2009 SUNY Potdam-Clarkson Summer Mathematics Program

Faculty Reference Form

Please print in black ink (or type).

Name of Applicant:______________________________________________________________

Name of Respondent:____________________________________________________________

Position:____________________________

Institution:___________________________

Address:____________________________

_____________________________

e-mail:______________________________

Phone Number:_______________________

To Faculty Respondent:

The applicant is applying for an eight-week intensive mathematics summer research research experience.

Your candid assessment of the applicant's mathematical ability and potential for successful Ph.D. work would be greatly appreciated. The selection committee is also interested in the following: 

  1. The applicant's extracurricular mathematics work of which you are aware.
  2. The applicant's persistence in tackling challenging problems.
  3. When and in what capacity you have worked with the applicant.
  4. The applicant's ability to work with other students.


Processing of applications begins on February 20, 2009.

Please attach your signed assessment to this form (or just send your letter on your university's letterhead) and send to:

Joel Foisy, REU Program
Department of Mathematics
SUNY at Potsdam
Potsdam, NY 13676
e-mail: foisyjs@potsdam.edu
Telephone: 315-267-2084
Fax: 315-267-2806