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Creed
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When and where was ZTA founded?

October 15, 1898 and Farmville VA- Longwood University

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What is the acronym to remember the founders?

FREDAHAMM

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Who is our general advisor?

Tressa Snyder

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what are our colors?

Steel Gray and Turquoise Blue

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what do we see with its enriching influence?

beauty

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What was the Original name of Zeta?

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Which founder named her house "Themisphere"

Alice Coleman

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Who is our VP1 Advisor?

Kayla Henry

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what is our philanthropy?

Breast cancer education and awareness

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what is the last line of the creed?

remembering always that the foundation precept of Zeta Tau Alpha was love, the GREATEST of all things!

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Who is our patron goddess?

THEMIS

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Which 2 founders are biological sisters

Alice Bland Coleman and Ethel Coleman van Name

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Who is our VP3 Advisor?

Kelsey Schneider

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what are the 5 areas of sisterhood?

Belonging

Accountability

Common Purpose

Shared social experiences

Support and Encouragement

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who wrote the creed?

Shirley Kreasan Strout

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what is our open motto?

Seek the Noblest

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what did most of the 9 founders pursue after college?

Education

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Who is our Providence President?

Tabitha Slater

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what are the 2 entities of ZTA?

Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity Housing Corporation

Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity 

Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation

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Recite the creed

To realize that within our grasp... greatest of all things.

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Why is the strawberry important to ZTA?

An admirer sent strawberries to Mary Campbell Jones Batte and they used it as the reason for the first social gathering.

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name all 9 founders

Frances Yancey Smith

Ruby Leigh Orgain

Ethel Coleman Van Name

Della Lewis Hundley

Alice Bland Coleman

Helen May Crafford

Alice Grey Welsh

Maud Jones Horner

Mary "Cammie" Campbell Jones Batte


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Who is our national conference officer?

Meredith Harris Braselman

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what are the 5 practices of noble leadership?

Be true to yourself and others

be humble and serve others

be a visionary

seek harmony

think critically

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what year was the creed adopted?

1928

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