Collegiate Life
Hear your call
Realize your true potential and give yourself every advantage for success. Zeta Tau Alpha membership provides a built-in support system to help you navigate college life and beyond. As a new member, you’ll learn about the elements of ZTA we all seek: greatness, understanding, purpose, sisterhood, nobility. Throughout your life, you’ll continue to grow in ZTA through leadership roles, service and mentoring other sisters.
A message from ZTA's National President
In 1898, Zeta Tau Alpha’s nine young Founders envisioned an organization that would perpetuate their ties of friendship. In the past 125 years, more than 305,000 women have experienced that spirit of sisterhood and love that was the foundation precept of our Fraternity.
From the moment our new members accept their bids to join ZTA, they are surrounded by sisters who are eager to show them how we live out the values of our Founders. Through four years of college, I walked to class, studied, lived and laughed with my ZTA sisters. We made memories that would last long after graduation. As an alumna, I have felt the support of mentors who have shown me authentic friendship and support along the way. I sense it every day as I text, call, email and yes, Zoom, with my sisters across the country. As National President, I have the privilege to travel to our chapters and witness how our collegians and alumnae continue to lead and serve with loyalty and commitment. I cherish this honor and responsibility.
Zeta Tau Alpha has enriched my life far beyond what I could have imagined as a college freshman. I wish every member the same opportunity for a lifetime of sisterhood and love.
Dinah Jackson Laughery
Zeta Tau Alpha National President
In 1954, a time when women’s opportunities were limited, Zeta Tau Alpha established its Foundation to offer financial support to members pursuing higher education. The Foundation’s Scholarship Committee continues to assist Zetas in need, awarding scholarships based on leadership in ZTA, academic achievement, financial need, chapter involvement, and campus and community activities.
ZTA offers a variety of programming to prepare members to succeed in college and the world beyond. Some programs address immediate challenges such as hazing prevention, mental health, and social responsibility regarding problem drinking and prescription drug abuse. Other programs are dedicated to our sisters’ future success through career planning and membership enrichment topics.
When available on your campus, living in Zeta Tau Alpha housing can be a highlight of your college years. The cost for room and board is typically lower than living in a residence hall, and the benefits provide a unique experience for personal and social growth. The unique environment of ZTA housing provides positive opportunities and a welcoming home away from home.
The Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation fulfills the founding principles of our Fraternity through support for programs that are educational, philanthropic and leadership-oriented. While ZTA’s unifying national philanthropic cause is breast cancer education and awareness, each collegiate and alumnae chapter finds its own local niche with projects that produce long-lasting benefits to the community.
Zetas eagerly await the presentation of awards during Zeta Day, Convention and National Leadership Conference. We all celebrate as chapters and individuals are recognized for their achievements.