Founders
This founder was the first President of Zeta Tau Alpha
Who is Maud Jones Horner?
This fruit, now a symbol of zeta, was given to one of our founders by an admirer
What is a strawberry?
This branch of Zeta Tau Alpha deals with sorority housing and chapter rooms.
What is the Fraternity Housing Corporation?
This yearly sisterhood event involves a trip to Woodburn to see some spring blossoms.
What is the tulip festival?
Zeta's original name was not ZTA, but instead this
This founder moved to Honolulu, Hawaii, in the early 1930s, and never returned to the mainland.
Who is Alice Grey Welsh?
This symbol is the official logo for Zeta Tau Alpha, and its true symbolic meaning is only revealed at initiation.
What is the crown?
This sporting organization is an official partner of Zeta Tau Alpha's philanthropy.
What is the NFL?
We get sudsy putting on this event every spring for our philanthropy!
What is the car wash?
What are rituals?
She was the recipient of the now-famous strawberries from an admirer, the town jeweler in Farmville who made our first badges.
Who is Mary Campbell Jones Batte?
This flower, native to the Eastern U.S., is the official flower of Zeta.
What is white violet?
This piece of jewelry is given to volunteers who give a certain amount of time back to the fraternity.
What is the Honor Ring?
We painted these convenient on-the-go storage receptacles this fall
What are tote bags?
In order to join the National Panhellenic Conference, Zeta had to commit this action
What is close the first (Alpha) chapter?
This founder quit teaching after a serious horse and carriage accident in 1906.
Who is Ethel Coleman Van Name?
This item represents all of the chapters nationwide linked together.
What is the Chain of Chapters?
This website hosts all of the trainings/resources a Zeta could ever need.
What is Z-Learning?
Zeta Tau Alpha absorbed another sorority, Beta Sigma Omicron, in this year, 60 years ago
What is 1964?
This founder went on to receive a diploma specializing in music from Northwestern University in 1907.
Who is Alice Bland Coleman?
Alice & Ethel Coleman’s dad sent a barrel of this food to campus for them to announce Zeta to the rest of Longwood University.
What is an oyster?
This regalia is worn by The National President as a symbol of her office at all official ZTA functions.
What is The Purple of the Fraternity?
We water-fell in love with this state park in the fall.
What is Silver Falls?
Giles Mebane Smith, brother of this Zeta Tau Alpha founder, first proposed the ZTA badge design in 1899.
Who is Frances Yancey Smith?