In partnership with the Argentine Consulate General of Atlanta, Latin American and Caribbean Studies organized Berry’s first Argentine Film Festival. Films included Un cuento chino (2011), Un novio para mi mujer (2008), La cámara obscura (2006), and Música en espera (2009). We were very honored to have welcomed Consul General Marcelo Gerschenfeld and Deputy Consul Ana Cristina Saíno to Berry to introduce and conclude the series.

ESL

Latin American and Caribbean Studies welcomed adult English learners to campus once again this fall for the ESL program in Evans Hall. Students from SPA 290 (Spanish in Context) volunteer along with previous students from that class to teach English classes to mostly Hispanic adults from the Rome community. The Berry students in SPA 290 also organize activities for the children of the adults taking English classes.

Orgullo

A student organization whose aim is to raise awareness in the Berry community and the surrounding communities about Hispanic culture and Spanish speaking countries and to also increase the knowledge of Hispanic Heritage month through activities and speakers. www.berry.edu/stulife/multicultural/page.aspx?id=8280

Sigma Delta Pi, Sociedad Nacional Honoraria Hispánica (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society)

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, was established on November 14, 1919, at the University of California at Berkeley. Its insignia is the royal seal of Fernando and Isabel, representing Castille, León and Aragón. The society’s colors are red and gold and its flower is the red carnation.

With the guidance of such notable Hispanists as S. Griswold Morley, Elijah C. Hills, Rudolph Schevill, Leavitt O. Wright, William Berrien, John D. Fitz-Gerald, Tomás Navarro Tomás, José Martel, Archer M. Huntington, John T. Reid, Stuart M. Gross, James O. Swain, F. Dewey Amner, Carl A. Tyre, T. Earle Hamilton, Dolores Brown, Richard E. Chandler, and John H. LaPrade, the society has expanded its activities and now has over 500 chapters. Berry College’s chapter is Omicron Sigma.

In order to serve its many chapters most efficiently, the society has a national president, an executive secretary-treasurer, and five regional vice presidents. All but the executive secretary-treasurer are nominated and elected by the active chapter members. The society is governed by an Executive Council consisting of the seven aforementioned officials, the immediate past president, and the president emeritus. The sponsor of the chapter, preferably chosen by the student members, but sometimes appointed by the department head, is of the utmost importance, or his/her wisdom, imagination and dedication largely determine the success of the local branch of the society.

For more information, please visit the society’s site: www.sigmadeltapi.org