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Sigma Delta Pi, a national collegiate Hispanic honor society, honors those who demonstrate a love of Hispanic studies and outstanding academic achievement in that field. Upsilon Rho was established at Illinois Wesleyan University in 2000.
 
Members are currently enrolled students who are inducted during the fall semester in which they are registered and meet other qualifications as described below. According to the national by-laws for Sigma Delta Pi induction, the candidate must:

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  • have completed 3 years of study of college-level Spanish (18 semester credit hours), including at least 3 semester hours of a course in Hispanic literature or Hispanic culture and civilization at the junior level. A student may be admitted to active membership while still enrolled in the second junior-level course if all other requirements have been met and if the instructor of the course certifies that the student's work is of "B" or "A" quality.

  • have a minimal grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 point scale in all Spanish courses taken.

  • rank in the upper 35% of his/her class--sophomore, junior (3.46)*, or senior (3.55)* (Registrar's Office has this information x3161).
    *ranks in parenthesis based on Oct. 2008 data.


  • be a declared major or minor in Hispanic Studies
The next round of initiation invites were sent out.  If you do not receive an invitation by October 15th, 2008 and meet the requirements listed above, click here.

updated 10/2008    x