{"id":13,"date":"2010-09-02T16:52:10","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T21:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sdpomegagamma\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2019-05-13T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T18:25:12","slug":"member-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/sdpomegagamma\/member-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. 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<\/strong>, the nation’s only certifying agency for college and university honor societies.<\/p>\n

2. Exclusive access to Sigma Delta Pi’s growing scholarship program comprising annual undergraduate awards<\/strong> (30 granted in 2010) for summer study in Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia (locations subject to change) and research grants<\/strong> for graduate students.<\/p>\n

3. Active and ambitious student members may apply as a chapter for Chapter Project Grants<\/strong> to help finance their group’s activities that complement the mission of Sigma Delta Pi.<\/p>\n

4. Members are eligible to apply for $500 merit-based scholarships from the Washington Internship Institute<\/strong> (WII) for the ACHS\/WII Internship Program<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

5. Free and exclusive career services through Experience, Inc.<\/strong> via sigmadeltapi.experience.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

6. Bolstered credentials for any professional field, including business. For example, see the Qualifications Standards for General Schedule Positions<\/a> on the United States Office of Personnel Management website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

7. Eligibility for the Gabriela Mistral Award<\/em><\/a>, a signal honor available to one outstanding member per chapter annually.<\/p>\n

8. 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<\/strong> award, the Premio Ignacio y Sophie Galbis<\/em><\/strong> and the Premio Frida Kahlo<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

9. An enhanced r\u00e9sum\u00e9 afforded by serving as an active chapter officer: organizational leadership and initiative are attractive qualities to prospective employers.<\/p>\n

10. Supportive network of regional and national officers<\/strong> to provide guidance for chapter activities and Society-related issues.<\/p>\n

11. 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.<\/p>\n

12. Closer association with students of similar interests and out-of-class interaction with members of faculty.<\/p>\n

13. Opportunities to participate in Sigma Delta Pi’s annual informative session, held in conjunction with the Kentucky Foreign Language Conference<\/strong>, and the triennial convention, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the AATSP<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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