Our History
What school were we founded on?
Longwood University (Virginia State Female Normal School)
Which value is associated with being on EC/PC?
Leadership!
Which area of sisterhood corresponds with events and sisterhoods?
Shared social experiences
Which founder was elected to be the first grand president?
Maud Jones Horner
What is our philanthropy?
Breast Cancer Education and Awareness
On what date were we nationally founded on?
October 15, 1898
Which value is associated with the mandatory events we have at least twice a year?
Service and Philanthropy!
Which sisterhood value corresponds with sister shoutouts and Big/Little?
Support and Encouragement
Which founder became a teacher?
Della Lewis Hundley
What is our philanthropy trademark?
THINK PINK
What date was our Oshkosh campus founded?
November 22, 1997
Which value shows us the importance of accepting when we are wrong and being able to be successful and not flaunt it on others?
Humility!
Which area of sisterhood corresponds with our preference round and the love from our sisters and BID DAY?
Belonging
Who was ZTA's first grand Vice President?
What are our three partnerships?
American Cancer Society, NFL, Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Why is the strawberry important and what is the story?
A gift of strawberries inspired Mary Campbell Jones (Batte) and her group of eight friends to host their first social gathering and officially become a campus-recognized organization.
What value do we all accept when being initiated into this chapter and maintain that status until graduation?
Loyalty and Commitment!
Which area of sisterhood corresponds with our points system and excuses?
Accountability
Who was the first recipient of the strawberries?
Mary Campbell Jones Batte
How much money did ZTA raise this past biennium towards the Breast Cancer Research Foundation?
1.25 MILLION
Recite the CREED of ZTA!
"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, and 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 the greatest of all things?
LOVE!
Which area of sisterhood connects us and keeps us motivated as a chapter?
Common Purpose!!
Who was the first secretary of ZTA?
Alice Bland Coleman
How many active collegiate chapters are currently working to raise money for this philanthropy?
170!