A Guide to FrAternity And Sorority LiFe - Virginia Tech

NPHC
ZFB
Nickname: Zetas
National Founding Date:
January 16, 1920
National Website:
www.zphib1920.org
National Chapters: 800+
Chapter Name:
upsilon lambda
Virginia Tech
Chartering Date:
May 22, 1982
Local Website:
www.zetaphibeta.org.vt.edu
Motto:
“community-conscious,
action-oriented”
National Programs:
March of Dimes (walk for babies)
Famous Members:
soror Zora neale Hurston
soror Madame cJ walker
soror vanessa williams
soror Dionne warwick
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ZETA PhI BETA
exPenses:
New Member, First Semester dues:
Provided at Interest Meeting
Fall Semester dues: Provided at
Interest Meeting
Spring Semester dues: Provided at
Interest Meeting
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was founded
on January 16, 1920, on the campus of
Howard University in Washington, d.C. by
five women: Arizona Cleaver, Myrtle Tyler,
Viola Tyler, Fannie Pettie, and Pearl A.
Neal. These women dared to depart from
the traditional coalitions for black women
and sought to establish a new organization
predicated on the ideals of scholarship, service,
sisterly love, and finer womanhood.
acaDeMics:
GPA New Member Initiation
Requirement:2.5
GPA Active Membership
Requirement: 2.5
Since its inception, the sorority has expanded to encompass more than 500 graduate and
collegiate chapters around the world, including locations in the Caribbean Islands, West
Africa, and Germany. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was the first to charter a chapter in Africa;
to centralize its operations in a national headquarters; to form adult and youth auxiliary
groups—the Amicae, Archonettes, Amicettes, and Pearlettes; and is the first and only sorority
to be constitutionally bound to a brother fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
Zeta Phi Beta’s national and local programs
include endowment of its National
Educational Foundation and involvement
with the March of dimes, Stork’s Nest, and
Z-HOPE. As part of a nonprofit organization,
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., chapters
and auxiliary groups have given numerous
hours of voluntary service to educate the
public, assist youth, provide scholarships,
support organized charities, and promote legislation for social and civic change. Zeta Phi
Beta’s plan of action includes education, community volunteerism, drug and substance
abuse prevention, health and wellness awareness, economic development, governmental
affairs, and chapter management.
The illustrious Upsilon Lambda chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., was founded on
the Virginia Tech campus on May 22, 1982, by seven young women. Today, the Upsilon
Lambda chapter still excels as a community-conscious, action-oriented organization. As
the chapter continues to grow, the women of the Upsilon Lambda chapter strive on a daily
basis to uphold the values that make Zeta Phi Beta unique. The ladies of Zeta serve the
Virginia Tech community through various Z-HOPE events, the Big Event, Relay for Life,
Walk for Cystic Fibrosis, American Heart Association, the Red Cross, and donations to local
charities, as well as clothing and canned food drives.