IUP’s Iota Mu Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Hispanic Honor Society, celebrated its fifty-second initiation ceremony on Friday, May 2, 2025.
Welcomed to active membership were: Jada Chvilicek (BSEd, Spanish Education PK-12), Mason Cymbor (BA Spanish, Certificate Spanish Education PK-12), and Donato DiMucci (BA International Studies, Spanish). Verónica Durán Páramo (BSEd, Early Childhood/Special Education, Spanish Education PK-12) served as the student officer.
Front row, from left: Donato DiMucci, Verónica Durán Páramo, Jada Chvilicek, Mason Cymbor.
Back row, from left: Christina Huhn, Marjorie Zambrano-Paff, Lydia Rodríguez, Dawn Smith-Sherwood, Marveta Ryan-Sams, Sean McDaniel.
Photo courtesy of Heide Witthöft.
Department of Language, Literature, and Writing faculty members (Spanish) Christina Huhn, Sean McDaniel, Lydia Rodríguez, Marveta Ryan-Sams, Dawn Smith-Sherwood (chapter advisor), Marjorie Zambrano-Paff, and Heide Witthöft (assistant department chair/German) participated in the event as readers.
Sigma Delta Pi was founded at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1919 and is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. Learn more about Sigma Delta Pi.