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Emily Kayes
  • international studies and spanish
  • Olean, NY

Emily Kayes of Olean inducted into Spanish National Honor Society

2015 May 7

Emily Kayes, a St. Bonaventure University student from Olean, NY, was inducted into Xi Delta Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish National Honor Society, on May 1.

Dr. Leigh A. Simone is the chapter adviser.

Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, is a non-profit organization incorporated in the State of South Carolina, a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and partners with the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Estudio Internacional Sampere, the Instituto Universitario de Investigacion en Estudios Norteamericanos Benjamin Franklin, the Universidad Veritas, the International Association of Hispanists and the North American Academy of the Spanish Language.

The honor society was founded at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1919.

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