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Sigma Tau Delta is an international honor society for collegiate students of English. It presently has all ended 600 active chapters & inducts over 7000 freshly members annually. Requirements for induction into a society include existence an English major or minor, completing deuce English courses beyond freshmen composition I personally & Two, & maintaining the Trinity.Nought grade point average.

Sigma Tau Delta's purpose as a society is to promote literature & writing & to advance a survey of the written word. Members gather each year at an international convention & submit works to the society's originative journal, A Rectangle, & a critical journal, A Delta. the society likewise offers a total of scholarships & awards. A mawithin office of Sigma Tau Delta is placed at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.

Organization
A society is divided into 6 regions: Eastern, Far American, High Plains, Midwestern, Southern, & Southwestern. From each one arethe has 3 elective regional officers: a regent, the academic at a university in the region; a student representative, world health organization occurs as non-voting member of the board; & an associate student representative.

A regents come voting members of a International Board, which likewise includes the society president, quick retiring president, vice-president/president-elect, historiographer, financial officer, & student consultant. A student consultant come appointed for 2 years per board according to nominations & stand fully vote rights.

Non-voting members of a board include the executive directer, publications' director, director of communications & chapter development, & to complain.

History
Sigma Tau Delta began within 1924 as an English club formed by Judson Q. Owen at Dakota Wesleyan University and was officially recognized by its Greek initials on May 1 1924.

Last international conventions st& been held around Cincinati, Ohio (2003), Daytona Beach, Florida (2004), and Kansas City, Missouri (2005). A 2006 convention is inside Portland, Oregon.

Symbols
A initials of this honor society could have for "Sincerity, Truth, and Design."

A official colors of the society come red & black.

A official flower is the rose.

Official Site
[http://www.english.org Sigma Tau Delta: The International English Honor Society]

Sigma Delta Tau National Sorority - Official Site
Founded at Cornell University on March 25, 1917 as a sorority which would respect the individuality of its members, especially religious minorities. SDT is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference.

Sigma Delta Tau - Pittsburgh, University of - Alpha Zeta Chapter
Installed January 15, 1950 from the local sorority Delta Chi Rho in Pittsburgh, PA.

Sigma Delta Tau - Columbia University - Gamma Tau Chapter
Founded January 19, 1992, in New York City.

Sigma Delta Tau - Massachusetts, University of - Psi Chapter
Founded December 15, 1945, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

Sigma Delta Tau - Michigan State University - Beta Beta Chapter
Founded November 1, 1964, in East Lansing, Michigan.

Sigma Delta Tau - SUNY Geneseo - Gamma Chi Chapter
Founded January 25, 1992, in Geneseo, New York.

Sigma Delta Tau - South Florida, University of - Gamma Eta Chapter
Founded April 17, 1988, in Tampa, Florida.

Sigma Delta Tau - Pennsylvania, University of - Beta Chapter
Founded June 20, 1920, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sigma Delta Tau - SUNY New Paltz - Gamma Nu Chapter
Founded April 30, 1989, in New Paltz, New York.

Sigma Delta Tau - Purdue University - Alpha Epsilon Chapter
Founded February 4, 1948, in Lafayette, Indiana.


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