Recommend a Student

Dear Recommender,

You’ve been asked to write a recommendation letter for an applicant for the Alfie Scholar Program at Seattle University. The insights you share play a key role in our evaluation of potential Alfie Scholars. We appreciate you taking the time to write your letter.

We are looking for students who want to become Civility Leaders in their chosen professions and communities. Civility Leaders are committed to addressing social issues by empowering themselves through personal and intellectual growth; to using their voice to enlighten and speak for the voiceless; and to creating a vision for social change and leading others in making that change.

An ideal Alfie Scholar seeks to learn how to influence decisions about the social issues of our times through conversation and action; to bolster their core confidence through self-reflection and discernment; to ensure their ideas are based on a solid foundation of information with strong research, analytical, critical-thinking, and creative problem-solving skills; and to enhance their verbal and written communication skills.

In your letter, please address the following:

• How do you know and interact with the applicant?

• Why do you think the applicant would be an ideal Alfie Scholar? How have the applicant's actions and insights demonstrated a commitment to civility, leadership, and working to address the social issues of our times? Please provide specific examples.

• What is the most important constructive feedback that you have given the applicant?

• How did the applicant respond?

• How has the applicant changed most since you have known each other?

• Is there anything else that we should know about the applicant?

We will provide your applicant a link for you to use to submit your recommendation.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

The Alfie Scholars Admissions Team