WHEATON, ILLINOIS (06/18/2021) — Wheaton College (Illinois) student Sarah Danielson of Bettendorf, Iowa, was recently inducted into Sigma Tau Delta English Honors Society. This honor was announced by the English Department as part of Wheaton College's Honors Convocation.
Sigma Tau Delta is the international English honor society, conferring distinction upon undergraduates for high achievement in their study of language, literature, and writing.
The English curriculum is designed to strengthen and deepen our students' understanding of literature and its complex relationship to their experience. We do so by joining with them in the study of literary works from various genres, diverse cultures, and different periods of history. We strive to train our students to read closely, to think critically, and to write clearly, creatively, and persuasively. We aspire to equip our students to situate works of literature in culture and history, to articulate how those works enter into conversation with one another, and to undertake research for the purpose of joining the critical conversation, particularly, but not exclusively, through the writing of essays and papers. We long to have literature transform our students in ways that enhance their ability to engage life's enduring questions, to develop empathy for others, and to employ their many skills in their vocational callings and their lives in the public sphere.
Wheaton College (Wheaton, Ill.) is a coeducational Christian liberal-arts college noted for its rigorous academics, integration of faith and learning, and consistent ranking among the top liberal-arts colleges in the country. For more information, visit wheaton.edu.
