Inter/National website: http://www.ato.org

Recruitment Info

For more information contact Dakota Zimniak or Levi Hilligas or check out www.unkato.org.

Contacts

Levi Hilligas, President
(402)239-5179
hilligasle@unk.edu

Dakota Zimniak, Recruitment Chair
308-672-5114
zimniakds@unk.edu