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To Request a Letter of Recommendation From Me

Before I can write a letter of recommendation for you, I will need some information.  This information will help me to complete your letter on time and to make it specific and stronger.

Please email the following information to me  (brafoth@iup.edu):

• Your name
• Your postal address
• Your email address
• Date letter of recommendation is due
• To whom I should send the letter (name, title, address).  Otherwise, I will address it "To Whom It May Concern."
• Description of the position you are applying for
• Any courses you have taken from me, including date and grade received.  Please include a brief description of any major paper or project you did in my class -- something I might refer to in the letter
• Your current status -- year in school and current job. If you graduated from IUP, give date.
• If you are a graduate student or alumnus and have completed your thesis, dissertation proposal, or dissertation, the title and brief description of your dissertation.  Please include completion date of comprehensive exams and the three areas you took the exams in. 
• Employment in the Writing Center (dates).  Please include any workshops you taught or any projects you did while you were a tutor in the Writing Center (e.g., revising or updating a workshop, creating a handout, etc.)
• Any other accomplishments I might mention in the letter (publications, presentations, study abroad, etc.)

Thank you!

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