Alumnae Awards

ZTA Youngstown Alumnae were awarded the Betty McGehee Scheussler Award

and Crown Chapter Award at the ZTA 2006 International Convention in The Woodlands, TX.

This is the chapter's fifth consecutive convention winning silver awards!

Ohio alumnae posing with ZTA Past National President Julia Hill.

The Betty McGehee Scheussler Award is one of the two highest awards presented to an alumnae chapter. It is a rotating award and was first awarded at the 1974 convention. This award is given to an alumnae chapter that has given the greatest support to a collegiate chapter and has achieved excellence in all areas of Fraternity life throughout the biennium.

ZTA 12-alpha area of Ohio and their convention
representatives at the 2006 ZTA International Convention.

The ZTA Youngstown Alumnae Chapter at the Zeta Gamma Chapter at Youngstown State University both received the 2006 Crown Chapter Award:

ZTA Youngstown Alumnae accept their Crown Chapter Award
from Vice President of Alumnae, Kim Rice, at the 2006
ZTA International Convention.

Congratulations to our ZTA Youngstown Alumnae member, Jayme Considine Kmetko, who won the Area III Outstanding Advisor Award at the 2006 ZTA International Convention. This award is given to the top three collegiate chapter advisors, one for each area of the country. Jayme serves as the General Advisor for the Zeta Gamma Chapter at Youngstown State University. Congratulations Jayme!

Jayme (third person from the left)
celebrates her honor with the other
two outstanding advisors and former
Youngstown Alumnae Chapter President.

The "Crowning Moment" at the 2006 National Convention was when our Youngstown Alumnae Chapter member and former President, Lori Peters, received her National Officer guard and became a ZTA National Council member. Lori is Vice President Alumnae Area 1 and oversees thirteen District Presidents. As a National Council member, Lori is one of nine board members who direct all the Fraternity decisions.

The Youngstown Alumnae is a ZTA Foundation major donor. A chapter is recognized by the ZTA Foundation when a donation of $300 or more is contributed. In 2006, the Youngstown Alumnae along with the Zeta Gamma Chapter gave the ZTA Foundation over $50,000. Proceeds came from the annual Pink Ribbon Cheer Classic and Zeta Day basket raffle.

The Youngstown Alumnae Chapter extends congratulations to the Zeta Gamma Chapter, who received Crown Chapter, are proud members of the Founder's Club for their $50,000+ donation to the ZTA Foundation, and are runner-up to the Silver Collegiate Merit Award, the third highest award presented to a collegiate chapter. It is given to a chapter in recognition of outstanding and sustained achievement and leadership, within the chapter and on campus, maintained over a period of years.