Sigma Delta Pi celebrated its101st birthday and National Charter Month via ZOOM on Saturday, November 14 at 4:00pm (EST) with its inaugural virtual poetry recital. See the recording at https://youtu.be/4uBw4ba77uk that featured select student participants from Furman University, Texas State University and Texas Tech University, and the following special guest poets:
Raúl Carrillo Arciniega, College of Charleston Pedro Larrea, University of Lynchburg Gustavo Ogarrio Badillo, Universidad Autónoma de México Fernando Operé, University of Virginia
this Saturday,November 14 from 4:00-5:00pm (EST) for our inaugural virtual poetry recital
to hear the original poems of select student members and the following special guests:
Raúl Carrillo Arciniega, College of Charleston Pedro Larrea, University of Lynchburg Gustavo Ogarrio Badillo, Universidad Autónoma de México Fernando Operé, University of Virginia
this Saturday,November 14 from 4:00-5:00pm (EST) for our inaugural virtual poetry recital to hear the original poems of select student members and the following special guests:
Raúl Carrillo Arciniega, College of Charleston Pedro Larrea Rubio, University of Lynchburg Gustavo Ogarrio Badillo, Universidad Autónoma de México Fernando Operé, University of Virginia
November is Sigma Delta Pi’s National Charter Month!
Recital Virtual de Poesía
To celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 101st birthday and National Charter Month, join us via ZOOM (link forthcoming) on Saturday,November 14 from 4:00-5:00pm (EST) for our inaugural national poetry recital.
Recite a poem in Spanish or simply attend!
To perform during the event:
Poems may be original (authored by submitter) or by someone else, and must be in Spanish; no poem may exceed 2 minutes when recited (reading is acceptable).
Initial restriction of 2 poems per chapter (not 2 poems per member, but 1 poem per student member); participants must be Sigma Delta P members and active members of the Society.
Preference given to our student members of the Society.
Those planning to recite a poem must send it via e-mail as a specific request to sdpnational@gmail.comby November 6. E-mail must include student’s complete name, home chapter, a copy of the poem, and identification of the poem’s author.
All Sigma Delta Pi members are invited to attend, but only those with submitted and accepted poems may recite.
Depending upon the number of submissions, these rules may be modified to ensure robust participation (e.g., a chapter could have more than 2 persons reciting, and chapter advisers may recite depending upon).
Zoom details will be sent to all the week of 11/9.
During this entire month and to commemorate Sigma Delta Pi’s 101st Birthday on November 14, 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:
If you have not yet held a fall 2020 initiation of new members, why not plan an initiation ceremony in November to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 101st B-day and National Charter Month? Remember that guidelines for remote (ZOOM) ceremonies are available at
November marks Sigma Delta Pi’s 101st B-day and National Charter Month
Recital Virtual de Poesía To celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s birthday and National Charter Month, join us via ZOOM (link forthcoming) on Saturday,November 14 from 4:00-5:00pm (EST) for our inaugural national poetry recital.
Recite a poem in Spanish or simply attend!
To perform during the event:
Poems may be original (authored by submitter) or by someone else, and must be in Spanish; no poem may exceed 2 minutes when recited (reading is acceptable).
Initial restriction of 2 poems per chapter (not 2 poems per member, but 1 poem per student member); participants must be Sigma Delta P members and active members of the Society.
Preference given to our student members of the Society.
Those planning to recite a poem must send it via e-mail as a specific request to sdpnational@gmail.comby November 6. E-mail must include student’s complete name, home chapter, a copy of the poem, and identification of the poem’s author.
All Sigma Delta Pi members are invited to attend, but only those with submitted and accepted poems may recite.
Depending upon the number of submissions, these rules may be modified to ensure robust participation (e.g., a chapter could have more than 2 persons reciting, and chapter advisers may recite depending upon).
NEXT MONTH: November 2020 is Sigma Delta Pi’s 101st 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 Century: 1919-2019, available at Sigma Delta Pi’s national website:
If you have not yet held a fall 2020 initiation of new members, why not plan an initiation ceremony in November to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 101st B-day and National Charter Month? Remember that guidelines for remote (ZOOM) ceremonies are available at:
Mark your calendars for Saturday,November 14 from 4-5:00pm (EST) for Sigma Delta Pi’s inaugural national poetry recital via ZOOM to honor Sigma Delta Pi’s 101st Birthday. Recite a poem in Spanish, or simply attend!
If you wish to recite a poem, please note the following:
Poems may be original (authored by submitter) or by someone else, and must be in Spanish; no poem may exceed 2 minutes when recited (reading is acceptable).
Initial restriction of 2 poems per chapter (not 2 poems per member, but 1 poem per student member); participants must be Sigma Delta P members and active members of the Society.
Preference given to our student members of the Society.
Those planning to recite a poem must send it via e-mail as a specific request to sdpnational@gmail.comby November 6. E-mail must include student’s complete name, home chapter, a copy of the poem, and identification of the poem’s author.
All Sigma Delta Pi members are invited to attend, but only those with submitted and accepted poems may recite.
Depending upon the number of submissions, the rules above may be modified to ensure robust participation (e.g., a chapter could have more than 2 persons reciting, and chapter advisers may recite depending upon).
