Category: Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE)

“Sigma Delta Pi Day” Featuring Dr. Nuria Morgado, Director of the ANLE: RECORDING AVAILABLE

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“Día de Sigma Delta Pi”

Did you miss today’s virtual event commemorating the anniversary of Sigma Delta Pi’s first formal induction ceremony on Saturday, May 1, 1920?

The National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society held its 7th annual
“Día de Sigma Delta Pi”
on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 4:00pm EDT
with a presentation by



Dr. Nuria Morgado
Director, Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española

“Pensar el presente para imaginar el futuro: La ANLE y el español en los EE. UU.”

Dr. Morgado discussed the ongoing joint Sigma Delta Pi-ANLE project “Transformative Spanish Language Programs,” which features a resource manual and an annual panel at the AATSP conference. 
Sigma Delta Pi’s Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro moderated the event.

See recording:
https://youtu.be/skqtW23dHIo

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Sigma Delta Pi Day

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Join Us For “Sigma Delta Pi Day,” This Friday, May 1, 2026 at 4:00pm EDT. Featuring Dr. Nuria Morgado, Director of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE)

To commemorate the anniversary of Sigma Delta Pi’s first formal induction ceremony on Saturday, May 1, 1920 at founding member Miriam Burt’s home on 1629 Walnut Street in Berkeley, CA, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society will hold its 7th annual “Día de Sigma Delta Pi” on Friday, May 1, 2026 at 4:00pm EDT with a presentation by

Dr. Nuria Morgado
Director, Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española

“Pensar el presente para imaginar el futuro: La ANLE y el español en los EE. UU.”

Dr. Morgado will also discuss the ongoing joint Sigma Delta Pi-ANLE project “Transformative Spanish Language Programs,” which features a resource manual and an annual panel at the AATSP conference. Sigma Delta Pi’s Dr. Mark P. Del Mastro will moderate.

To register for this virtual event:
https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/BSye3VkGTpip2xBEZN1xUA

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Transformative Spanish Language Programs Resource Manual

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Sigma Delta Pi and the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) are pleased to announce the online publication of their inaugural resource manual, available free of charge to all active chapters of Sigma Delta Pi, SHLE and active members of the ANLE. Others may acquire the manual with a donation.

For more details and access: https://sigmadeltapi.org/transformative-spanish-language-programs-manual/

Sigma Delta Pi ‘s President Emeritus Elected to the ANLE’s Board of Directors

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Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to announce that our President Emeritus, Dr. Germán D. Carrillo,
has been elected as one of the newest members of the Board of Directors of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE).  In addition to his Académico de número status in the ANLE, he is Professor Emeritus of Marquette University, and Sigma Delta Pi’s Past President.  As the second longest continuously serving president of the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society from 1999-2013, Dr. Carrillo’s many accomplishments in our Society are noted in the 2020 book Sigma Delta Pi: Rediscovering A Century, 1919-2019.

Sigma Delta Pi and the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE) Sign Updated Cooperative Agreement

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On the evening of December 4, 2018 at La Nacional-Spanish Benevolent Society on 239 W 14th Street in New York City, Sigma Delta Pi’s Executive Director, Mark P. Del Mastro, and the Director of the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE), Gerardo Piña-Rosales, signed a new cooperative agreement between their respective organizations that aims to promote “the participation of members of both associations in activities of mutual interest.” Beginning in 2020, Sigma Delta Pi and the ANLE will co-organize an academic panel at the annual conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, and they will form a joint oversight committee to plan additional collaborative projects.

This new agreement replaces the previous inaugural version between Sigma Delta Pi and the ANLE that was first signed in November 2009.