Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated was founded on January 16, 1920, at Howard University. Our five Founders, known as the Five Pearls, are Arizona Clever Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie Watts. The Sorority colors are Royal Blue and White. The principles on which Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. stand by are Scholarship, Service, Sisterhood, and
Finer Womanhood. The Sorority's international programs such as Z-HOPE (Zetas Helping Other People Excel) through Mind, Body and Spirit serve to empower people from all walks of life. The Upsilon Lambda Chapter was chartered on the campus of Virginia Tech on May 22, 1982 by Seven Hard-Working Woman (Denise Cartwright, Diane Eaves, Crystal Bullock McGhee, Lynn Hamilton-Jones, Monalisa White, Francine Atkinson, and Vivian Johnson Barry). These seven women strived daily to uphold the four principles in which the sorority stands for. To this day the chapter retains its original zest for excellence through volunteer work, hosting campus forums, and continuing high academic performance.
