Two recommendation requests are required to support your application. 

The first request will be from your Supervising Faculty Member. They will have opportunity to describe the feasibility, strength, and significance of the project as well as an assessment of your ability to complete the proposed activity. The supervising faculty member should also describe the nature and frequency of supervision that will be provided to you as the applicant. A non-Wheaton faculty member may serve as a secondary supervisor; this individual must also submit a completed recommendation form along with the primary supervisor and specify the nature of his or her supervisory role.

A second request will be from a Secondary Faculty Recommender. This can be from your major advisor describing the your overall academic strengths and assessing his/her ability to engage in work in another culture and complete the proposed activity. If the major advisor is the Supervising Faculty Member, then another faculty member with whom courses have been taken or with whom you have worked closely should provide the reference. Each applicant is encouraged to provide a copy of their proposal to the recommending faculty member—that will allow faculty to fully assess the applicant’s capability in light of the proposed work.

 

 

Please give them advance notice of this request and ample time (at least 4 weeks in advance) to complete this recommendation. Please communicate the recommendation deadline as follows: 

Recommendations are due online by Friday, January 24, 2025.