November 2026 marks the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society’s
107th B-day & National Charter Month
Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 14 at 4:00pm (EDT)
for the next virtual event co-hosted by
Sigma Delta Pi, the American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese and Vista Higher Learning:
Sigma Delta Pi Alumni Spotlight: Where Are They Now?
Past Recipients of the Sigma Delta Pi-AATSP Mario Vargas Llosa Award
Free registration: https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/Bf-Bk7mKTkiDefyCyaYWZQ
Clockwise from top left (award year in parentheses):
Juan Esteban Villegas, Montclair State University (inaugural recipient, 2011); Anya Neumeister, Davidson College (2024); Christy Crouse, Truman State University (2017); Taylor F. Jones, University of South Carolina (2013)
How is your chapter commemorating Sigma Delta Pi’s 107th birthday in November?
Have you located and publicly displayed your chapter’s charter?
Delta Upsilon Charter on display at Butler University and shared by the chapter for inclusion in Sigma Delta Pi’s Museo Virtual Ruth H. Barnes.
Why not plan an initiation ceremony in November to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 107th B-day and National Charter Month?
2025 fall ceremonies: Epsilon Beta, Texas State University; Xi Epsilon, Texas Woman’s University; Alpha Gamma Alpha, Adams State University
13th Annual Birthday Cake Picture Competition
Past Sigma Delta Pi birthday celebrations.
To enter:
- During this month of November, chapters are invited to e-mail a picture of their unique Sigma Delta Pi b-day cakes to sdpnational@gmail.com
- The pictured cake must include a reference, etched in icing on the cake, to Sigma Delta Pi’s 107th b-day.
- It must be an actual cake that displays the Sigma Delta Pi logo.
- Student members must contribute to the design of the cake.
- For the accompanying “description,” include in the text of the e-mail the name of the originating chapter and institution. For example: “Eta Upsilon, Illinois State University.”
Each entry will be posted to our national Sigma Delta Pi Facebook page: www.facebook.com/sigmadeltapi. Pictures posted directly to this page will be disqualified; pictures must be e-mailed as specified above to sdpnational@gmail.com.
The winning picture will be featured during the entire month of December at Sigma Delta Pi’s FB page, and the winning chapter will receive an award plaque. Cakes will be judged on artistic merit, originality and compliance with submission rules noted above. The winning chapter will receive a $100 credit that may be applied to future orders placed for memberships and other materials offered directly by the national office.
Sigma Delta Pi: Rediscovering a Century
During all of November and to commemorate Sigma Delta Pi’s National Charter Month, complimentary copies of T. Earle Hamilton’s 1995 Sigma Delta Pi: A Brief History, 1919-1994 (218 pp) and LaPrade and Del Mastro’s 2005 Recounting a Decade, 1995-2004 (37 pp) will be included the purchase of a signed copy of Del Mastro’s 2020 book Sigma Delta Pi: Rediscovering a Century: 1919-2019, available at Sigma Delta Pi’s national website: https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-history-book/.
