Want to write more effective reference letters for your students? Plan to attend this upcoming workshop:<br><br>Three
experienced (and successful) writers of reference letters for graduate
students, Sandra Burt (Political Science, Associate Dean of Arts,
Graduate Studies and Research), Ian Rowlands (Environment and Resource
Studies, Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Environment) and Ralph
Haas (Civil and Environmental Engineering, Distinguished Professor
Emeritus, FRSC), will share their advice and expertise. How do you
write a letter for a mediocre student? For a good one? For a great one?
How do you make your letter stand out? How should letters for academic
programs, professional programs and jobs differ? A panel discussion
will be followed by a question and answer period. Co-sponsored by UW's
Learning Community on Supervising Graduate Students.<br><br>A little more about our presenters:<br><a href="http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts/ugrad/profiles_professors/SandraBurt.html" target="_blank">http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts/ugrad/profiles_professors/SandraBurt.html</a><br>
<a href="http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/haas/" target="_blank">http://www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/haas/</a><br><a href="http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/ers/faculty/ihrowlands.htm" target="_blank">http://www.fes.uwaterloo.ca/ers/faculty/ihrowlands.htm</a><br clear="all">
<br>Date: Wednesday May 20th, 2009<br>
Time: 11:30 - 1:00<br>
Place: FLEX Lab, Porter Library 329<br>
Bring your lunch; we'll provide coffee, tea and juice.<br>
register by emailing Trevor Holmes <a href="mailto:tholmes@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">tholmes@uwaterloo.ca</a> or calling x33408<br>
(please
note: this event is appropriate for experienced or new faculty members
who currently or will soon teach/supervise graduate students)<br>