Sigma Delta Pi Opportunity for Student Members

Call For Papers(CFP), 14th Annual
Chapter “Best Practices” Session, 108th AATSP Conference

Sigma Delta Pi

Call for Student Papers
for Sigma Delta Pi’s 14th Annual “Best Practices” Session
at the 108th Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
Orlando, Florida
July 8-11, 2026

Student Members of active Sigma Delta Pi chapters are invited to submit a proposal for a 15-minute presentation on your chapter’s “best practices” that focus on Sigma Delta Pi activities at your local institution.  We strongly encourage proposals from current student members/officers who are actively involved in initiating, organizing, executing, and/or participating in Sigma Delta Pi activities at their institutions.  Members who have already graduated at the time of application may not apply.

By November 9, 2025, please e-mail the following to delmastromp@cofc.edu:

1) your full name
2) name of your Sigma Delta Pi chapter and college/university
3) name of your chapter adviser
4) title of your proposed presentation
5) summary of your proposed presentation (no longer than 150 words)

Final decisions will be communicated in November 2025. 

Each student whose paper is selected for presentation will receive a $300 travel stipend plus paid conference registration (early bird rate) courtesy of Sigma Delta Pi and complimentary student membership in AATSP, courtesy of the AATSP.  However, the same student is expected to secure travel-related funding for all remaining expenses through their college/university, either via the academic departments, the dean’s or provost’s office, the office of student activities, or other institutional sources.   Colleges/universities often provide funding for students presenting at conferences.  Your chapter adviser can assist you with exploring these funding options.  Sigma Delta Pi is unable to provide monetary support beyond the $300 travel stipend and conference registration (early bird rate) per selected student.

For information on the AATSP conference in summer 2026, please visit the website: www.aatsp.org.

Any questions should be directed to delmastromp@cofc.edu

Consult Sigma Delta Pi’s calendar for activities and deadlines: https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-calendar/

Sigma Delta Pi and the Pulsera Project: Custom Pulseras Available for Chapters

Through a partnership with the Pulsera Project, custom Sigma Delta Pi pulseras continue to be available for chapters directly from Sigma Delta Pi’s national office: https://sigmadeltapi.org/product/sdp06_pulsera/ (copy and paste url in browser)

These beautiful, uniquely designed pulseras are hand-crafted by Central American artists employed by The Pulsera Project with the goals of creating meaningful fair trade jobs and supporting communities. Sigma Delta Pi is proud to support The Pulsera Project and their employed artisans through this invaluable partnership. With the purchase of your own Sigma Delta Pi pulsera, you will assist the Pulsera Project with their important mission.

For more on the Pulsera Project, and how your chapter might become directly involved with a pulsera sale through the Pulsera Project, please visit www.pulseraproject.org.

The following Sigma Delta Pi chapters hosted their own Pulsera sales projects in AY 2024-25:

Davidson College (Chapter Omega)
Saginaw Valley State University (Omega Kappa)
Southern Illinois U Edwardsville (Alpha Alpha Epsilon)

Sigma Delta Pi & ANLE: CFP

“Transformative Spanish Language Programs: Preparing the Workforce for Tomorrow”

CFP(call for proposals)
TRANSFORMATIVE SPANISH LANGUAGE PROGRAMS:
PREPARING THE WORKFORCE FOR TOMORROW

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, and the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española are pleased to announce plans for their second annual panel at the 108th AATSP conference in Orlando, Florida (July 8-11, 2026) to highlight innovative higher education (2-year and 4-year colleges/universities) programs in the U.S. that have managed to bolster their class enrollment and better prepare students for employment after graduation. Special consideration will be given to Spanish language programs that are responding to the national enrollment cliff, declining language program enrollments, academic program ROI (“return on investment”), and other regional and national trends.

Proposals should include the following:

  • Panelist’s full name, title, institutional affiliation, e-mail, and professional bio of no more than 150 words.
  • Abstract of talk not to exceed 150 words.

Send as a link (no attachments) to a shared (e.g., GoogleDrive, OneDrive, etc) MS Word document by October 1, 2025 to Mark P. Del Mastro at delmastromp@cofc.edu and Nuria Morgado at nuria.morgado@csi.cuny.edu.  Please ensure there are no access restrictions (persons or time-limits) on the shared document.

Panelists of selected proposals must commit to presenting in person at the 108th AATSP annual conference in Orlando, FL at the end of June/early July 2026 (exact dates forthcoming). Each panelist will speak for 5-6 minutes followed by an open discussion with the audience and other panelists.  Presentations are brief to encourage ample conversation/engagement.

Longer versions of the final presentations will be published in an online Transformative Spanish Language Programs “manual” that will be updated yearly and made available exclusively to both Sigma Delta Pi and ANLE members.

Please direct all questions to Mark P. Del Mastro at delmastromp@cofc.edu.

Sigma Delta Pi and Albatros Ediciones’ Virtual Academic Panels, CFP (Call for Proposals)

Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to co-organize with Albatros Ediciones virtual academic panels of our members (active student, honorary and/or chapter advisers), and hereby requests panel proposals for consideration. Sigma Delta Pi and Albatros Ediciones may host a maximum of two (2) virtual panels per academic year, and proposals must be sent to sdpnational@gmail.com as MS Word attachment to include:

  • Full name of person proposing the virtual panel (must be a confirmed member of Sigma Delta Pi)
  • Title of proposed panel and detailed description
  • Full names and institutional affiliations of organizer(s) and proposed panelists
  • Confirmation of Sigma Delta Pi membership of participants; organizers/proposers MUST be members of Sigma Delta Pi
  • Titles and brief description of each presentation

Parameters:

  • No more than 10 panelists per event with presentations of no more than 10 minutes each
  • Accepted panels will be scheduled during an evening or weekend within 12 months of acceptance and in coordination with the organizers/proposers
  • All organizers and panelists must commit to participating in the event
  • Scheduling will be done in coordination with Sigma Delta Pi’s Executive Committee and Albatros Ediciones
  • Proposals will be accepted on a rolling bases (no deadlines) and will be evaluated by the Executive Committee and Albatros Ediciones, which reserve the right to decline any proposal

Questions and proposals:

e-mail to sdpnational@gmail.com.

Interested in proposing a manuscript for publication with Albatros Ediciones

Contact: https://www.albatrosediciones.com/contacto.php

For Sigma Delta Pi’s previously recorded “conferencias virtuales”:

September 10, 2022: https://youtu.be/d3KKLGut92Q
September 11, 2021: https://youtu.be/PDlgqUwNeAA

National Chapter and Chapter Adviser Awards for 2025

Sigma Delta Pi

At its 30th Triennial Convention last week on June 26, 2025 in Panama City, Panama during the 107th annual AATSP conference, Sigma Delta Pi announced its national chapter and adviser awardees for 2025:

Octavio Paz Awards: https://sigmadeltapi.org/premio-octavio-paz/

Phoenix Award: https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/premio-fenix/

Lucy F. Lee Award: https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/premio-lucy-f-lee/

José Martel Award: https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/premio-jose-martel/

generously sponsors the following:

Honor Chapters for 2024-2025 Academic Year: https://sigmadeltapi.org/capitulos-de-honor-y-merito-honor-chapters/

Ignacio y Sophie Galbis Award: https://sigmadeltapi.org/premio-ignacio-y-sophie-galbis-award/

Sigma Delta Pi’s Recipient of the Premio Albatros

Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to announce that Dr. Charles Moore, chapter adviser and professor of Spanish at Gardner-Webb University,

is the 2025 recipient of the Premio Albatros, which may be granted yearly to one Sigma Delta Pi chapter adviser whose manuscript is accepted and published by Albatros Ediciones.

Sigma  Delta Pi will provide a subvention to Albatros Ediciones in the amount of $1,500 to support the publication Dr. Moore’s book:
El legado de la amistad petrarquista en la poesía hispanoamericana.

Triennial Convention and Reception

Sigma Delta Pi’s Triennial Convention and Reception THIS WEEK in Panama City, Panama at the 107th AATSP Conference, June 26-29, 2025

Sigma Delta Pi looks forward to seeing you in Panama City, Panama
later this week (June 26-28, 2025) for our triennial convention and other member-centered events,
including our annual members/guest-only reception hosted by
Vista Higher Learning
at the 107th AATSP Annual Conference  on June 26-29, 2025

Join us for all of Sigma Delta Pi’s scheduled events in the Marriott Albrook Hotel:


Thursday, June 26

11:00am-12:00pm: Sigma Delta Pi-AATSP Plenary Poetry Recital
4:00-4:50pm: Sigma Delta Pi-Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Panel, “Transformative Spanish Language Programs”
5:00-6:15pm: Sigma Delta Pi Triennial Convention
6:15-7:45pm: Sigma Delta Pi Reception, Sponsored by Vista Higher Learning (exclusively for members and guests)

Saturday, June 28
8:00-9:30am: Sigma Delta Pi’s 6th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
9:30-10:50am: Sigma Delta Pi’s 13th Annual Student Best Practices Session

Ana María Matute Award for Graduate Student Members of Sigma Delta Pi: May 1, 2025 Deadline for Nominations

Sigma Delta Pi

Premio Ana María Matute
(triennial award for graduate students)

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: May 1, 2025

Need another incentive for graduate students to become members of Sigma Delta Pi? 
Sigma Delta Pi and the

announce their Ana María Matute graduate student award for 2025.
Visit link for details: https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/premio-ana-maria-matute/

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

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, and the AATSP, the American Association of Spanish and Portuguese, announce their 15th annual

Mario Vargas Llosa Award

https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/premio-mario-vargas-llosa/
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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” (https://sigmadeltapi.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-sdp-aatsp-premiomariovargasllosa-nom-form.doc) and all specified supporting materials must be submitted via e-mail by April 15, 2025.  Incomplete nominations will be disqualified.

Selection of the 2025 award will be made by a committee comprising leaders from both Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP with Sigma Delta Pi’s Executive Director serving as chair.

Nominees will be selected on academic achievement in all upper-division Spanish courses completed and extra-curricular involvement as related to Spanish.

Sigma Delta Pi will provide the 2025 Mario Vargas Llosa Award recipient the most recent issue of the María Moliner Diccionario de uso de español and one of Vargas Llosa’s novels; the AATSP will provide complimentary conference registration, and organize and host the award venue at its 2025 conference in Panama City, Panama.  Vista Higher Learning and the AATSP will provide a travel stipend to defer costs related to attending the conference. The awardee will be announced prior to the AATSP Conference.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: April 15, 2025

Sigma Delta Pi’s Triennial Convention in Panama City, Panama

Regular Registration Ends March 31 for Sigma Delta Pi’s Triennial Convention in Panama City, Panama at the 107th AATSP Conference, June 26-29, 2025

Join Sigma Delta Pi this summer in Panama City, Panama for our triennial convention and other member-centered events, including our annual members/guest-only reception hosted by

Vista Higher Learning

at the 107th AATSP Annual Conference  
on June 26-29, 2025

All Sigma Delta Pi’s scheduled events in the Marriott Panama Hotel:

Thursday, June 26
11:00am-12:00pm: Sigma Delta Pi-AATSP Plenary Poetry Recital
4:00-4:50pm: Sigma Delta Pi-Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española Panel, “Transformative Spanish Language Programs”
5:00-6:15pm: Sigma Delta Pi Triennial Convention
6:15-7:45pm: Sigma Delta Pi Reception, Sponsored by Vista Higher Learning (exclusively for members and guests)

Saturday, June 28
8:00-9:30am: Sigma Delta Pi’s 6th Annual Graduate Research Symposium
9:30-10:50am: Sigma Delta Pi’s 13th Annual Student Best Practices Session

Register by March 31 to avoid the late rate:
https://www.aatsp.org/page/2025-Conference