Fifteen students were inducted into Sigma Delta Pi Chapter Rho Eta Hispanic Honor Society during a ceremony held on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in the Numen Lumen Pavilion’s McBride Gathering Space.

The ceremony is a team effort, planned and organized by Lecturer in Spanish Ricardo Mendoza, Program Assistant for World Languages and Cultures and Interdisciplinary Programs Ronnie LoCash, WLC student assistants, WLC professors and students and members of the community Oscar Oviedo and Helen McLeod.

The Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society recognizes students who foster an understanding, appreciation and respect for the peoples, cultures and societies of the Spanish-speaking world, and honors those who have promoted and contributed to a better understanding of the Spanish-speaking world for all.

The honor society’s motto – Spanías Didagéi Proágomen – means to “continue under the inspiration of the Spanish language.�

The ceremony was led by Lecturer in Spanish and President of the Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi Chapter Rho Eta Ricardo Mendoza and was presided over by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students Camilla Bondy, Merritt Edwards, Pheriby Bryan and Lorenzo Tibolla. The induction ceremony included words of encouragement from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni Ethan Krone ’23, who lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Krone shared how he is using Spanish to make a difference in the lives of others.

There was live music from Oscar Oviedo, who is from Colombia, and parents, relatives and friends of the new inductees were able to participate through Zoom. Finally, WLC faculty members Elena Schoonmaker-Gates, Mina García, Bethany Sudibyo, Federico Pous and Ricardo Mendoza shared words of advice for the inductees.

Congratulations to the newest inductees of Sigma Delta Pi Fall 2024:

Sarah Caroline Allen 
Virginia Isabel Campbell 
Samantha Coleman
Jillian Dolman
Kyla Joy Farrell
Anna Marie Grupp
Anna Riley Gutierrez
Lucy Julia Horn
Claire Marie Jablonski
Emily Maher
Ryan John Maier
Stephanie May Mirsky
Annabelle Marie Roberts
Devon Elizabeth Sweeney
Annelise Weaver

To join Sigma Delta Pi, students must have completed three years of college-level Spanish (18 semester credit hours) or the equivalent thereof, including at least three semester hours of a course in Hispanic literature or Hispanic culture and civilization at the junior (third-year) level.

Eighteen students were inducted into Sigma Delta Pi Chapter Rho Eta Hispanic Honor Society during a ceremony held on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 5:30 p.m. in the Numen Lumen Pavilion’s McBride Gathering Space.

The ceremony is a team effort, planned and organized by Lecturer in Spanish Ricardo Mendoza, Program Assistant for World Languages and Cultures and Interdisciplinary Programs Ronnie LoCash, WLC student assistants, WLC professors and students, and members of the community Oscar Oviedo and Helen McLeod.

The Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society recognizes students who foster an understanding, appreciation and respect for the peoples, cultures and societies of the Spanish-speaking world, and honors those who have promoted and contributed to a better understanding of the Spanish-speaking world for all.

The honor society’s motto – Spanías Didagéi Proágomen – means to “continue under the inspiration of the Spanish language.�

The ceremony was led by Lecturer in Spanish and President of the Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi Chapter Rho Eta Ricardo Mendoza and presided over by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students Julia Lapporte, Emily Alps and Eliana Olivier. The induction ceremony included words of encouragement from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Alumna Emma Burns ’21, who lived and worked in Argentina and is now located in Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Burns shared how she is using Spanish to make a difference in the lives of others.

There was live music from Mr. Oscar Oviedo, who is from Colombia, and parents, relatives and friends of the new inductees were able to participate through Zoom. Finally, WLC faculty members Elena Schoonmaker-Gates, April Post, Mina García, Nina Namaste, Bethany Sudibyo, Pablo Celis-Castillo and Ricardo Mendoza participated during the ceremony and shared words of advice for the inductees.

Congratulations to the newest inductees of Sigma Delta Pi Fall 2023:

•       Camilla Jade Bondy

•       Aiden Bradshaw

•       Pheriby Margaret Bryan

•       Anne Merrit Edwards

•       Ellen Malinda Garrison

•       Camryn Judith Glendon

•       Isabel Maya Greenstein

•       Gabriella Alexandra Gutierrez

•       Samantha Faith Katz

•       Rebecca Kindt

•       Catherine Nicole Knierim

•       Veronica Montanez

•       Meghan Pavlick

•       Ranya Alexandra Russo

•       Maximillian Buchanan Taylor

•       Lorenzo Tibolla

•       Hailey Webb

•       Karsen Williams

To join Sigma Delta Pi, students must have completed three years of college-level Spanish (18 semester credit hours) or the equivalent thereof, including at least three semester hours of a course in Hispanic literature or Hispanic culture and civilization at the junior (third-year) level.