CHAPTER ADVISER PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dr. Osvaldo Sandoval-Leon

Dr. Osvaldo Sandoval-Leon, Lambda Xi Chapter Adviser at Colgate University, co-edited with Chrystian Zegarra the volume_Pantera de al historia: violencia en literaturea, performance y medios visuals en Latinoamérica_, which was published in 2022 by the Universidad Autonóma Metropolitana / Editora Nómada.

13th Annual Premio Mario Vargas Llosa: April 15 Nomination Deadline

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: April 15, 2023

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society,
and the AATSP, the American Association of Spanish and Portuguese,
announce their 13th annual

Mario Vargas Llosa Award

granted yearly to one undergraduate Spanish major or minor who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in all upper-division courses completed
and exemplary involvement in extra-curricular activities as related to Spanish.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Nominee must be a full-time undergraduate student;
  • Nominee must have completed at least six (6) upper-division courses (post intermediate level) total in Spanish language, literature and culture; at least half of ALL these upper-division courses completed must have earned grades (not “Pass/Fail”)
  • Nominee must be a member of Sigma Delta Pi;
  • Nominator must be a member of the AATSP;
  • The completed “Nomination Form” (download here) and all specified supporting materials must be submitted via e-mail by April 15, 2023.  Incomplete nominations will be disqualified.

Selection of the 2023 award will be made by a committee of leaders from both Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP, and nominees will be selected on the basis of academic achievement in all upper-division Spanish courses completed and extra-curricular involvement as related to Spanish.

Sigma Delta Pi provides the Mario Vargas Llosa Award recipient with a plaque, the most recent issue of the María Moliner Diccionario de uso del español and one of Vargas Llosa’s novels. The AATSP organizes and hosts the award venue at their annual conference in June. Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP will provide a travel stipend to defer costs related to attending the conference in Salamanca, Spain. The awardee will be announced prior to the AATSP Conference.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: April 15, 2023

Upcoming Deadlines

Sigma Delta Pi’s Upcoming Deadlines

For all important Society events and deadlines, bookmark the Sigma Delta Pi Calendar at https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-calendar/

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CHAPTER ADVISER PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Professor Martha Davis

Professor Martha Davis, Faculty Adviser of Sigma Delta Pi’s Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española chapter at Northern Virginia Community College, was awarded the 2022 Marshall Brannon Excellence in Teaching Award by the Foreign Language Association of Virginia (FLAVA); she was also named 2022 Virginia Post-Secondary World Languages Teacher of the Year. In March 2023 she will represent FLAVA at the SCOLT Conference in Mobile, AL where she will be considered for the regional teacher of the year award.

CHAPTER ADVISER PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Dr. Adam L. Winkel, Nu Mu Chapter Adviser at High Point University

Dr. Adam L. Winkel, Nu Mu Chapter Adviser at High Point University, had his article “No Limits: The Control of Urban Space in Surcos/Furrows (Nieves Conde, 1951) and Los golfos/The Delinquents (Saura, 1959)” published in 2022 in Studies in Spanish & Latin American Cinemas.

Chapter Adviser Professional Accomplishments: Dr. Linda M. Willem, Delta Upsilon Chapter Adviser at Butler University

Dr. Linda M. Willem, Delta Upsilon Chapter Adviser at Butler University, had her book Adapting Spanish Classics for the New Millennium: The Nineteenth-Century Novel Remediated published with Palgrave Macmillan in 2022. Also in 2022, she received the Galdosiana de Honor, awarded by the Casa-Museo Pérez Galdós and the Cabildo de Gran Canaria.

Upcoming Deadlines for National Grants, Subventions and Awards: Don’t Miss These Opportunities!

Sigma Delta Pi’s Upcoming Deadlines

For all important Society events and deadlines, bookmark the Sigma Delta Pi Calendar at https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-calendar/

MARCH DEADLINES:

REMAINING DEADLINES

No Deadlines:

For Sigma Delta Pi merchandise (also appropriate as special gifts and chapter-based recognitions):

For regular announcements and news:
https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/

Chapter Adviser Professional Accomplishments: Dr. Andrew Millacci, Pi Chi Chapter Adviser at Liberty University

In spring 2022, Dr. Andrew Millacci, Pi Chi Chapter Adviser at Liberty University, serves a Fulbright Scholar grant to Brazil where he taught at the Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana; he also conducted research on representations of the Brazilian bandit Lampião in the “literatura de cordel” poetry of the Northeast region.