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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Dear Future Members,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Sigma Tau Delta is an International English Honor Society with numerous scholarship opportunities for its members. We are the Upsilon Beta Chapter and we are recruiting new members! Undergraduates do not have to be majoring in English to join.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>If you are an undergraduate the requirements are:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>You just need to have taken two college English courses (outside of ENG 1301 & 1302), finished 3 semesters, and have minimum of a 3.0 average. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>If you are a graduate student:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>You must be either in a graduate English program OR specializing in an English field, have completed at least 6 hours of graduate work, and have a minimum GPA of 3.3.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Our first meeting will be on Thursday, September 20, at 3:30PM in the Hall of Languages lounge. If you are curious about becoming a member or want to apply, please join us at the meeting!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>If you’re not yet a member of Sigma Tau Delta yet, we’ll talk about how to join at the meeting. If you are, we’ll see you there as well. Looking forward to getting this semester off to a great start! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Best, </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Rachel Cantrell</span> - <span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>President</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>&<br>Anne Phifer</span> - <span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Vice President</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>