The Purpose of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® is to cultivate and encourage high scholastic and ethical standards, to promote unity and friendship among college women, to study and help alleviate problems concerning girls and women in order to improve their social stature, to maintain a progressive interest in college life, and to be of “Service to All Mankind”.

The Zeta Tau Chapter was chartered on the campus of Texas Tech University on December 6th, 1971 by 11 collegiate women determined to foster a sense of community and sisterhood. On that glorious day, Wynette Ball, Zenobia Davis, Lillie Finley, Gloria Hall, Jo Johnson, Virgil Johnson, June Long, Vera Newsome, Brenda Pace, Brenda Peters, and Patricia West answered Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc's call to be of "Service to All Mankind".