Sigma Delta Pi and the Education Office of the Embassy of Spain: NALCAP Awardees 2023 

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society,
initiated a new partnership with the Embassy of Spain’s Education Office earlier this year
to offer priority consideration to Sigma Delta Pi members who are eligible and apply for NALCAP, the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program

We are pleased to announce that the following Sigma Delta Pi members accepted NALCAP awards in 2023: 

Logan Bellos, Coastal Carolina University

Abigail Coulter, Wheaton College

Gabrielle Fournier, William Jewell College

Katherine McCann, Furman University

Lizzie Elizabeth Cahill Robinson, Furman University

Xzavea Wommack-Johnson, High Point University

Chloe Holmes, Illinois State University

Drew Burningham, Illinois State University

Gage Peek, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Jacob Rude, The College of Idaho

Pierce Haley, Colgate University

Sigma Delta Pi Partners with Education Office of the Embassy of Spain: Priority Consideration for Sigma Delta Pi Members Applying for NALCAP

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society,
is pleased to announce its new partnership with the Embassy of Spain’s Education Office
to offer priority consideration to Sigma Delta Pi members who are eligible and apply for NALCAP,
the North American Language and Culture Assistants Program
.

Please visit https://www.educacionyfp.gob.es/eeuu/convocatorias-programas/convocatorias-eeuu/nalcap.html for program eligibility and further details. 

Application period: February 9, 2023 @ 12:00am to April 4, 2023 @ 11:50pm local Madrid, Spain time.

For priority consideration, active Sigma Delta Pi members must include with their NALCAP applications a signed letter from their faculty chapter adviser that verifies the applicant is a Sigma Delta Pi member and that the applicant’s chapter is active and in good standing.

Sigma Delta Pi Announces its Inaugural Premio Albatros: New Publication Subvention Award for Active Advisers

The Premio Albatros includes a $1,500 subvention that may be granted yearly for 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 from 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 (at the time) 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 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

Additional program details and conditions:

  • 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 submission guidelines for completed manuscripts, please contact Albatros Ediciones:
 https://www.albatrosediciones.com/contacto.php

Sigma Delta Pi Announces its Inaugural Premio Albatros: New Publication Subvention Award for Active Advisers

The Premio Albatros includes a $1,500 subvention that may be granted yearly for 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 from 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 (at the time) while they are still the active Sigma Delta Pi chapter adviser at their institution

·  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

Additional program details and conditions:

·  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 submission guidelines for completed manuscripts, please contact Albatros Ediciones:
 https://www.albatrosediciones.com/contacto.php

Sigma Delta Pi Announces its Inaugural Premio Albatros: New Publication Subvention Award for Active Advisers

The Premio Albatros includes a $1,500 subvention that may be granted yearly for 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 from 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 (at the time) while they are still the active Sigma Delta Pi chapter adviser at their institution

·  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

Additional program details and conditions:

·  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 submission guidelines for completed manuscripts, please contact Albatros Ediciones:
 https://www.albatrosediciones.com/contacto.php

Sigma Delta Pi Partners with Platino Educa for Graduate Research Grants and Free Movies for Public Showings

Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to announce its newest partner:

Platino Educa USA is sponsoring one of Sigma Delta Pi’s $2000 graduate research grants for work devoted to cinema in the Spanish-speaking world outside of the U.S. 
See https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/graduate-research-grants/ for details.

In addition, Platino Educa offers active Sigma Delta Pi chapters the opportunity to show a movie in Spanish at their institutions.
For details see https://sigmadeltapi.org/free-movie-for-public-showing/

Sigma Delta Pi Announces Newest Partner: Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Association

 

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, is pleased to announce its newest partner:

the Mountain Interstate Foreign Language Association (MIFLA)

Sigma Delta Pi and MIFLA have partnered in mutual support of their respective missions
and to recognize outstanding members of their organizations.
Sigma Delta Pi will also continue to host its informative session at MIFLA’s annual conference in October.

Sigma Delta Pi’s Partnership with Sabio Books LLC

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, reminds members of its partnership with

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Sabio Books LLC  and Sigma Delta Pi engage in various activities of mutual support and promotion, to include Sabio Books LLC’s provision of a Teaching Enhancement Grant (call for applications in fall 2018) to one chapter adviser of Sigma Delta Pi, and to one chapter adviser of Sigma Delta Pi’s honor society for 2-year colleges:

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More related details available forthcoming in the fall.