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Sigma Tau Delta, the international English Honor Society, is open to high achieving students majoring in English, English Education, and Writing. The Alpha Pi Chi chapter at Buffalo State was founded in 2009, and offers students opportunities for social and academic programming, service, and fundraising. The specific activities that the chapter undertakes every semester is decided by students in the chapter, but some of our past programming events include:

• A film series
• Coffee sales
• Pumpkin carving
• Workshops on applying to graduate school
• Book drive to benefit local schools
• Student works-in-progress
• Food drives and clothing drives benefiting Buffalo charities
• Reading groups
• Final's week stress relievers (potlucks, picnics)

Any student majoring in any area of the department is welcome to join in chapter activities and events, but to be considered eligible for induction, students must maintain an excellent GPA (both overall and in the major), must engage in programming, fundraising, and service, and must pay modest chapter dues.

Benefits of membership/induction include (but are not limited to):

• Lifetime membership in Sigma Tau Delta (students may join an alumni chapter upon graduation)
• Access to national publications The Sigma Tau Delta Review and Sigma Tau Delta: The Rectangle (inducted members may also submit to these publications)
• Access to scholarships
• Access to the national conference
• The right to wear honor cords at graduation
• For more information on the nation organization, please go to Sigma Tau Delta's website

If you would like more information on our chapter, you can email chapter sponsor Dr. Lorna Perez at perezll@buffalostate.edu for more information.