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
Did you miss Sigma Delta Pi’s various international events last month
at the 105th Annual Conference of the AATSP? See highlights below,
and please plan NOW to join us in 2024 for our annual members-only recognition reception
and multiple Sigma Delta Pi-sponsored sessions
at the AATSP’s 106th Annual Conference in Portland, OR.
Sigma Delta Pi and AATSP’s inaugural poetry recital. Pictured: Poet Tina Escaja of the University of Vermont.
Sigma Delta Pi’s signing of MOUs from left to right: renewed partnership with the AATSP via Executive Director Sheri Spaine Long and Executive Director Designate María Carreira;
new partnership with the Spanish Embassy via the Education Counselor for the U.S. and Canada, Jesús Fernández González; new partnership with Pulsera Project via Jillian Bonner, U.S. Administrator.
With partner Vista Higher Learning, sponsor of Sigma Delta Pi’s reception.
Sigma Delta Pi’s Student Best Practices Session featuring Gavin Byrd of Florida State University.
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/
By Noon (EST) Monday, April 25, 2022, active chapters of Sigma Delta Pi are asked to nominate undergraduate student members, active or recently graduated and regardless of career path, whose successes have been enabled/enhanced by their Spanish language and Hispanic culture education from the college/university.
Please complete one nomination form for each student (chapters may submit multiple nominees for consideration):
Please join Sigma Delta Pi in person at the Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference this week!
Friday, April 22, 2022 @ University of Kentucky
Sigma Delta Pi Informative Session (face-to-face only): 9:00am-12:00pm, Gatton Student Center, Rm 350C
Sigma Delta Pi Reception sponsored by Vista Higher Learning: 6:00-8:00pm, Hilton Lexington, Magnolia Room
By Noon (EST) Monday, April 25, 2022, active chapters of Sigma Delta Pi are asked to nominate undergraduate student members, active or recently graduated and regardless of career path, whose successes have been enabled/enhanced by their Spanish language and Hispanic culture education from the college/university.
Please complete one nomination form for each student (chapters may submit multiple nominees for consideration):
Sigma Delta Pi Informative Session and Reception at the
Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference
in Lexington, Kentucky: Friday, April 22, 2022
Informative Session (face-to-face only): 9:00am-12:00pm, Gatton Student Center, Rm 350C
Reception sponsored by Vista Higher Learning: 6:00-8:00pm, Hilton Lexington,
Magnolia Room
RSVP: sdpnational@gmail.com
Sigma Delta Pi Day via Zoom: Inauguración del Museo Virtual, May 1, 2022 @ 5:00PM EST.
Click here for free registration
Sigma Delta Pi’s Triennial Convention, Reception and Student Best Practices Session at the 104th AATSP Annual Conference
in San Juan, Puerto Rico: July 9-12, 2022
Sigma Delta Pi Best Practices Session: July 9, 1:30-3:15pm, Hotel Caribe, Las Olas Rm
Reception sponsored by Vista Higher Learning: July 9,3:30-4:45pm, Las Olas Rm
Triennial Convention: July 11,2:00-3:45pm, Las Olas Rm
RSVP: sdpnational@gmail.com
The Ruth Barnes membership pin
issued to all new initiates in spring 2020 to commemorate
the centennial of Sigma Delta Pi’s first formal induction of members on May 1, 1920.
Sigma Delta Pi chapter delegates (advisers, student officers and members),
Executive Council Members and Honorary Presidents are cordially invited to our next centennial event of 2020
at the 73rd Kentucky Foreign Language Conference (April 16-18):
Sigma Delta Pi’s 18th annual Informative Session
Sigma Delta Pi’s 3rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium
(featuring presentations by recipients of Sigma Delta Pi’s Graduate Research Grants in 2019)
On Friday evening, April 17 Sigma Delta Pi will feature a reception for our attendees and special guests at the Hyatt Regency Lexington (401 East High Street).
Click here for conference registration
(all attendees of Sigma Delta Pi’s sessions must register for the conference)
Our National President, Dr. Lucy F. Lee of Truman State University, and I look forward to seeing you!
A special thanks to Vista Higher Learning for sponsoring Sigma Delta Pi’s reception.
Unfortunately, funding for attendance to these events is not available through Sigma Delta Pi, but please consult with your local institution (home academic department, department chair, dean) for possible travel support.
Dear Spanish Educator,
Due to the fact that K-12 schools are currently experiencing a Spanish teacher shortage, and enrollment in Spanish courses is declining in higher education, advocacy for the teaching of Spanish in the U.S. is now more necessary than ever. That is why Sigma Delta Pi (the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society), the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), and Vista Higher Learning (VHL) are joining forces to develop processes and pathways together to advocate for Spanish language learning in the U.S. and abroad.
The project is in the planning stages, so we seek input from educators of Spanish and associated administrators (department leaders, district supervisors, etc.) about your advocacy needs to help shape our project.
We understand a basic definition of advocacy to mean support for a particular cause – in our case the teaching and learning of Spanish as a second language. We invite you to participate in a brief survey to learn about your advocacy needs. The survey will be open from January 17 to 31, 2020 and will take no more than 10 minutes.
We invite you to share this survey to colleagues who teach Spanish to ensure the widest dissemination possible.
To complete the survey, click here. ¡Gracias por compartir con nosotros!
Sincerely,
Mark Del Mastro, Sigma Delta Pi
Norah Jones, Vista Higher Learning
Sheri Spaine Long, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
