Sigma Delta Pi Birthday Commemoration

Sigma Delta Pi’s 106th Birthday

Posted on September 16, 2025October 18, 2025 by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Sigma Delta Pi Birthday Commemoration

November 2025 marks Sigma Delta Pi’s 106^th Birthday 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 106^th birthday in November?

Why not locate and display your chapter’s charter?:

If you have not yet held a fall 2025 initiation of new members, why not plan an initiation ceremony in November to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 106^th Birthday 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 Friday, November 14 at 4:30pm (EDT) for Sigma Delta Pi’s next virtual event co-sponsored by Sigma Delta Pi and Albatros Ediciones and
featuring a presentation by Dr. Charles Moore, the 2025 recipient of the Albatros Award for his upcoming book:

El legado de la amistad petrarquista en la poesía hispanoamericana.

Dr. Charles Moore, Gardner-Webb University

Free registration for this event at https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/fiKG_S74QQGLaBzDszinkA

12^th Annual Birthday Cake Picture Competition
to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 106^th birthday.

2013 Winner: Eta Upsilon, Illinois State University

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 106^th Birthday.
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/

Recording of Sigma Delta Pi’s 105th Birthday Commemoration

Posted on November 25, 2024November 25, 2024 by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Pulsera Project, Sigma Delta Pi Birthday Commemoration

Informative Session on the Pulsera Project for Sigma Delta Pi Members & Chapter Advisers

https://www.pulseraproject.org

Sigma Delta Pi featured its partner, The Pulsera Project (https://www.pulseraproject.org/),
in a remote Zoom event to commemorate the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society’s 105^th birthday on Thursday, November 14 at 4:30pm.

Learn about The Pulsera Project, its mission, its partnership with Sigma Delta Pi,
and how your local chapter can become directly involved with pulseras.

For the recording of the event:

For the Pulsera Project Slide Show:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UO_V6fjg5TFAuk-4FIccQXqnfUjaht1ZjMZSY_NQ7OU/edit?usp=sharing

Sigma Delta Pi’s 105th B-Day

Posted on October 14, 2024October 14, 2024 by Sigma Delta Pi / La Sociedad Honoraria de la Lengua Española in Sigma Delta Pi Birthday Commemoration

November 2024 marks Sigma Delta Pi’s 105^th B-day and National Charter Month

How is your chapter commemorating Sigma Delta Pi’s 105^th birthday in November?

Why not locate and display your chapter’s charter?:

If you have not yet held a fall 2024 initiation of new members, why not plan an initiation ceremony in November to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 105^th 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/.

Mark your calendars for Thursday, November 14 at 4:30pm (EDT) for Sigma Delta Pi’s next virtual event with the Pulsera Project to learn how your chapter can become directly involved with pulseras. Free registration in advance of this event at
https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvc-2qrT0qHNT-xpR6U_6VeTDat1KAvAeV

11^th Annual Birthday Cake Picture Competition
to celebrate Sigma Delta Pi’s 105^th 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 105^th 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.”