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Research Experience for Undergraduates
2007 Faculty Sponsor Form

Dear Faculty Sponsor,

Please address the two questions given below in your letter of support for the applicant, and return to the Research Experience for Undergraduates Candidate in a signed, sealed envelope. Alternatively you may e-mail a letter to the Project Director at Terence.Blows@nau.edu but be sure to address the two questions posed. The application  deadline is Friday March 9th, 2007.

Thank you very much for your interest in the REU program at Northern Arizona University!
You may find it helpful to look at our website for program and project descriptions prior to answering the two questions below. Go to our main site ( http://www.CEFNS .nau.edu/Academic/Math/index.shtml ) and navigate to the main REU page via the menus on the left (Department Activities - Research Experience for Undergraduates.

____________________________________ is applying to the Research Experience for Undergraduates program in mathematics at Northern Arizona University for Summer 2006. This eight week program will have six participants working on individual research projects designed to suit each student's background. The selected students will participate in a regular seminar series. We appreciate brief answers to the following questions. It you prefer, you may write a letter instead of using this form, but please address these two questions.

I, _________________________________, do waive (do not waive) access to this letter.

(REU candidate Applicant Signature)

1. What is your assessment of the student's general mathematical ability and level of mathematical knowledge? Please indicate your perception of the student's level of creative and independent thinking skills.
   
2. How beneficial do you think this experience will be to the student?

Name and affiliation (print):_________________________________________________

Signature:___________________________ Date:_______________________________