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Sigma Delta Pi Partners with the Pulsera Project to Offer Custom Pulseras for Chapters

Posted on by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Pulsera, Pulsera Project

Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to announce that through its partnership with the Pulsera Project,
a limited supply of custom Sigma Delta Pi pulseras is available for chapters directly from Sigma Delta Pi’s national office: https://sigmadeltapi.org/product/sdp06_pulsera/

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.

November 2023: Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th B-Day, National Charter Month, 10th Annual B-Day Cake Photo Competition, Frida Kahlo Award

Posted on by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Birthday Cake Competition, Charter Challenge, History

November 2023 marks Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th B-day and National Charter Month

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’s2005 Recounting a Decade, 1995-2004 (37 pp)
will be included with each purchased, 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/.

How is your chapter commemorating Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th birthday in November?

Why not locate and display your chapter’s charter?

If you have not yet held a fall 2023 
initiation of new members,

why not plan an initiation ceremony in November to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th B-day and National Charter Month?
Remember that guidelines for remote (ZOOM) ceremonies are available at:
https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-and-shle-policy-for-remote-events/.

Virtual Event

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 14 at 5:00pm (EDT) for Sigma Delta Pi’s next virtual event with the Embassy of Spain to discuss the members-only benefit of priority consideration for the North American Language & Culture Assistants Program. Free registration in advance of this event at  
https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJModuqhqjspHN3u0ccMZeztdhDf5GlxLTEw

2013 Winner: Eta Upsilon, Illinois State University

10th Annual Birthday Cake Picture Competition
to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th birthday.

To enter:

1) 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:  

2) The pictured cake must include a reference, etched in icing on the cake, to Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th b-day. 

3) It must be an actual cake that displays the Sigma Delta Pi logo.
4) Student members must contribute to the design of the cake.

5) 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.

Frida Kahlo Award

Outstanding chapter submissions that are accepted by the Executive Committee for inclusion in Sigma Delta Pi’s
Museo Virtual Ruth H. Barnes
will be considered for the Frida Kahlo Award.
For additional details to include submission criteria, please visit:
https://sigmadeltapi.org/premio-frida-kahlo/

10TH ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CAKE PICTURE COMPETITIONTO CELEBRATE SIGMA DELTA PI’S 104TH BIRTHDAY

Posted on by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Birthday Cake Competition
2022: Pi Rho, Tau of OH, Ohio University

1) 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:  

2) The pictured cake must include a reference, etched in icing on the cake, to Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th b-day. 

3) It must be an actual cake that displays the Sigma Delta Pi logo.
4) Student members must contribute to the design of the cake.

5) 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.

Award Programs for SUMMER 2024 and 2024-25 Academic Year!

Posted on by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Graduate Research Grants, Internship Grants, Undergraduate Scholarship Awards, Undergraduate Study Abroad Awards Program

For Summer 2024 and the 2024-25 Academic Year:

Sigma Delta Pi’s Undergraduate Study Abroad Awards Program:
https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/undergraduate-study-abroad-awards/
Application Deadline: FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Sigma Delta Pi’s Undergraduate Internship Grant Program:
https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-internship-grants/
Application Deadline: MARCH 1, 2024

Sigma Delta Pi’s Graduate Research Grant Program:
https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/graduate-research-grants/
Application Deadline: MARCH 1, 2024

November 2023: Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th B-Day, National Charter Month, 10th Annual B-Day Cake Photo Competition, Frida Kahlo Award

Posted on by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Birthday Cake Competition, Embassy of Spain’s Education Office, Museo Virtual

History Book Special Offer

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’s2005 Recounting a Decade, 1995-2004 (37 pp)

will be included with each purchased, 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/.

How is your chapter commemorating Sigma Delta Pi’s 103rd birthday in November?

Why not locate and display your chapter’s charter?

EPSILON CHAPTER, THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER 1924

Initiation ceremony

If you have not yet held a fall 2023 initiation of new members,
why not plan an initiation ceremony in November to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th B-day and National Charter Month?

Remember that guidelines for remote (ZOOM) ceremonies are available at:
https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-and-shle-policy-for-remote-events/.

Virtual Event

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, November 14 at 5:00pm (EDT)  for
Sigma Delta Pi’s next virtual event
with the Embassy of Spain to discuss the members-only benefit of priority consideration for the North American Language & Culture Assistants Program.


Free registration in advance of this event at  
https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJModuqhqjspHN3u0ccMZeztdhDf5GlxLTEw.

10th Annual Birthday Cake Picture Competition
to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th birthday.

2023 Winner: Pi Rho, Tau of OH, Ohio University

1) 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:  

2) The pictured cake must include a reference, etched in icing on the cake, to Sigma Delta Pi’s 104th b-day. 

3) It must be an actual cake that displays the Sigma Delta Pi logo.
4) Student members must contribute to the design of the cake.

5) 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.

Frida Kahlo Award

Outstanding chapter submissions that are accepted by the Executive Committee for inclusion in Sigma Delta Pi’s
Museo Virtual Ruth H. Barnes
will be considered for the Frida Kahlo Award.
For additional details to include submission criteria, please visit:
https://sigmadeltapi.org/premio-frida-kahlo/

October 2 (TODAY) Submission Deadline: Sigma Delta Pi’s Call for Student Papers on Chapter “Best Practices” for the 106th AATSP, June 29-July 2, 2024

Posted on by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Best Practices Session
Sigma Delta Pi

Call for Student Papers
for Sigma Delta Pi’s 12th Annual “Best Practices”  Session
at the 106th Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Portland, OR
June 29-July 2, 2024

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 focuses on Sigma Delta Pi activities at your local institution.  We strongly encourage proposals from current student members 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 Monday, October 2, 2023, 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)

3-4 papers will be selected from the submissions received, and the student presenters will be notified in early December 2023. 

A student whose paper is selected for presentation will receive a $300 travel stipend plus paid conference registration courtesy of Sigma Delta Pi and complimentary student membership in AATSP courtesy of the AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese).  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 per selected student.

For information on the AATSP conference in summer 2024, 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’s National Events in 2024: Portland, OR at the 106th AATSP Conference, June 26-July 2

Posted on by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Annual Meeting and Reception, Uncategorized, Vista Higher Learning

Plan now to join Sigma Delta Pi in Portland, Oregon
for member-centered events, including our annual members/guest-only reception hosted by Vista Higher Learning

at the 106th AATSP Annual Conference  on June 29-July 2, 2024
(specific event days and times TBA)

AATSP conference proposal submissions now being accepted: https://www.aatsp.org/page/2024Conference

Sigma Delta Pi’s 2nd Annual Premio Albatros: Publication Subvention Award for Active Chapter Advisers

Posted on by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Albatros Ediciones, Publication Subvention

Sigma Delta Pi announces its 2nd annual Premio Albatros,
a subvention award of $1,500 that may be granted yearly to one Sigma Delta Pi chapter adviser whose manuscript is accepted and published by Albatros Ediciones.

Eligibility requirements:

  • A Sigma Delta Pi chapter adviser who is a faculty member of Spanish and who has conducted at least one initiation ceremony of new Sigma Delta Pi members within the past two years prior to the submission of their manuscript proposal to Albatros Ediciones.
  • The candidate must be the current chapter adviser at their institution when they submit their proposal for consideration to Albatros Ediciones.
  • The candidate’s manuscript must be accepted for publication by Albatros Ediciones while they are still the active Sigma Delta Pi chapter adviser at their institution.
  • Once their manuscript is accepted for publication by Albatros Ediciones, the candidate must send a copy of that acceptance no later than June 1, 2024 to delmastromp@cofc.edu to be considered for this award.
  • The candidate whose manuscript is accepted for publication by Albatros Ediciones agrees to publish their work with Albatros Ediciones AND submits their final work to Albatros Ediciones as contractually agreed. 
  • Submitted manuscripts should be complete and range between 300-350 pages, or approximately 125,000 words.

Not eligible: 

  • past chapter advisers.
  • chapter members who are NOT active chapter advisers.
  • members of Sigma Delta Pi’s national Executive Council.
  • chapter advisers whose work will be published by any publisher besides Albatros Ediciones.
  • previous Premio Albatros recipients.

Additional program details and conditions (https://sigmadeltapi.org/premio-albatros/):

  • The recipient of the Premio Albatros will be selected by Sigma Delta Pi and Albatros Ediciones among all qualified candidates whose proposals have been accepted for publication by Albatros Ediciones.  
  • The $1500 subvention (which represents 50% of the total subvention required for publication after acceptance) would be issued directly to Albatros Ediciones after confirmation of receipt of the final manuscript for publication.
  • Only manuscripts published with Albatros Ediciones are eligible.
  • The recipient of the Premio Albatros will receive an award plaque with a press release issued to their home institution.
  • The awardee must also agree to make a presentation on their manuscript in an international, virtual event co-organized by Sigma Delta Pi and Albatros Ediciones.
  • Only one Premio Albatros per academic year (July 1-June 30) may be granted.

For manuscript submission guidelines, please contact Albatros Ediciones: https://www.albatrosediciones.com/contacto.php