Sigma Delta Pi
Member Benefits
- Association with the only honor society devoted exclusively to students
of Spanish in four-year colleges and universities, the largest foreign-language
honor society in existence (over 150,000 members) and one of the elite as
attested by its membership in the Association
of College Honor Societies, the nation's only certifying agency for college
and university honor societies.
- Exclusive access to Sigma Delta Pi's growing scholarship program comprising
annual undergraduate
awards (23 granted in 2009) for summer study in Spain, Mexico, Ecuador,
Peru and Bolivia (locations subject to change) and research
grants for graduate students.
- Free and exclusive career services through Experience,
Inc. via sigmadeltapi.experience.com.
- Participation in occasional national competitions such as the 2008-09 design
contest for the Orden de los Descubridores.
- Bolstered credentials for any professional field, including business. For
example, see the Qualifications
Standards for General Schedule Positions at the website of the United
States Office of Personnel Management.
- Eligibility for the Gabriela Mistral
Award, a signal honor available to one outstanding member per chapter
annually.
- Leadership opportunities through election to chapter offices and the direction
of various chapter projects (see handbook
for ideas) that may lead to such national distinctions as the Honor
Chapter award, the Premio
Ignacio y Sophie Galbis and the Premio
Frida Kahlo.
- An enhanced résumé afforded by serving as an active chapter officer: organizational
leadership and initiative are attractive qualities to prospective employers.
- Supportive network of regional and
national officers to provide guidance for chapter activities and Society-related
issues.
- Possibilities to recognize outstanding faculty of Hispanic Studies or members
of one's local community who have made exceptional efforts in furthering Sigma
Delta Pi's mission.
- Closer association with students of similar interests and out-of-class interaction
with members of faculty.
- Opportunities to participate in Sigma Delta Pi's annual informative session,
held in conjunction with the Kentucky
Foreign Language Conference, and the triennial convention, held in conjunction
with the annual meeting of the AATSP.