Sigma Delta Pi congratulates the Rho Rho Chapter at Truman State University, the 1st Place Winner of the 6th Annual Facebook Photo Competition.
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Upcoming Deadlines for Sigma Delta Pi Opportunities
February 15, 2017
Submissions for Sigma Delta Pi-Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica joint grants for spring 2017: Click here for details.
March 1, 2017
Submissions for Graduate Research Grants for summer 2017 and 2017-18 academic year: Click here for details.
March 2, 2017
Deadline for early bird registration for to attend the 15th Annual Sigma Delta Pi Informative Session on April 21, 2017 at the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Click here to register.
April 1, 2017
Submissions for 6th Annual Facebook Photo Contest. Click here for details.
April 1, 2017
Deadline for early bird registration for to attend the 5th Annual Sigma Delta Pi Best Practices and Informative Session in July 2017 at the AATSP Conference. Click here for registration details.
May 1, 2017
Submissions for Sigma Delta Pi Chapter Project Grants for 2017-18 academic year: Click here for details.
May 1, 2017
Nominations for the joint Sigma Delta Pi-AATSP undergraduate student award, Premio Mario Vargas Llosa: Click here for details.
Bill VanPatten Elected President of the AATSP
Dr. Bill VanPatten of Michigan State University has been confirmed as President Elect of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese beginning in 2017. Professor VanPatten is also a member of Sigma Delta Pi’s prestigious Orden de Don Quijote.
4th Annual Sigma Delta Pi Facebook B-Day Cake Photo Competition
National Charter Month commemorates Sigma Delta Pi’s founding on November 14, 1919 at the University of California, Berkeley by graduate student Ruth Barnes. Please plan now to highlight your chapter and its activities during the month of November. This is also a wonderful opportunity to locate and display your chapter’s charter!
Why not plan an initiation ceremony to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s National Charter Month in November?!?! An induction of new members can be held any time of year, and many chapters hold multiple initiations annually (once received, all orders are processed within 24 hours).
And don’t forget our 4th annual Facebook Birthday Cake Picture Competition to celebrate National Charter Month and Sigma Delta Pi’s 97th birthday.
To enter:
1) During the month of November, chapters are invited to post a picture of their unique Sigma Delta Pi b-day cakes at our FB page: www.facebook.com/sigmadeltapi.
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Sigma Delta Pi Undergraduate Study Abroad Awards: Call for Applications
18 study abroad awards available to active Sigma Delta Pi members for summer 2017 and the 2017-18 academic year. For additional details including downloadable application form, click here.
AATSP’s 2016 Conference Wrap-Up Features Many Sigma Delta Pi Venues
If you missed Sigma Delta Pi’s various events at the 98th Annual AATSP Conference in Miami, Florida this past July, catch a glimpse of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society’s ubiquitous presence in the AATSP Conference Wrap-Up (click here).
Display Your Chapter’s Charter, Repostero and/or Announcements!
Does your academic department display your chapter’s Sigma Delta Pi charter, repostero, or other chapter-related documents? A Sigma Delta Pi bulletin board? Begin the new academic year by ensuring your chapter is well publicized.
The College of Charleston’s display of Chapter Nu Zeta’s awards and repostero.
Sigma Delta Pi Mourns the Loss of Chapter Adviser Rosalinda Aregullin
With sadness, Sigma Delta Pi reports the passing on July 22, 2016 of Dr. Rosalinda Aregullin, co-adviser of the Lambda Tau Chapter at Texas A&M University of College State, TX. For the detailed obituary, click here.
Dr. Comfort Pratt of Texas Tech U Granted Germán D. Carrillo Service Award
Professor Comfort Pratt of Texas Tech University was granted the inaugural Germán D. Carrillo Award for her outstanding service to the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society during the 2013-16 triennium.
2016 Recipient of the Ignacio y Sophie Galbis Award
Florida Atlantic University’s Rho Omicron Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, was named the 2016 recipient of the Ignacio y Sophie Galbis Award for outstanding chapter of the 2015-16 academic year. This award was founded in 1997 to honor two individuals who dedicated their lives to Sigma Delta Pi. Ignacio, with the help of Sophie, served as Executive Secretary-Treasurer for more than 20 years (1977-1997). Each year this honor is bestowed upon a single chapter for its activities representing the highest ideals of the society.
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