Abigail Mokhtary inducted into national Hispanic honor society

2017 Feb 21

Abigail Mokhtary was inducted into Sigma Delta Pi, the national Hispanic honor society.

Mokhtary is a biology and Spanish major from Rice.

The society honors those who attain excellence in the study of the Spanish language and the literature and culture of Spanish-speaking people, as well as honoring those who have made Hispanic contributions to modern culture better known in the English-speaking world.

Students must have completed at least three years of college Spanish, earned a GPA of at least 3.0, a grade of B or better in at least three semester hours of a third-year course in Hispanic literature or Hispanic culture and civilization and rank in the top 35 percent of their class to gain entry into the honor society.