Student Reference Letter Sample

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Recommended: Sexual harassment in the work environment

I am writing to strongly recommend Tiffany Richards, who is a Graduate Student in the Program of Neuroscience at Stony Brook University, for the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Spouses Education Scholarship. Tiffany has worked in my lab since Summer 2016 and she is undoubtedly one of the most intelligent and hardworking Master students I have witnessed at our University. My laboratory studies the behavioral, electrophysiological and neuroanatomical aspects of spinal cord injury – with the overall objective to recover motor and sensory function after paralysis in rodents.

Tiffany grabbed my attention in the lab from the very onset – after initially recruiting Tiffany to my lab as a Masters student, I was fascinated by her commitment to research in the laboratory. She started shadowing my post-doc and research assistants in the lab, learned a variety of unique lab procedures, routinely attended lab meetings and actively participated in more than just one project. Because of her sincerity and enthusiasm for any task she undertakes, Tiffany embarked on her own research project. I must confess that at first, I was skeptic if Tiffany would be able to pursue any independent work in the laboratory …show more content…

Tiffany ranks among the top 1% of all students I have encountered in my career and has my highest recommendation for a graduate Scholarship from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. Tiffany is not only deserving of this Scholarship; but this Award in turn, will greatly bolster her current and future research efforts and allow her to pursue Science for a professional career. Obtaining this scholarship award will aid her in the continuation of her graduate studies and her development as a future scientist and I am confident that she will be an ideal example of a CBC foundation scholarship

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