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style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear
PrevSci students,</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Happy new
year!! We would like to remind you that the
COE scholarship letters are due <b>Jan 19, 2018</b> and the UO
Grad School
scholarships are due <b>Feb 20, 2018</b>. If you plan to apply
for these scholarships,
or others that may be relevant to you, please follow the best
practices listed
below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Given the
intensive nature of
faculty workloads, when you ask a faculty member for a letter of
recommendation -- <br>
</span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family: "Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Provide a minimum of <b>3 weeks notice</b>
except in very unusual circumstances. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family: "Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman"">Send all the necessary materials (points A-D
below) in your initial email. Don’t ask in one email and send
materials in another. </span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Names,
addresses, organizations, and deadlines for each scholarship
and any supplemental forms that have to be filled out by the
reference. List any directions such as “must be sealed and
signed across the seal” or “Please email directly to <a
href="mailto:moneybags@org.edu"><span style="color:blue">moneybags@org.edu</span></a>”.
Be sure to provide a hard copy if your signature is required
on one of the forms (e.g., university scholarships). Put
your name on everything including file names of attachments
(e.g., Khurana_CV, Leve_Personal Statement).</span><span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman""></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A list
of bullet points the faculty member could highlight in
writing about you that make you a great candidate for the
particular scholarship(s) you are applying for. Make sure to
include how long you have known the faculty member and what
classes you took from them.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A
statement of your career goals as they relate to the
scholarship criteria. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">An
updated CV without any typos and in APA formatting.</span></li>
</ol>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif">Do not
send multiple emails with different pieces of information. If
you forget something, re-send with all of the attachments so
we have everything in a single email.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif">Send
reminder emails to the letter writers, including at least one
<b>reminder email a week before</b> each recommendation letter
is due. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif">If you
decide NOT to apply for a scholarship, IMMEDIATELY let your
letter writers know.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif">If you
receive a scholarship, please let your letter writers and the
program director know!</span></li>
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style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There are
many scholarships
available. There are many donors, development staff, other staff
and faculty
who dedicate much time and energy to generate, fund, and manage
scholarships,
as well as to read hundreds of applications and select awardees.
<i>Low numbers
of applications suggest that students are not in need of
financial support</i>.
</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thank you
in advance for following
these best practices.</span></p>
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style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Atika
& Leslie</span></p>
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