Fun Facts
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Delta Zeta is the largest international sorority and second largest sorority in the United States, with over 160 chapters
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Our philanthropy is Speech & Hearing and The Painted Turtle Camp
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Our badge was voted the most beautiful fraternal badge and is on display in the Smithsonian
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Tiffany & Co. designed the Delta Zeta badge
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Delta Zeta is in the first group of sororities to receive a print by designer Lilly Pulitzer
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Number of Collegiate Chapters: 166 in the United States and Canada
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Number of Alumnae Chapters: Over 200 alumnae chapters offer continuing association in 49 states, including Hawaii as well as the United Kingdom and Canada.
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Number of Initiated Members: Over 260,000
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Number of collegiate members: At any given time, Delta Zeta has more than 16,700 undergraduate members.
Delta Zeta's History
The Founding Members: Alfa Lloyd Hayes, Mary Jane Collins, Anna Louise Keen, Julia Lawrence Bishop, Mabelle May Minton, and Anne Dial Simmons.
Delta Zeta (ΔΖ) is an international college sorority founded on October 24, 1902, at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The sorority joined the National Panhellenic Conference in 1910. Today, Delta Zeta has 160 collegiate chapters in the United States and Canada; and over 200 alumnae chapters around the globe. As of 2013, there are over 244,400 college and alumnae members, making them the third largest sorority in the nation.
Delta Zeta's official colors are rose and green. The Roman lamp is considered the official symbol. DZ's flower is the pink Killarney rose, while the official stone is the diamond. Delta Zeta's officially recognized mascot is the turtle. Delta Zeta partners with Starkey Hearing Foundation and is committed to philanthropy. DZ implements a "Heart For Hearing" to raise money for the foundation.
Our Chapter, Zeta Beta was founded on April 13, 1957, at the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, WI. We've been around 60 years and going strong! Our chapter is a part of Delta Zeta Region 8.
