Sigma Delta Pi’s 105th Birthday Commemoration on Thursday, 11/14 @ 4:30pm: Informative Session on the Pulsera Project for Sigma Delta Pi Members & Chapter Advisers (REGISTER NOW!)

Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to feature its partner, The Pulsera Project (https://www.pulseraproject.org/),
in a remote Zoom event to commemorate the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society’s 105th 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.

To register:

https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvc-2qrT0qHNT-xpR6U_6VeTDat1KAvAeV

September 23 Submission Deadline: Sigma Delta Pi’s Call for Student Papers on Chapter “Best Practices” for the 107th AATSP Conference, June 26-June 29, 2025

Call for Student Papers

for Sigma Delta Pi’s 13th Annual “Best Practices” Session
at the 107th Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP)
Panama City, Panama
June 26-June 29, 2025

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 focus on Sigma Delta Pi activities at your local institution.  We strongly encourage proposals from current student members/officers 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, September 23, 2024, 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)

Final decisions will be communicated in October 2024. 

Each student whose paper is selected for presentation will receive a $300 travel stipend plus paid conference registration (early bird rate) courtesy of Sigma Delta Pi and complimentary student membership in AATSP, courtesy of the AATSP.  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 (early bird rate) per selected student.

For information on the AATSP conference in summer 2025, 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

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 Announces National Chapter and Chapter Adviser Awards for 2023

Sigma Delta Pi is pleased to announce its latest national chapter and adviser awardees for 2023:

HONOR CHAPTER AWARDS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE GENEROSITY OF VISTA HIGHER LEARNING

Honor Chapters for 2022-2023 Academic Year: https://sigmadeltapi.org/capitulos-de-honor-y-merito-honor-chapters/ 

Ignacio y Sophie Galbis Award: https://sigmadeltapi.org/premio-ignacio-y-sophie-galbis-award/ 

Phoenix Award: https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/premio-fenix/ 

Lucy F. Lee Award: https://sigmadeltapi.org/blog/awards/premio-lucy-f-lee/

13th Annual Premio Mario Vargas Llosa: April 15 Nomination Deadline

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: April 15, 2023

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society,
and the AATSP, the American Association of Spanish and Portuguese,
announce their 13th annual

Mario Vargas Llosa Award

granted yearly to one undergraduate Spanish major or minor who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in all upper-division courses completed
and exemplary involvement in extra-curricular activities as related to Spanish.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Nominee must be a full-time undergraduate student;
  • Nominee must have completed at least six (6) upper-division courses (post intermediate level) total in Spanish language, literature and culture; at least half of ALL these upper-division courses completed must have earned grades (not “Pass/Fail”)
  • Nominee must be a member of Sigma Delta Pi;
  • Nominator must be a member of the AATSP;
  • The completed “Nomination Form” (download here) and all specified supporting materials must be submitted via e-mail by April 15, 2023.  Incomplete nominations will be disqualified.

Selection of the 2023 award will be made by a committee of leaders from both Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP, and nominees will be selected on the basis of academic achievement in all upper-division Spanish courses completed and extra-curricular involvement as related to Spanish.

Sigma Delta Pi provides the Mario Vargas Llosa Award recipient with a plaque, the most recent issue of the María Moliner Diccionario de uso del español and one of Vargas Llosa’s novels. The AATSP organizes and hosts the award venue at their annual conference in June. Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP will provide a travel stipend to defer costs related to attending the conference in Salamanca, Spain. The awardee will be announced prior to the AATSP Conference.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: April 15, 2023

13th Annual Premio Mario Vargas Llosa: April 15 Nomination Deadline


Sigma Delta Pi
, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society,
and the AATSP, the American Association of Spanish and Portuguese,
announce their 13th annual

Mario Vargas Llosa Award

granted yearly to one undergraduate Spanish major or minor who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in all upper-division courses completed
and exemplary involvement in extra-curricular activities as related to Spanish.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Nominee must be a full-time undergraduate student;
  • Nominee must have completed at least six (6) upper-division courses (post intermediate level) total in Spanish language, literature and culture; at least half of ALL these upper-division courses completed must have earned grades (not “Pass/Fail”)
  • Nominee must be a member of Sigma Delta Pi;
  • Nominator must be a member of the AATSP;
  • The completed “Nomination Form” (download here) and all specified supporting materials must be submitted via e-mail by April 15, 2023.  Incomplete nominations will be disqualified.

Selection of the 2023 award will be made by a committee of leaders from both Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP, and nominees will be selected on the basis of academic achievement in all upper-division Spanish courses completed and extra-curricular involvement as related to Spanish.

Sigma Delta Pi provides the Mario Vargas Llosa Award recipient with a plaque, the most recent issue of the María Moliner Diccionario de uso del español and one of Vargas Llosa’s novels. The AATSP organizes and hosts the award venue at their annual conference in June. Sigma Delta Pi and the AATSP will provide a travel stipend to defer costs related to attending the conference in Salamanca, Spain. The awardee will be announced prior to the AATSP Conference.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS: April 15, 2023