National Hispanic Honor Society Sigma Delta Pi Chapter Rho Eta at Elon University recognizes 15 students

The Sigma Delta Pi Honor Society recognizes students who excel in the study of the language, literature and cultures of the Spanish-speaking world.

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 Elon students Camilla Bondy, Merritt Edwards, Pheriby Bryan and Lorenzo Tibolla. The induction ceremony included words of encouragement from Elon 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.