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• Name of Petitioning Institution.
• Address
• City, State, Zip Code.
• Name of proposed faculty sponsor (who will be a member of SDM). Please enclose a brief vita.
• Name of regional accrediting association.
• Names of other honor societies on your campus.
• Sigma Delta Mu is constructive in purpose; it wants to establish chapters only where there is a prospect of permanency. Hence, the national office requests that petitions be supported by the administration. Please include a letter of support from the president or dean and one from the departmental chairperson.
• Please include a copy of your current catalog with course offerings or web site address.
• If there are members of Sigma Delta Pi on the campus or in the community who can help to establish your chapter, please list their names here.
• Please list proposed charter honorary members. (No faculty member below the rank of Dean. The President may be named.)
• Proposed associate members. (Teachers of Spanish in local high schools.)
• Proposed charter faculty members.
• Proposed active members (at least 3). (Enclose verification by sponsor of Course Grade Point and Overall Grade Point averages.)
• Each active member must have:
• Completed at least one semester of college Spanish and be enrolled in the second semester or higher;
• Grades averaging B or better in all college courses in Spanish;
• An average of at least B (CGPA 3.0) in all college work to date.
• In addition, she/he must be of good character and be genuinely interested in things Hispanic.
• Enclose a check for $50, the charter fee. This will be refunded if your petition is not approved.
• Membership is $15 for all categories including sponsor. Please submit only one check.
• Signed (Petitioning Officer/Sponsor).
• Title.
• Please send this petition and all supporting data in one envelope to:
• Mercedes Aguirre Batty
• President, Sigma Delta Mu
• Sheridan College
• 3059 Coffeen Ave.
• Sheridan, WY 82801

If you have any questions, please send an email to: [email protected]