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Alpha Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha – 100 Years Ago on Founders’ Day

October 15 is Founders’ Day for both Alpha Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha. In 1885, Alpha Chi Omega was founded at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Thirteen years later, in 1898, Zeta Tau Alpha was founded at the State … Continue reading

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26% of NPC Sororities Celebrate Founders’ Day in October

October is a busy month for Founders’ Day celebrations. Seven of the 26 National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) organizations will be a year older before Halloween gets here. While I always try to write a post for the NPC groups on … Continue reading

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What Happens When You Don’t Get Your First Choice Sorority

Primary sorority recruitment is a mutual selection process. Potential New Members (PNMs) rank their choices based on the Preference Parties they attended and then the PNMs are matched up with the chapter that offers them a bid, based on where … Continue reading

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Congratulations Miss USA 2018!

Congratulations Miss USA 2018, Sarah Rose Summers, a Zeta Tau Alpha alumna from Texas Christian University! She was Miss Nebraska USA. Her name has been added to the list of sorority women who have won Miss America and Miss USA. *** … Continue reading

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On Founders Road Before the F&S Archives Conference

Fraternity and Sorority Archivists met in Indianapolis last week. It’s always educational and fun to be among kindred spirits. But before I headed to the conference, I did a little touring on my own. My first stop was the new … Continue reading

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Dr. Janet Pierson Cooper, ZTA, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen

Janet Pierson Cooper was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1891. At the age of 16, she went to Boston hoping to be a nurse, but she was rejected because of her age. She was hired as a companion for … Continue reading

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October 15 – Alpha to Zeta and More

Alpha Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha celebrate Founders’ Day on October 15. How amazing is it that the first organization and the last organization on the alphabetical listing of National Panhellenic Conference members share the same Founders’ Day? On Thursday, … Continue reading

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Dr. May Agness Hopkins, Zeta Tau Alpha, #notablesororitywomen, #WHM2017

May Agness Hopkins was born in Austin, Texas on August 18, 1883. She graduated from the University of Texas in 1906, the same year the Kappa Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha was founded. May Bolinger (Orgain) was a member of … Continue reading

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Alpha Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha Celebrating Founders’ Day, Baker University 100 Years Ago

October 15 is Founders’ Day for both Alpha Chi Omega and Zeta Tau Alpha. In 1885, Alpha Chi Omega was founded at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Thirteen years later, in 1898, Zeta Tau Alpha was founded at the State … Continue reading

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Longwood University, Home of the Farmville Four, to Host Veep Debate

Tonight’s Vice-Presidential debate will take place at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. Longwood has a prominent place in the history of sororities. Ever heard the phrase “Farmville Four”? It refers to the four NPC groups founded at the Virginia’s State Female … Continue reading

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