Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honorary Society, is a service organization for those English majors who demonstrate academic excellence, have an interest in literature and the English language, and want to foster literacy. We stand for sincerity, truth, and design.

Kent’s Xi Mu Chapter provides leadership skills, scholarship opportunities, internships, and other career opportunities.

This year Sigma Tau Delta will be working with Club English to collect gently used or new children’s and young adult lit books for Akron Children’s Hospital throughout the Fall semester.

This semester Sigma Tau Delta is working on a monthly newsletter and online zine.

Members will have the opportunity to submit to either of the two national Sigma Tau Delta publications, Newsletter and The Rectangle, which feature creative and critical writing.

We meet the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday of every month at 5:00 PM in 203 the English Undergraduate Student Lounge on the 2^nd floor of Satterfield Hall.

Requirements for membership in Kent State’s Xi Mu Chapter include the following:

• Sophomore class standing (36 completed hours)
• Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0
• A 3.2 in English courses

2009/2010 Officers

President - Will Kucinski
Vice President - Michelle Luscre
Secretary - Marybeth Cieplinski
Treasurer - Stephanie Ingram

For more information please contact the following:

Kim Winebrenner, faculty advisor (kwinebre at kent.edu), Or look on the international website: http://www.english.org/