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(1991-1997)

  Zeta Tau Epsilon sorority was founded during the summer of 1991 by 14 individuals.  The purposes of the organization as stated in the constitution was as follows...”to encourage in its members social unity, enduring friendship, worthwhile ideals, leadership, academic achievement and community service.  It will exist to develop the character of each member so that she will show in all of her relationships, sincerity, honesty, sympathy, a sense of humor, fair play and justice.  We support our educational goals, the community in which we live and we support each other with a sense of sisterhood and friendship.  The organization will exist for the purpose of unifying women of good moral character and good academic standing for mutual help, friendship and leadership.”

Those individuals who founded Zeta Tau Epsilon were:
 
   
bulletMichele Brill
bulletMichelle Dahlke
bulletTracy Dickfoss
bulletDenise DuBey
bulletJen Geyer
bulletLisa Groth
bulletLorie Haberman
 
bulletJoni Haley
bulletMichelle Krienitz
bulletAmy Leiby
bulletMelissa Murawski
bulletJennifer Neitzel
bulletPaula Pesch
bulletLibby Schultz
   
     
  Some of these ladies had been a part of the auxiliary group of Sigma Pi fraternity called “The Little Sisters of Sigma Pi”, some were friends who met through their classes at UW-Oshkosh and others knew each other from their childhood.  Regardless of how they met, these individuals found in each other, a common bond of friendship.

Along with the constitution and by-laws, these individuals developed the sorority crest, the motto of Friendship, Love and Loyalty, and all of the symbols for the sorority.

The first ZTE house was located at 1207 High Avenue and housed the following sisters:
 
    1st Floor     2nd Floor:      
   
bulletRonda Black
bulletMichelle Dahlke
bulletPaula Pesch
 
bulletJen Erke
bulletAmy Leiby
bulletStacy Rader
   
                     
  ZTE eventually merged with another local sorority in 1997 to form Kappa Zeta Tau.  On November 22, 1997 the sisters were issued a national charter as the Kappa Lambda chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha thus ending the existence of the local sorority known as Zeta Tau Epsilon.

This site is dedicated to ALL sisters of ZTE.  It is a place to come to reminisce, share memories and reconnect with each other.
 
                     
 

 

 
     

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