Monday, May 10, 2010

IUPUI Grad Student Receives National Award from Hispanic Honor Society

Courtesy of Indiana University.


Andrea Meyer Smith, a Liberal Arts graduate student in the Master of Arts for Teaching Spanish (MAT) program has won the 2010 Gabriela Mistral Award. She is the second IUPUI student to receive the prestigious award presented by Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society.

The award recognizes excellence in the studies of Spanish language, literature, and culture, and endorsement of Sigma Delta Pi principles of advancement and dissemination of Hispanic language and cultures. It is granted by the honor society’s national headquarters. This year 14 recipients were chosen from nominations submitted from among the society’s 573 chapters.

Read more about Andrea:
http://newscenter.iupui.edu/4652/Grad-Student-Receives-National-Award-from-Hispanic-Honor-Society