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        style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear
        PrevSci students,</span></p>
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        style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
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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"
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        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="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>
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        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
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          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>
      <ol start="1" type="A">
        <li class="MsoNormal"
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          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
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            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"
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            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>
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      <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>
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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">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"
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        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"
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        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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    <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="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">Atika
        & Leslie</span></p>
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