The colors of Zeta Tau Alpha are turquoise blue and steel gray. The significance of these colors is explained in the Initiation Service.
Only initiated members may use the crest in any manner, which must be dignified and in good taste. The secret, ritualistic meaning of the Coat of Arms is revealed to each member during her Initiation. The logo features the crown as the prominent, identifying symbol of the Fraternity.
The official flag of the Fraternity was adopted at the Convention and is in the Fraternity colors with a Coat of Arms surrounded by the words Zeta Tau Alpha. Flags for every Installed chapter are housed at International Office. Founder Ruby Leigh Orgain chose the white violet as the flower of the Fraternity.
The ring is silver with the Coat of Arms on a turquoise stone, flanked by an open Bible and crown. Featuring a white violet embossed upon a turquoise and silver crown, this pin may be presented to mothers of initiated members and to ZTA house directors.
It is used on official Fraternity documents. Replicas of the official seal may be used for decorative purposes. 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. Strengthening friendships and fostering a spirit of love Zeta Tau Alpha was created to make a difference in the lives of our members by developing the potential of each individual.
ZTA at a Glance. ZTA Fraternity. National Panhellenic Conference second largest of 26 groups. ZTA Foundation. Established Breast cancer education and awareness. Our Beliefs From the charter granted to Zeta Tau Alpha by the State of Virginia, March 15, The object of said association shall be to intensify friendship, promote happiness among its members, and in every way to create such sentiments; to perform such deeds, and to mould such opinions as will conduce to the building up of a nobler and purer womanhood in the world.
Mission To make a difference in the lives of our members by developing the potential of each individual through innovative programming, which emphasizes leadership development, service to others, academic achievement and continued personal growth for women, with a commitment to friendship and the future based on the sisterhood, values and traditions of the past.
Purpose The purpose of Zeta Tau Alpha is the intensifying of friendship, the fostering of a spirit of love, the creating of such sentiments, the performing of such deeds, and the moulding of such opinions as will be conducive to the building up of a purer and nobler womanhood in the world.
Motto "Seek the Noblest". Nine young women had a vision More than , women have been initiated into the sisterhood of Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity since its founding. She was responsible for expanding ZTA beyond the Normal, and installing our second chapter, Beta, in Each chapter chartered by ZTA has a silver link in the chain with their chapter name and founding dated inscribed upon it.
The first link in the chain is for our founding chapter at Longwood College and is the only gold link in the chain. Our chapter is the 97th link in the "Chain of Chapters". Our symbols are the five pointed crown and strawberries. Zeta's traditional symbol is the bunny. This is used by most chapters but is not a national symbol. Our Flower is White Violet which grows in abundance in Virginia. Our Patron Goddess is Themis. Themis is also the name of our national magazine which every initiated member receives quarterly.
Zeta Tau Alpha is known as a fraternity, not as a sorority. A "sorority" is an organization whose members have banded together for reasons of common interest and mutual benefit. See Today's Synonym. Phi Beta Kappa was the first official fraternity in the US, founded at the College of William and Mary in , based on earlier secret student societies.
It also began the tradition of using Greek letters for such university-based organizations, here choosing phi , beta , and kappa based on an abbreviation of their motto, Love of wisdom is the guide of life , in Greek. While Phi Beta Kappa was and is based around academic standing, the Kappa Alpha Society is considered one of the first social fraternities, founded by students at Union College in Schenectady, New York in Zeta Tau Alpha has active collegiate chapters across the US and more than , initiated members.
Its charitable foundation, founded in , focuses on breast-cancer education and awareness hence its slogan Think Pink and partners with the American Cancer Society and the NFL to that end. Its symbols include a five-pointed crown atop the Greek for Themis, a female personification of divine law and a strawberry a gift of which helped inspire its formation in Brewer, the first woman general officer of the United States Marine Corps. Zeta Tau Alpha can refer to the organization itself or an individual member or alumna, though they often call themselves Zetas for short.
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