About Us
Sigma Tau Delta is an International English Honorary Society that was founded in 1924 at Dakota Wesleyan University. The Society has over 800 chapters dispersed throughout the United States, Middle East, Caribbean, and Europe. Kansas State's chapter, Alpha Theta Eta, was founded in 1998. The purpose of the Society is: To give distinction for high academic achievement in English studies to undergraduate and graduate students, and professionals; To promote interest in literature and the English language on campus the surrounding Manhattan community; To foster and encourage the English studies discipline in all its aspects, including creative and critical writing.