THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON
SORORITY LIFE Panhellenic Formal Recruitment AUGUST 27 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
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BENEFITS OF PANHELLENIC SORORITY MEMBERSHIP Sisterhood
Joining a Panhellenic sorority is the beginning of a new experience with new friends and the creation of a home away from home. The foundation of each sorority is its sisterhood, a tradition that each chapter shares. These relationships are deeper than going to socials together and more meaningful than wearing the same letters. It is the feeling of knowing you can count on your sisters to help guide you through continual college transitions. By joining a sorority, members become part of a larger national organization and find that they have sisters all over the world.
Leadership
The University of Texas at Arlington offers many opportunities for Panhellenic women to become involved. Participation in a sorority allows for numerous opportunities for a member to become a leader on campus and within one’s own chapter. Being involved in the fraternity and sorority community opens many doors for developing skills that will help members become well-rounded college women.
Philanthropy & Community Service
Scholarship
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Traditionally, fraternity and sorority members have a higher overall GPA than the all university average at UT Arlington. Panhellenic sororities provide members with an opportunity to earn academic awards, recognition and scholarships. Each of the sororities require study hours and offers tutoring sessions with other members. Often study skills and time management workshops are available to members. We are proud at UT Arlington to have many Panhellenic women recognized in our fraternity and sorority honor society, Order of Omega.
In the fraternity and sorority community at UT Arlington, we encourage more than just making new friends within one’s chapter. Getting involved on campus and off allows you to help your community and give back to those around you. Each Panhellenic sorority has its own philanthropic signature event, but every chapter helps support these events. Each year, the Panhellenic Council as a whole raises over $30,000 for philanthropic causes and puts in countless service hours to make it happen. These are life lessons that members take with them when they graduate and make them more socially and civically-minded throughout their lives. In 2012, the UT Arlington College Panhellenic Council adopted Circle of Sisterhood as the community’s philanthropy. The Circle of Sisterhood Foundation’s mission is to leverage the collective wisdom and influence of sorority women to support entities around the world that remove educational barriers for girls and women, uplifting them from poverty and oppression.
FRATERNITY & SORORITY LIFE AT UT ARLINGTON
Fraternities and sororities are deeply rooted in the fabric of UT Arlington. In 1968, shortly after UT Arlington became a part of the UT System, many local groups transitioned to the national organizations we now recognize on campus. This small collection of organizations soon transitioned into the UT Arlington fraternity and sorority community. A community that today, over 40 years later has grown to include 31 fraternities and sororities with over 1,000 members. Students come from all walks of life and discover the experience of a fraternal values based organization. UT Arlington Fraternity and Sorority Life offers its members opportunities for brotherhood/sisterhood, leadership development, scholarship, and service to the community.
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Benefits of Panhellenic Sorority Membership
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Fraternity & Sorority Life at UT Arlington
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Welcome to Sorority Life
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What Does Panhellenic Do? Recruitment Counselors
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How Does Recruitment Work? Recruitment Policies
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Potential New Member Bill of Rights Bid Day Hazing Code
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Financial Commitment Terms to Know
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Recruitment Attendance Formal Recruitment Schedule
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What to Wear
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WELCOME TO PANHELLENIC SORORITY LIFE AT UT ARLINGTON Letter from CPH President Hello and welcome! My name is Analyse Miranda and I am UT Arlington’s 2014 College Panhellenic Council President. I am thrilled that you have expressed interest in sorority involvement at UT Arlington! I began my sorority experience in the spring of 2012 and have not found another student organization at UT Arlington that is as rewarding as sorority life. These past few years have helped me to develop as a leader on campus and prepared me for my future career. It is through fraternity and sorority life that I have a discovered my strengths, passion, and even my future career. We have created this booklet just for you. It includes resources for recruitment, a what-to-wear guide, information on each of our wonderful chapters, dates and times of events, and much, much more. The opportunities that I have been given through my sorority experience have helped to shape me to be the person I am today. I wish the same for you as you embark on this journey and make it your own. Good luck!
Analyse Miranda The University of Texas at Arlington 2014 College Panhellenic Council President
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2014 College Panhellenic Executive Board
What Does Panhellenic Do? The UT Arlington College Panhellenic community is led by a team of executive officers elected by their peers. The council acts as the central governing body of the sorority community. The College Panhellenic Executive Board is actively involved with chapter development, including coordinating issue-related programs and leadership opportunities for chapters and their members. The council also coordinates campus and community service projects, creates sisterhood opportunities, and makes resource materials available to help combat chapter issues. They are also responsible for organizing recruitment, including compiling and publishing recruitment materials for incoming students and training recruitment counselors.
2014 Pi Chis and CPH Executive Board
Recruitment Counselors Recruitment counselors, known as a Pi Chis, are women who are selected members from all four CPH chapters that are participating in formal recruitment. These women are chosen to assist Potential New Members throughout the entire recruitment process. Throughout recruitment, they are also disaffiliated from their chapters in order to create and maintain an unbiased environment for all Potential New Members. You should feel free to ask Pi Chis any questions you have before, during, or after recruitment. They are here to help! All of the recruitment counselors have gone through the recruitment process themselves and have many more sorority experiences to share.
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How Does the Recruitment Process Work? The 2014 formal recruitment is from August 27 to September 1. Each day, you will attend recruitment events at various sorority houses and in the University Center. You will meet women from each chapter and find the chapter in which you could best see yourself. As the week progresses, you will attend fewer events for a longer period of time at each, giving you the opportunity to narrow your choices and devote more time to the chapters with which you feel the strongest connection. The chapters, in turn, will be participating in this mutual selection process and look for the women who best embody their own ideals.
You Choose Your Sorority as Much as It Chooses You Recruitment is a mutual selection process that balances the preferences of each potential new member with those of the existing sorority chapters. The Panhellenic Council strives to allow every young woman an opportunity to find a sorority that best suits her personality, interests and future goals while providing an organized and unbiased membership selection process for the chapters. There is no specific formula that explains why a woman is released from a particular chapter, or why a woman prefers one chapter more than another. The formal recruitment process allows each potential new member the best opportunity to join the sorority of her choice, but there are no guarantees a young woman will be placed within that specific sorority. It is important to keep an open mind during recruitment week and to use the time to meet and make new friends!
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Recruitment Policies
• A woman is eligible to participate in membership recruitment if she is not simultaneously enrolled in high school and attending college. • A woman is eligible to participate in membership recruitment if she is a regularly matriculated student on campus. • A woman shall not be, or have ever been, an initiated member of an NPC group and join another NPC group. • Any woman who signs a Membership Recruitment Acceptance Binding Agreement (MRABA) and receives a bid at the end of the membership recruitment will be bound until the next primary membership recruitment period at the same college or university. • A woman shall attend orientation and membership recruitment events to which she has accepted invitations. In case of illness or an emergency, the woman shall notify the Panhellenic and/or her recruitment counselor. The Panhellenic and/or the recruitment counselor will then notify the chapters involved. • A woman must contact her recruitment counselor and/ or College Panhellenic if she desires to withdraw from the membership recruitment process and complete a withdrawal evaluation. • From the beginning of orientation through the end of membership recruitment, no potential new member may visit a women’s fraternity chapter except to attend invitational or open recruitment events. • No women’s fraternity member may buy anything for a potential new member. • A woman shall not give a promise, either verbal or written, to join a certain fraternity before bids are issued through Panhellenic. • A woman will complete the Membership Recruitment Acceptance Binding Agreement (MRABA) after the last event she attends. It is a binding contract and once this has been signed, no changes may be made. • Strict silence is the time during which there is no conversation or contact between women’s fraternity members and potential new members. This includes all references to fraternities, verbal, written, typed or printed. Strict silence is the period from the end of the woman’s last event until she reports to the fraternity from which she accepts a bid.
Potential New Member Bill of Rights As a Potential New Member, you have the right to: • • • • • • • • • •
Be treated as an individual Be fully informed about the recruitment process Ask questions and receive true objective answers Be treated with respect Make informed decisions without undue pressure from others Be fully informed about any binding agreements outlined in the preference card signing following the final round Have and express opinions to Pi Chi’s and the CPH Exec board Have complete confidentiality when sharing information with Pi Chi’s Make your own choice and decision and accept full responsibility for the result of that decision Have a positive, safe, and enriching recruitment and new member experience
Bid Day Bid Day is the last day of recruitment on Monday, September 1, 2014. This is when you will receive a formal invitation to membership from a sorority. It is a very casual and exciting day. After you have accepted your invitation of membership, you will be escorted to the Fine Arts Plaza where you will cross over and join your sorority. Each chapter has planned a reception to receive all of their new members as well. Families should meet at the Fine Arts bridge at 11:00 am. There will be pictures taken, new member meetings, and activities to foster new friendships. After the formal receptions and meetings, the members and alumnae will have planned a variety of chapter activities. Some of the activities may include cookouts, pool parties, or picnics.
Hazing Code The University of Texas at Arlington requires that no fraternity, sorority, student organization, or athletic team shall allow any of its associates, potential new members, new members, members, or others to participate in any pre-initiation ceremony or practice which involves mental or physical exhaustion or abuse, or would in any way interfere with the student’s mental or physical ability to perform their work at UT Arlington. These rights must not reflect unfavorably upon the fraternity, sorority, student organization, athletic team, or the University, or be of a dangerous, rude, or demeaning nature.
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Financial Commitment
The financial requirements of joining a sorority vary widely from chapter to chapter. The main costs associated with becoming a member of a sorority at UT Arlington consist of membership fees each semester, one-time membership fees, the cost of living in a sorority house, and miscellaneous fees specific to each chapter. In addition to mandatory expenses, there may also be additional, optional expenses such as t-shirts. Students are encouraged to determine how much they will allocate for these expenses at the beginning of each semester. Payment options, such as forms of payment and payment due dates, vary from chapter to chapter as well. Some chapters require full payment at the beginning of each semester while others have implemented payment plans that allow payments throughout the semester. It is important to consider all of the financial obligations associated with joining a sorority. We encourage you to ask any questions you might have regarding the potential costs of membership. Members of the UT Arlington sorority community are more than willing to answer your questions at any point during the process. Note: The monetary ranges listed below were current as of the time this publication was printed. For updated information, please visit www.uta.edu.fsl
COST OF NEW MEMBER DUES (the first semester of membership)
COST OF ACTIVE MEMBER DUES (per semester following the first)
COST OF LIVING IN THE HOUSE
Includes all one time fees. These fees include but are not limited to: initiation fees, building funds, security deposits, and badge fees.)
Includes the cost of membership for things like: chapter operations, programming, philanthropy, local and national dues, etc.
Includes any bills or costs associated with living in the house. Meals are not provided for women living in the house.
Alpha Chi Omega
$1,001 (does not include annual formal or shirts)
$621 (does not include annual formal or shirts)
$385 (monthly)
Delta Zeta
$1,131 (not including shirts)
$660 (not including shirts)
$471 (monthly)
Delta Delta Delta
$1,301 (not including shirts)
$805 (not including shirts)
$345 (monthly)
Zeta Tau Alpha
$1,100 (not including shirts)
$863 (not including shirts)
$545 (monthly)
Terms to Know
ACTIVE : The term used to indicate a sorority woman or a fraternity man who has been formally initiated by his or her chapter.
COLLEGE PANHELLENIC (CPH) : The term that refers to all members of the sorority community at UT Arlington.
ALUMNA (PLURAL : ALUMNAE) : An initiated sorority member who is no longer in college.
POTENTIAL NEW MEMBER (PNM) : An unaffiliated woman who attends fall recruitment or participates in Continuous Open Recruitment.
BID : An invitation extended by only one sorority per Potential New Member on Bid Day. This is the formal invitation to become a new member of that sorority.
QUOTA : The number of new members that each Panhellenic sorority may select during fall recruitment.
CHAPTER : The women comprising each local collegiate group of an inter/ national sorority. UTA has 4 sorority chapters on campus that participate in Panhellenic recruitment. CONTINUOUS OPEN RECRUITMENT (COR) : The informal period other than fully-structured recruitment when Panhellenic sororities acquire new members. INITIATION : The formal ceremonies by which new members complete membership into a chapter and receive full membership privileges. LEGACY : A woman whose mother, sister or, in some cases, grandmother or half-sister is an alumna or active member of a sorority. A sorority is not obligated to offer a bid to a legacy, and a potential new member is completely free to choose the sorority of her individual preference.
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NEW MEMBER : A potential new member who has accepted the bid of a sorority and has taken the first step toward full membership but has not yet been initiated.
RECRUITMENT COUNSELOR (PI CHI) : A Panhellenic representative who assists PNMs during the recruitment process. This woman completely disaffiliates from her sorority to provide objective advice and support. RECOMMENDATIONS : A recommendation letter written by an alumna. These letters are not required for participation in recruitment. However, if you know an alumna, you can ask them to write a recommendation letter on your behalf. Recommendations can be sent directly to chapters. TOTAL : The allowable chapter size as determined by the Panhellenic Council that includes both new and active members. Chapter total is the total number of members that a chapter may recruit to during Continuous Open Recruitment. If a chapter has less than total, they may participate in COR. The Panhellenic Council evaluates this number each year. It usually reflects average or median chapter size.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WILL I GET TO TALK TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING RECRUITMENT?
WHAT IF I DON’T VISIT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHAPTERS DURING EACH ROUND?
You will not be allowed to talk on your cell phone during recruitment activities. You can talk to family and friends after the activities in the evening. This is to ensure you focus on the recruitment events as well as meeting new people. Please remember this is a special week — you should be focusing on finding the right fit and making new friends.
During the recruitment process, the number of chapters a PNM will visit each day will vary from one woman to the next. Plenty of women who go through recruitment at UT Arlington do not have full schedules of events to attend. The number of events is not important. It is the conversations and people you are interacting with that are important.
IF I AM GOING THROUGH RECRUITMENT AS AN UPPERCLASSMAN OR GOING THROUGH IT AGAIN, AM I AT A DISADVANTAGE?
AM I GUARANTEED TO RECEIVE AN INVITATION FOR MEMBERSHIP (BID) FROM A CHAPTER?
Many women choose to go through recruitment as a sophomore, junior, or senior for various reasons. As long as your college GPA is at least a 2.5, and you have been involved in campus and community activities, you should not have a problem. For those going through recruitment a second time, there is a chance that chapters that released you the first time may release you again. Keep an open mind and discuss all the activities in which you have been involved over the past year as well as let the sororities know why you are going through a second time.
WHAT HAPPENS AT A RECRUITMENT EVENT? A recruitment event is a time for prospective members to learn more about individual chapters and for chapter members to learn more about potential new members. Potential new members will meet with and talk to various members of the chapters, learn about the chapter’s values, academic policies, philanthropies, and tour the houses. Remember, recruitment is a mutual selection process. Just as you are trying to positively represent yourself to the chapters, so are the actives working to portray a favorable image of their chapters to you. Most women are meeting you for the first time and will need to ask the same “get to know you” questions. Don’t be shy! The more you get to know the chapters and vice-versa, the easier it will be to select the chapters which are ultimately right for you.
WHAT IF I GET SICK? There is always a possibility that a potential new member may become ill or have something happen to limit her participation in recruitment. Whatever the situation, don’t worry. Alert your Pi Chi, and she will work with you to make other accommodations. The individual chapters are very understanding and will make the appropriate exceptions in these cases. To prevent illness, we recommend you eat before starting the day, and feel free to ask for water or a drink when you are thirsty. Also, remember that the days are long, so get plenty of rest.
Invitations are only guaranteed to potential new members for the first round on Friday. There is no guarantee that you will be invited to attend the second or third event rounds. There is no specific formula that defines why a woman is not invited back. Therefore, there is no guarantee you will receive a bid to any sorority. However, if you progress through the week and attend all the events you are invited to during the third event round and list each of those chapters on your preference sheet that night, you will receive a bid to one of those chapters.
WHAT ABOUT RUMORS? It is possible that during recruitment you may hear rumors about certain chapters or individual chapter members. Speaking unfavorably of a chapter, chapter member, or another potential new member could result in influencing someone’s recruitment experience and possibly hurting someone’s feelings. Your concern as a potential new member should be learning about those chapters in which you are most interested. If you encounter any negative comments or behavior from active members or other potential new members, do not hesitate to report it. Questions and concerns should be directed to your Pi Chi or the CPH Executive Board.
I’M A LEGACY. DOES THAT MEAN I’M GUARANTEED A SPOT IN THAT SORORITY? Not necessarily. You are considered a legacy if your mother or sister was in a sorority, and each chapter has its own policy regarding legacies. But, of course, there are other factors to consider in the recruitment process, including your application and connection to the women in the chapter. Being a legacy to a chapter is helpful, but will not automatically guarantee you a place in that chapter.
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RECRUITMENT ATTENDANCE Recruitment, much like sorority membership itself, is a process that requires a reasonable commitment of time and effort. The Panhellenic Council has adopted a no-tolerance policy regarding missed days or events. Women participating in recruitment must be available to attend all scheduled invitational rounds and evening events; exceptions will be made only for university-related activities (i.e. class, practice for UTA athletes, or honorary societies). Potential new members are expected to be present at every chapter event they are scheduled to attend on any given day. Failure to do so will result in dismissal from recruitment. If a potential member has a class conflict or an above mentioned excusable event at the time of any events, please email cph@uta.edu by Wednesday, August 27, 2014 at 5:00 pm.
2014 Formal Recruitment Schedule
Times are subject to change. Registered potential new members will receive a detailed schedule prior to recruitment. Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 6:00 pm | Parent Orientation/7:30 pm Orientation for Potential New Members, University Center Recruitment Orientation gives potential new members and parents the opportunity to learn everything they need to know about formal recruitment. Both parents and potential members will have opportunities to ask questions. Chapter members will not be present at this event.
Thursday, August 28, 2014 - 5:30-8:00 pm | House Tours, Greek Row Potential new members will tour each of the chapter houses guided by Recruitment Counselors. Chapter members will share a short presentation about the financial and time commitments of the sorority with potential new members. A limited number of chapter members will be present. This day is intended to provide information to potential new members.
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 1:00-9:00 pm | Round 1, Values and Sisterhood, University Center This will mark the beginning of the recruitment rounds. Potential members will visit all four sororities and get learn more about the values and sisterhood that make that chapter unique. Potential new members will wear a t-shirt provided by CPH and whatever bottoms are most comfortable. Chapter members will also be in t-shirts and more casual bottoms with sandals.
Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 11:00 am-6:00 pm | Round 2, Philanthropy, University Center Potential new members will be invited back to up to three sororities to learn about the different philanthropies of our UT Arlington Panhellenic sororities. Dress should be casual and comfortable, such as capris or a sundress with sandals.
Sunday, August 31, 2014 - 11:00 am-6:00 pm | Round 3, Preference Round, Greek Row Potential new members will be invited to up to two sororities. This round is more serious, usually involving chapter ceremonies and members sharing special memories of their experiences in that chapter. At the conclusion of Preference round, potential new members will rank their chapter selections. Potential Members should wear a skirt or dress that she would wear on a holiday with nicer, comfortable shoes.
Monday, September 1, 2014 - 9:30 am – until | Bid Day! University Center Potential new membes meeting all requirements will receive an invitation to join one of our four sororities. New members should wear shorts and a t-shirt. New members receiving bids will receive their chapter t-shirt on this day. If a potential member is not invited to join one of the four sororities her Recruitment Counselor will contact her that morning before heading to campus.
Sunday, September 7, 2014 - 1:00 pm-5:00 pm | New Member Convocation, University Center This event is for all new members in the CPH community and is also a required event to attend. This event will discuss the transition into sorority life as well provide some community and personal development.
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WHAT TO WEAR Wear something each day that you will be comforatble in. You will be walking and during recruitment we want you to be comfortable so you can be yourself. Also remember to dress according to the weather. You will be inside and outside as well.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Monday Shorts and/or something casual with sandals. On Friday and Monday potential new members will be provided a t-shirt.
Saturday Casual sundress, pants, or skirt and sandals.
Sunday A dress and nicer shoes that you would wear on a holiday.
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ALPHA CHI OMEGA Alpha Chi Omega was founded on October 15, 1885, at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. At a time when women were just beginning to occupy seats in college classrooms, seven female students were encouraged by Professor James Hamilton Howe, dean of DePauw’s School of Music, to form a women’s society within the school. Alpha Chi Omega has over 200,000 members in more than 130 collegiate chapters and 200 alumnae chapters nationwide.
MOTTO
“Together let us seek the heights.”
PHILANTHROPY
Domestic violence awareness, prevention and education
COLORS FLOWER Scarlet and Olive Green Red Carnation SYMBOL
Golden Lyre
MINIMUM COLLEGE GPA
2.5
FOUNDING DATE AT UT ARLINGTON February 15, 1969
MINIMUM HIGH SCHOOL GPA
3.0 or top 1/3 of high school class
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
Study hours assigned based on GPA
LOCATION
1109 Greek Row Drive Arlington, TX 76013
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DELTA DELTA DELTA Although there were three women’s groups represented at Boston University in 1888, Sarah Ida Shaw saw a need for a group which would be different from the others and so she founded Delta Delta Delta on November 27, 1888. Since 1888, more than 238,000 women have joined the Tri Delta sisterhood at 180 chapters in both the United States and Canada.
MOTTO
“Let us steadfastly love one another.”
PHILANTHROPY
Children’s Cancer Charities with a national partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
COLORS
FLOWER
Silver, Gold, and Cerulean Blue
Pansy
SYMBOL
FOUNDING DATE AT UT ARLINGTON
MINIMUM COLLEGE GPA
MINIMUM HIGH SCHOOL GPA
Dolphin
2.5
March 8, 1969
3.0
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
Members must maintain at least 2.5 GPA
LOCATION
1101 Greek Row Dr Arlington, TX 76013
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DELTA ZETA Delta Zeta Sorority was founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1902. It was the first sorority to be founded at the university. The founders then went on to lay the foundation for the sorority, which would have a national reach. Today, Delta Zeta has enriched the lives of over 240,000 alumnae and collegiate members in the United States and Canada.
MOTTO
“Love that is ever Steadfast.”
PHILANTHROPY
Speech and hearing and The Painted Turtle Camp
COLORS
Rose and Green
FLOWER
SYMBOL
FOUNDING DATE AT UT ARLINGTON
Pink Killarney Rose
Turtle
MINIMUM COLLEGE GPA
2.7
November 11, 1967
MINIMUM HIGH SCHOOL GPA 2.7
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
Study hours assigned based on GPA
LOCATION
1112 Greek Row Drive Arlington, TX 76013
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ZETA TAU ALPHA More than 228,000 women have been initiated into the sisterhood of Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity since its founding on October 15, 1898, at the State Female Normal School (now Longwood University) in Farmville, Virginia. Our Founders, nine young women, envisioned an organization that would perpetuate their ties of friendship.
MOTTO
“Seek the Noblest”
PHILANTHROPY
Breast cancer education and awareness
COLORS
Turquoise Blue and Steel Gray
SYMBOL
FOUNDING DATE AT UT ARLINGTON
Five Point Crown
MINIMUM COLLEGE GPA
2.7
FLOWER
White Violet
April 12, 1969
MINIMUM HIGH SCHOOL GPA
None required but a minimum of 3.0 is recommended
ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS
Study hours assigned based on GPA
LOCATION
1114 Greek Row Dr. Arlington TX 76013
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The University of Texas at Arlington Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life 300 West First Street Lower Level, University Center, B160 Arlington, TX 76019 OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm PHONE 817/272-2963 WEBSITE uta.edu/fsl
E-MAIL cph@uta.edu
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