Founders
Who was the 1st President of Zeta Tau Alpha?
Maud Jones Horner
Who wrote the creed?
Shirley Kreasan Strout
What is ZTA's official flower?
What ZTA's official colors?
White Violet
Turquoise Blue and Steel Gray
When and where was Zeta Tau Alpha Founded?
October 15, 1898
Longwood University, Farmville Virginia
What chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha originated as a Beta Sigma Omicron colony in 1951, became the Beta Lambda chapter in 1952, and joined ZTA as part of the 1964 merger?
What is the Zeta Gamma chapter?
Who was ZTA's first secretary?
Alice Bland Coleman
When was the creed adopted?
1928
4 of the 9 key values
Life Long Learning
Leadership
Responsibility
Being Rather Than Seeming
Service & Philanthropy
Seeking Understanding that we might gain true wisdom
Humility
Loyalty and Commitment
Love
In 1964, ZTA absorbed what old and respected sorority?
Beta Sigma Omicron
Who is our General Advisor?
Tye Patterson
Which founders were sisters?
Alice Bland Coleman
Ethel Coleman Van Name
Finish this... To think in terms of all man kind and our service to the world...
to be steadfast, strong, and clean of heart and mind; remembering that since the thought is father to the deed, only that which we would have manifested in our experience should be entertained in thought...
What are Zeta Tau Alpha's Three entities?
Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity
Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation
Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity Housing Corporation
Zeta Gamma is The _____ Link of ______ in the Chain of Chapters
124 of 259
What is our National Philanthropy? Who is our Philanthropy Chair?
Breast Cancer Education and Awareness
Angelina Myers
Which of the Founders was not born in Virginia?
Della Lewis Hundley
Recite The Creed
To realize that within our grasp, in Zeta Tau Alpha, lies the opportunity to learn those things which will ever enrich and ennoble our lives; to be true to ourselves, to those within and without our circle; to think in terms of all mankind and our service in the world; to be steadfast, strong, and clean of heart and mind, remembering that since the thought is father to the deed, only that which we would have manifested in our experience should be entertained in thought; to find satisfaction in being, rather than seeming, thus strengthening in us the higher qualities of the spirit; to prepare for service and learn the nobility of serving, thereby earning the right to be served; to seek understanding that we might gain true wisdom; to look for the good in everyone; to see beauty, with its enriching influence; to be humble in success, and without bitterness in defeat; to have the welfare and harmony of the Fraternity at heart, striving ever to make our lives a symphony of high ideals, devotion to the right, the good, and the true, without a discordant note; remembering always that the foundation precept of Zeta Tau Alpha was Love, “the greatest of all things.”
What is ZTA's Open Moto?
Seek the Noblest
Significance of the Strawberry?
Mary "Cammie" Campbell Jones Batte was sent a gift of strawberries by a secret admirer. This prompted the 9 founders to host their first purely social gathering and become officially recognized as a campus organization.
What was ZTA's first philanthropic effort?
The establishment of a health center to benefit communities in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia.
9 founders
Frances Yancey Smith Helen May Crafford
Ruby Leigh Orgain Alice Grey Welsh
Ethel Coleman Van Name Maud Jones Horner
Della Lewis Hundley Marry "Cammie"
Alice Bland Coleman Campbell Jones Batte
When was the creed written?
1926
Five Areas of Sisterhood
Belonging
Accountability
Common Purpose
Support and Encouragement
Shared Social Experience
Place the following founding events in order... 1 being the first and 4 being last.
The Group expanded to other colleges
Alice Coleman asked to join another sorority
The official founding of Zeta Tau Alpha
They hosted an oyster stew announcement party
1. Alice Coleman asked to join another sorority
2. They hosted an oyster stew announcement party
3. The official founding of Zeta Tau Alpha
4. The Group expanded to other colleges
What are the Five Practices of Noble Leadership?
Be true to yourself and others
Be Humble and serve others
Be a visionary
Seek Harmony
Think Critically