Delta Sigma

The National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society

Sigma Delta Pi (ΣΔΠ), the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society (La Socidad Nacional Honoraria Hispánica), was established in 1919 at the University of California, Berkeley. The society encourages college students to acquire a greater interest and a deeper understanding of Hispanic language, cultures, art, and history.

The Purdue University ’s chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, Delta Sigma, was founded in 1960.

Benefits of Membership

Be recognized for your excellent work by this Honor Society, the only one that recognizes university students in Spanish at the national level

Apply for scholarships to study abroad (in Spain, Ecuador and Mexico) here

Apply for graduate student scholarships to conduct research once in graduate school here

The opportunity to develop your leadership skills

The opportunity to be recognized with honors and prizes at the individual and chapter level

Members have access to significant discounts, including 20% off car rentals and 50% off hotel stays. Lower car insurance rates with Geico. For more details, click here

Make more friends, work with other students and get to know the Spanish faculty

Network with other members of Sigma Delta Pi who are now employed or pursuing graduate school

Receive an honor cord which identifies you as a member of Sigma Delta Pi, along with your pin and which you can wear at graduation

Cost

A $25.00 one-time payment which makes you a member for life (pays for your pin and certificate), plus $10.00 to help with the cost of the Initiation Ceremony, for a total of $35.00. If interested please contact Dr. Yonsoo Kim. Dr. Kim is the faculty advisor. For more information please contact Tatiana Elistratova

Requirements to Become a Member of Delta Sigma

Have a minimum 3.0 average GPA in Spanish classes

Have a minimum overall GPA of 3.2 at Purdue University

Be in third-year upper-level Spanish classes

Have taken an upper-level literature class in Spanish OR an upper-level culture class in Spanish (3000 or 4000 level)

Be willing to collaborate and participate in the chapter's events, and to participate in the Initiation Ceremony as needed

Be enthusiastic promoters of Hispanic/Latino culture