Student Information Pages
Above is a set of links to several resources I have written for students. Peruse them as you like. Should you want to come back here, this is the "General Info" page. Below are brief summaries of materials on each page.
  • Advising: This is a page with details and instructions for my advisees as they plan their courses. On these pages are some customized advising sheets for the various majors I advise. Students who are not my advisees may find them useful.
  • Professional Correspondence: For any number of reasons, it is clear that professionalism is slowly eroding from correspondence. These are a few thoughts of mine on the subject, urging students to take seriously any documents (especially email) they may write in a professional capacity.
  • Reference Letters: Here are a few general thoughts on letters of reference - who students should ask for letters and who they should consider twice. If you are going to ask me for a letter, read this as I have some specific instructions as to what materials I will need from you.
 
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.
               
- Alexander Graham Bell, inventor (1847-1922)