Zeta Tau Alpha

2010

	North American Interfraternity Conference Laurel Wreath Award This award recognizes individuals or Greek groups that are truly elevating the Greek Movement. ZTA is being honored for its participation in and use of the University Learning Outcomes Assessment (UniLOA). ZTA is the only fraternity for women and one of five total Greek groups using the assessment with its entire membership.
	Outside the Classroom Prevention Excellence Award for ZTA’s work with AlcoholEdu® and GreekLifeEdu^TM Since fall 2006, Zeta Tau has required all of its collegiate members to complete and pass AlcoholEdu® for College, an online alcohol prevention program, or GreekLifeEduTM, a program focusing on three core subject areas: alcohol, hazing and sexual assault.
	Fraternity Communications Association Award Third-place Publications Improvement - Printed Materials for Ready, Set, Recruit! The Ready, Set, Recruit! workbook uses fun, colorful icons and call-out boxes to draw attention to important aspects of this guide to recruitment.

2009

	North American Interfraternity Conference Foundation Award of Distinction The Public Relations/Best Public Relations Effort- for the ZTA Foundation’s 10th Anniversary THINK-PINK® celebration with the Washington Redskins. In October 2008, in order to recognize ZTA’s 10th year of involvement with the football team, over 200 ZTA volunteers distributed 42,000 pink ribbons to fans. Members of the Redskins family wore special ZTA Think Pink T-shirts, all stadium employees wore ZTA pink ribbons, and the Fraternity was honored on the stadium’s Jumbotron and on Redskins TV online.
	North American Interfraternity Conference Foundation Award of Distinction Donor Education/Relations- Best CD/DVD/Video for ZTA’s 2008 Philanthropy Party video This video was shown at 80 percent of ZTA recruitments across the country and featured still and live video to give potential new members a glimpse of the Fraternity’s relationships with Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, Yoplait®, SELF magazine, the National Football League and numerous other breast cancer awareness and education partners.
	North American Interfraternity Conference Foundation Award of Distinction Best Campaign/Program in Support of an Outside Philanthropy for ZTA’s involvement in the SELF Challenge To promote the SELF Challenge, the ZTA Foundation featured it on the ZTA Web site and through weekly e-mail blasts that included healthy lifestyle tips. ZTA also developed an official ZTA SELF Challenge Facebook page where members had the opportunity to share their experiences with the Challenge.
	North American Interfraternity Conference Foundation Award of Distinction Best Use of a Foundation Grant for a Fraternity/Sorority Project or Program for its funding of My Sister, My Responsibility The My Sister, My Responsibility program teaches and empowers chapter members to prevent and confront hazing and other destructive behaviors while reinforcing friendship and sisterhood.
	Outside the Classroom Prevention Excellence Award for ZTA’s work with AlcoholEdu® and GreekLifeEdu^TM Since fall 2006, Zeta Tau has required all of its collegiate members to complete and pass AlcoholEdu® for College, an online alcohol prevention program or GreekLifeEduTM, a program focusing on three core subject areas: alcohol, hazing and sexual assault. These decisions reflect ZTA’s commitment to the overall health and welfare of its members.
	Fraternity Executives Association Willis HRH Fellow Award Runner-Up for My Sister, My Responsibility This award recognizes exceptional leadership programs and initiatives. ZTA’s My Sister, My Responsibility program educates members about hazing and the negative impact it can have on individuals, chapters, and the organization as a whole.
	Fraternity Communications Association Award Third-place Printed Material/Innovative Design Award for My Sister, My Responsibility The My Sister, My Responsibility workbook uses fun, colorful icons and call-out boxes to draw attention to important aspects of the hazing prevention program.
	Fraternity Communications Award Third-place, Short News Feature Article for “Union University rebounds after severe tornado” In the spring 2008 Issue of Themis, the magazine paints a picture of what it was like for members of Beta Omega Chapter (Union University) to survive and move on from a tornado that destroyed much of the campus.

2008

	North American Interfraternity Conference Foundation Award of Distinction Donor Education/Relations- Best Donor Newsletter for the ZTA Foundation’s Fall Newsletter The 2007 ZTA Foundation Fall Newsletter updated alumnae on the developments and accomplishments made throughout the year. The newsletter reached approximately 90,000 members. This large annual mailing also provided an opportunity to cultivate new donors.
	College Fraternity Editors Association (now Fraternity Communications Association) Award First-place, Publications Improvement for the Zeta Is Forever New Member Workbook In fall 2007, ZTA sent its revised Zeta Is Forever New Member Workbook to its chapters. Unlike the previous version, the new edition featured innovative design that included contemporary themes such as text messages and Zoogle (playing off the Internet search engine, Google).
	College Fraternity Editors Association (now Fraternity Communications Association) Award Second-place, Personality Profile Article for “Sisters-in-law share their creativity and comfort” In the spring 2007 issue of Themis, readers were told about two Zetas, sisters-in-law who assist with local bereavement luncheons in Denton, Texas.
	College Fraternity Editors Association (now Fraternity Communications Association) Award Honorable Mention, Multimedia Presentation for the Zeta Is Forever New Member DVD As a supplement to the Zeta Is Forever New Member Workbook, an informational DVD was created to further inform new members about the organization. Narrated by ESPN reporter and ZTA alumna Erin Andrews (Gamma Iota Chapter, University of Florida) the DVD offers a new way to learn about ZTA.

2007

North American Interfraternity Conference Foundation Award of Distinction
Best Public Relations Effort for ZTA’s New Member Parent Mailing
In the fall, the ZTA Foundation sent a mailing to all parents of current and new collegiate Zetas to inform them about AlcoholEdu^® for College, a Web-based alcohol abuse prevention program that ZTA required every collegiate member to complete in order to help members make informed decisions regarding alcohol use. This mailing was also sent to all University Presidents and Greek advisors to inform them of Zeta Tau Alpha’s involvement in the program.

2006

North American Interfraternity Conference Foundation Award of Distinction
Best Campaign/Program in Support of an Outside Philanthropy for ZTA and Yoplait^® Save Lids to Save Lives^®
ZTA chapters planned yogurt-eating contests, dorm floor competitions and collected lids at grocery stores, fitness centers, hotels and college football games. In fact, during the first week of the Yoplait lid collection, over half of the lids collected nationally were from Zetas!