Sigma Kappa Delta
Encyclopedia
Sigma Kappa Delta is a collegiate
honor society
for students of English
at two-year colleges. Currently, the organization has 87 chapters in the United States
; members are eligible for scholarships and awards. The organization partners with Sigma Tau Delta
to plan and promote their annual convention, and publishes an annual journal, Hedera helix.
Eligible for memberships are students currently enrolled in a two-year college with a Sigma Kappa Delta Chapter who have completed a minimum of one college course (excluding developmental courses) in English language or literature, with a grade no less than a B in English, and a minimum grade point average of 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale) in general scholarship; they must have completed at least one semester or two quarters of college course work for a cumulative total of twelve semester hours.
The current executive director is Dr. Sheila Byrd of Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama
. The national regent is Dr. Trisha Stubblefield, who oversees four regions: Northern, Western, Central, and Southern.
College
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honor society
Honor society
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America...
for students of English
English literature
English literature is the literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, J....
at two-year colleges. Currently, the organization has 87 chapters in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
; members are eligible for scholarships and awards. The organization partners with Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta is an international collegiate honor society for students of English. It presently has over 800 active chapters located in Europe, the Caribbean, the United States, and 1 chapter in the Middle East , with more than 1,000 faculty sponsors...
to plan and promote their annual convention, and publishes an annual journal, Hedera helix.
Eligible for memberships are students currently enrolled in a two-year college with a Sigma Kappa Delta Chapter who have completed a minimum of one college course (excluding developmental courses) in English language or literature, with a grade no less than a B in English, and a minimum grade point average of 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale) in general scholarship; they must have completed at least one semester or two quarters of college course work for a cumulative total of twelve semester hours.
The current executive director is Dr. Sheila Byrd of Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Alabama
Decatur, Alabama
Decatur is a city in Limestone and Morgan Counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The city, affectionately known as "The River City", is located in Northern Alabama on the banks of Wheeler Lake, along the Tennessee River. It is the largest city and county seat of Morgan County...
. The national regent is Dr. Trisha Stubblefield, who oversees four regions: Northern, Western, Central, and Southern.