eNews: March 5, 2010
Due to the annual convention, the Central Office will be closed
March 17-20.
Upcoming Dates
March
March 17-20 - Sigma Tau Delta 2010 International Convention, St. Louis, MO
March 30 - Sigma Tau Delta Study Abroad Scholarship applications due
March 30 - Sigma Tau Delta Summer Program Scholarship applications due
April
April 1 - Submissions open for The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle and The Sigma Tau Delta Review
April 1 - Chapter submissions due for spring regional newsletters. Send to your Student Representative.
Welcome New Chapters
California State University, San Marcos
Alpha Rho Nu
San Marcos, CA
Welcome Back Reactivated Chapters
Grambling State University
Omicron Xi
Grambling, LA
New Mexico Highlands University
Alpha Zeta Psi
Las Vegas, NM
Coming in April
- Election results
- Convention awards
- Regional Facebook pages
- Summer internship finalists
In This Issue
- Less than 2 Weeks to Convention
- Journal Submissions and Current Issues
- Better World Books (BWB) Update
Less than 2 Weeks to Convention
Sigma Tau Delta's 2010 International Convention, to be held March 17-20 in St. Louis, MO, will be our largest yet, with over 900 registrants! Attendees should preview the Program Schedule for concurrent sessions and events.
Important requests and updates from the Convention Chair:
- Moderators and Chairs: Once again, convention organizers are seeking more faculty moderators and student chairs for concurrent sessions! Due to the unprecedented number of concurrent sessions, the sessions may be limited either to a faculty moderator or a student chair because so far we received an insufficient number of volunteers. If you are willing to volunteer, or if you have volunteered and you would be willing to moderate or chair more than one session, please contact the Convention Chair, Carrie Fitzpatrick, at sigmataudeltaconvention@gmail.com.
- Reminders for Presenters: Please practice your presentation to ensure that you stay within the 8‑15 minute time frame. Due to the record number of submissions, the presentation time within concurrent sessions will be tight. Don’t forget to bring a copy of your paper(s) to read in St. Louis.
- Just Added—Resume Workshop: Sigma Tau Delta's Alumni Epsilon Chapter and Student Leadership Committee invite students to attend a workshop on creating a resume and curriculum vitae (CV). If you have a current resume and/or CV please bring them to the workshop. Otherwise, just come and work one-on-one with an alumnus or graduate student member to create them. Saturday, March 20 at 2:00 p.m., Mills 8.
Journal Submissions and Current Issues
Online Journal Submissions Open April 1 through April 30
All currently-enrolled undergraduate and graduate members of active Sigma Tau Delta chapters are invited to submit their work to The Sigma Tau Delta Review and The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle. Chapter sponsors, faculty members, alumni (including members of the Alumni Epsilon Chapter), and honorary members, are not eligible to submit. Contributors who win overall awards will also receive a monetary prize
as well as publication.
The Sigma Tau Delta Review is an annual journal of critical writing that publishes critical essays on literature, essays on rhetoric and composition, and essays devoted to pedagogical issues.
The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle is an annual journal of creative writing that publishes poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction.
View complete guidelines for online journal submissions.
Look for 2010 Journals in the Mail
The latest issues of The Sigma Tau Delta Review and The Sigma Tau Delta Rectangle will be delivered to Chapter Sponsors starting the week of March 8.
All first-year members (those enrolled in spring and fall 2009) receive a one-year subscription to these annual Sigma Tau Delta publications. Chapter Sponsors should refer to their Write Away! chapter database for their 2009 membership list.
Better World Books (BWB) Update
Spring Book Drive
The spring 2010 Better World Book Drive runs through July 31. Participating chapters will have the opportunity to collect books to benefit one of six literacy partners, including BWB's most recent literacy partner Plan USA – Haiti. Chapters will also earn additional cash for chapter use.
View Better World Book Drive.
Buy Books at a 10% Discount
BWB is offering Sigma Tau Delta members a 10 percent discount on books purchased through their website. To receive the discount click on the banner below and use coupon code: sigmataudelta