Recommenders Form

Office of Distinguished Scholarships Recommender Name Submission

For applicants: submit names of recommenders to be included in Application for UNC Endorsement.
The number of recommenders required is different for each scholarship, but generally three are required for the endorsement stage. The length requirements per scholarship are subject to change, so please double check with the associated scholarship's website prior to submitting.

You can use this form to submit all of your recommenders at once or you can submit them in batches. Email ods@unc.edu if you have any questions.
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Beinecke: 3 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Letters should be from faculty members and assess the nominee’s intellectual curiosity, character and potential for advanced graduate study.
Boren: 2-3 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Recommendations should
1. Be academic and comment on your academic, linguistic, and personal preparation for the study abroad program, especially as they relate to the Boren Scholarship objectives.
2. Speak to your ability to carry out you proposed study abroad plan, your U.S. national security argument and your career interests.
The third letter of recommendation is optional and should only be submitted if you believe it will strengthen your application. It can come from another professor or from a non-college level language instructor, such as a high school language teacher or a private tutor, relevant work or internship experience.
Churchill: 4 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Give your recommenders this form to guide their writing.
Goldwater: 3 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Recommenders should be individuals who know the student’s academic and research strengths and weaknesses well. Those who have served as faculty mentors for a student on a research project are among the student’s most important references. Letters can also come from faculty or post-docs who may not have served as the student’s research mentor but have interacted with or observed some aspect of the student’s research work. Letters from faculty who know a student well from the student’s science, math or engineering classes, particularly those who can relate course materials to the student’s research career interests or who can comment on the student’s research aspirations, are also among the group of appropriate letter writers. Evaluations from former high school teachers, coaches or family friends are generally of minimal value.
James C. Gaither: 2 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: These recommendations can come from anyone the students feels can best speak to their abilities as a potential Gaither Junior Fellow.
Luce: 4 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Letters should represent a range of academic and professional references.
Marshall: 3 letters of recommendation
1. The first of these should be designated the Preferred Recommender and this recommender should have supervised your college or university training.
2. At least two recommendations must be provided by academics.
3. One of the recommendations should primarily address your leadership and ambassadorial potential. This letter often, but not always, comes from a non-academic.
Michel David-Weill: 3 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Two letters must be academic. The core values of the scholarship are academic excellence, leadership, multiculturalism, tolerance and high achievement.
Rhodes: 5-8 letters of recommendation

*Only 5 letters are required for endorsement, though you may submit more.

Guidelines: At least four of the eight letters should be academic (from professors). For those who receive endorsement, you'll likely need to have the full eight letters by the national deadline.
Truman: 3 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Each of the letters should address one of our selection criteria, but it is acceptable for a letter to discuss more than one criteria.
1. Leadership Abilities and Potential: This letter should confirm the experience described in Question 7 (specific example of your leadership). The letter writer need not have witnessed the example first hand, but he or she should be able to discuss the example and how it fits within the context of the student's leadership.
2. Commitment to a Career in Public Service: This letter should confirm the experience described in Question 8 (recent, satisfying public service activity). The letter writer need not have witnessed the activity first hand, but he or she should be able to discuss the example and how it fits within the context the student's commitment to a career in public service.
3. Intellect and Prospects for Continuing Academic Success: This letter should discuss the student's overall academic background in context of the student's future plans for career and graduate school (Questions 11 to 13). It is recommended, though not required, that the writer have taught the student at some point.
Udall: 3 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Letters should speak to your leadership, public service and academic achievements.
Yenching: 2 letters of recommendation

Guidelines: Recommendations are to be provided by professors, academic advisors, or other individuals in a position to comment on the applicant's achievements, character, and potential.
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