Awards
AN AWARD-WINNING SISTERHOOD
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Fort Bend Alumnae of ZTA has been recognized at the state-level as well as nationally for our outstanding service to the fraternity. Recent awards include:
Alumnae Crown Chapter for Excellence (2019 2016 2014 2012 2010 2008 2006 2004 2002 2000 1998) This award is given for attainment of the minimum standard of chapter excellence for each year of the biennium. Excellence in 5 areas: Activities, Finances, Fraternity Operations, Membership & Programming. The National Vice Presidents Alumnae recommend chapters to National Council, which selects the recipients.
State Silver Award
Membership Achievement Award (2016 2015 2013) This award is given when membership is increased by 10% or more.
Individual Members Awards
Honor Ring (Highest individual honor granted for alumnae who have rendered sustained and outstanding service to the Fraternity. Before becoming eligible for consideration to receive the Honor Ring, an alumna must accumulate at least 20 points, of which 50 percent must be for service at the national level.)
- Jane Haley
- Elizabeth Banowsky
- Melissa Wilson
- Nichole Chelly
Certificate of Merit Recipients (National award; members must have a minimum of seven years of significant post-collegiate service to Zeta Tau Alpha. National Council considers each recommendation and awards certificates to those who receive unanimous approval.)
- 2021 Lesli Howland
- 2021 Connie Gregorek
- 2019 Jennifer Cox
- 2017 Jill Sullivan
- 2015 Stephanie Gilbert
- 2003 Carol Petrusek
- Pat Ogea
- Judy Deats
- 1998 Jane Haley
- Elizabeth Banowsky
- Kelley Hann
- Nicole Chelly
- Veda Willams
Zeta Lady Award (Alumna who has been invaluable to her chapter and exemplifies what ZTA means to us all)
- 2021 Kay Garrett
- 2020 Carol Petrusek
- 2019 Kim Feldhoff
- 2017 Pat Ogea
- 2016 Jill Sullivan
- 2015 Noell Myska
- 2013 Candy Bourgeois
- 2003 Jennifer Cox
- 1997 Judy Deats
- 1993 Jane Haley
Lone Star Award (15 outstanding years of service to the Fraternity)
- 2019 Kay Garrett
- 2019 Sharon Mendoza
- 2015, 2008 Pat Ogea
- 2015 Candy Bourgeois
- 2015 Carol Petrusek
- 2013 Kristen McNeely
- 2013 Carol Petrusek
- 2006 Judy Deats
White Violets / Order of the Shield (50 years of Fraternity membership)
- Elizabeth Banowsky
- Mary Puckett Smithson
- Jane Spradley Haley
- Judy Maddox Deats
- Randy Fisching Mullins
- Louise Wynn Belson
- Jane Pitts Poe
- Harriet Nicholas Wolda
- Grace Bennett Wallace
- Joanne Hamiel Lytton
- Evelyn Toole Metz