2026 Sigma Tau Delta Convention

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Kaitlyn Hawker

Blog Editor-in-Chief

Whitworth’s active Sigma Tau Delta chapter had five students accepted to present at the 2026 Convention in New Orleans! Asterisks denote club officers.

 

*Andrew Doughty – Poetry

*Elena Vigil – Creative Nonfiction, Common Reader

*Kaitlyn Hawker – Fiction

Sam Wisenor – Poetry

Tehya Russell – Fiction

 

Dr. Nicole Sheets, chapter advisor, also had her Roundtable submission accepted.

Part of Convention prep is reading the Common Reader, which is Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward. The book follows a Black family as the navigate in the days leading up to and after Hurricane Katrina. The family must wade through their inner conflicts and flood waters in this brilliant novel. Whitworth’s Chapter began an Asynchronous/”No Shame” Book Club open to anyone to join. Each week you read the recommended pages/chapters and respond to a question at the front desk of Westminster.

 

Wish our Sigma Tau Delta Convention attendees congratulations and luck as they continue the fundraising process and arrangements!