“Sigma Delta Pi Day,” Thursday, May 1, 2025

Virtual Presentation by Dr. MarĆ­a Carreira, Executive Director of the AATSP, and Initiation of Dr. Linda Willem into the Order of Don Quijote

ā€œDĆ­a de Sigma Delta Piā€:Ā Jueves, 1Ā deĀ MayoĀ de 2025

Miriam Burt, socia fundadora de Sigma Delta Pi.

ToĀ commemorate the anniversary of the Society’s first formal induction ceremony onĀ Saturday,Ā May 1, 1920 at founding member Miriam Burt’s home on 1629 Walnut Street in Berkeley, CA, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society will hold itsĀ 6thĀ annual
ā€œDĆ­a de Sigma Delta Piā€ onĀ 
Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 4:30pm Eastern Time
with a presentation by

Dr. MarĆ­a Carreira
Executive Director, American Association of Teachers of Spanish & Portuguese (AATSP)

Following Dr. Carreira’s presentation will be a rare initiation into the Orden de Don Quijote
of a highly accomplished Hispanist and long-term chapter adviser:

Dr. Linda M. Willem
of Butler University

To register for this virtual event:
https://cofc.zoom.us/meeting/register/oM5pUD6ASHCGnqBX4ylSLQ

(If a link is inoperable, please copy and paste url into your browser)

Early Bird Registration Ends December 31

Sigma Delta Pi’s Triennial Convention in Panama City, Panama at the 107th AATSP Conference, June 26-29, 2025

Join Sigma Delta Pi in Panama City, Panama
for our triennial convention and other member-centered events,

including our annual members/guest-only reception hosted by
Vista Higher Learning

at the 107th AATSP Annual Conference  on June 26-29, 2025
(specific event days and times TBA)

AATSP conference proposal submissions accepted through February 17, 2025:
https://www.aatsp.org/page/2025-Conference

Stay tuned for other upcoming events that are virtual and open to all Sigma Delta Pi members and guests.
See our national calendar for updated programming: 
https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-calendar/

Join Sigma Delta Pi’s Triennial Convention

Plan now to joinĀ Sigma Delta PiĀ in Panama City, Panama for our triennial convention and other member-centered events,including our annual members/guest-only reception hosted by

Vista Higher Learning

at theĀ 107thĀ AATSP Annual ConferenceĀ Ā on June 26-29, 2025 (specific event daysĀ and timesĀ TBA)

AATSP conference proposal submissions now being accepted: https://www.aatsp.org/page/2025-Conference

Stay tuned also for other upcoming events that are virtual and open to all Sigma Delta Pi members and guests.
See our national calendar for updated programming:Ā 
https://sigmadeltapi.org/sigma-delta-pi-calendar/

October 2 (TODAY) Submission Deadline: Sigma Delta Pi’s Call for Student Papers on Chapter “Best Practices” for the 106th AATSP, June 29-July 2, 2024

Sigma Delta Pi

Call for Student Papers
for Sigma Delta Pi’s 12th Annual “Best Practices”  Session
at the 106th Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Portland, OR
June 29-July 2, 2024

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 focuses on Sigma Delta Pi activities at your local institution.  We strongly encourage proposals from current student members 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, October 2, 2023, 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)

3-4 papers will be selected from the submissions received, and the student presenters will be notified in early December 2023. 

A student whose paper is selected for presentation will receive a $300 travel stipend plus paid conference registration courtesy of Sigma Delta Pi and complimentary student membership in AATSP courtesy of the AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese).  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 per selected student.

For information on the AATSP conference in summer 2024, 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

October 2 Submission Deadline: Sigma Delta Pi’s Call for Student Papers on Chapter “Best Practices” for the 106th AATSP, June 29-July 2, 2024

Sigma Delta Pi

Call for Student Papers
for Sigma Delta Pi’s 12th Annual “Best Practices”  Session
at the 106th Conference of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
Portland, OR
June 29-July 2, 2024

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 focuses on Sigma Delta Pi activities at your local institution.  We strongly encourage proposals from current student members 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, October 2, 2023, 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)

3-4 papers will be selected from the submissions received, and the student presenters will be notified in early December 2023. 

A student whose paper is selected for presentation will receive a $300 travel stipend plus paid conference registration courtesy of Sigma Delta Pi and complimentary student membership in AATSP courtesy of the AATSP (American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese).  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 per selected student.

For information on the AATSP conference in summer 2024, 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 International Events at the AATSP’s 105th Annual Conference, June 26-29, 2023 in Salamanca, Spain: Plan NOW for the 2024 Conference!

Did you miss Sigma Delta Pi’s various international events last month Ā 
at theĀ 105thĀ Annual Conference of the AATSP?Ā  See highlights below,
andĀ please plan NOWĀ to join us in 2024 for our annual members-only recognition reception
and multiple Sigma Delta Pi-sponsored sessions
at theĀ AATSP’s 106thĀ Annual ConferenceĀ 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 MarĆ­a Carreira;
new partnership with the Spanish Embassy via the Education Counselor for the U.S. and Canada, Jesús FernÔndez GonzÔlez; 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.

Vista Higher Learning Supports Sigma Delta Pi for International Events at the AATSP Conference in Salamanca, Spain, June 26-29

Please join Sigma Delta Pi forĀ its upcoming, internationalĀ eventsĀ at theĀ 
105th AATSP Annual Conference,
June 26-29 in Salamanca, Spain:

Inaugural Sigma Delta Pi and AATSP Poetry Recital:
June 26,Ā 12:00-13:20

Best Practices Session and Graduate Research Symposium: TBA

Member & Guest Reception sponsored by

Vista Higher Learning:
June 27,20:00-21:30
RSVP:Ā sdpnational@gmail.com

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 ā€œPass/Failā€)
  • 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 MarĆ­a Moliner Diccionario de uso del espaƱol 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 ā€œPass/Failā€)
  • 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 MarĆ­a Moliner Diccionario de uso del espaƱol 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