SIGMA DELTA MU

SOCIEDAD NACIONAL HISPÁNICA

Charter Petition

Date:

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: presidente@sigmadeltamu.org