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Math/Stats graduates

Congratulations Graduates!

Posted on May 6, 2024

Congratulations to the Mathematics & Statistics Graduates! Undergraduate Degrees – Back row: Mario Mandujano, Johannes Kaendler Front row: Eliana Brown, Larissa Canegallo,…

Shivaji receiving Outstanding Mentor Award.

Shivaji Receives Outstanding Mentor Award from the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS)

Posted on March 20, 2024

Shivaji was honored with the Outstanding Mentor Award for his outstanding success in mentoring graduate students. The award was presented to Shivaji…

Cliff Smyth receives NSF funding

Posted on March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024 – UNCG has just received $49,998 in National Science Foundation funding to run the Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics conference…

Sat Gupta Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted on January 10, 2024

Sat Gupta was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the India Association of Statistics and Reliability, which was presented by the Vice…

2023 UNC Greensboro PDE Conference

Posted on February 27, 2023

June 9-11, 2023 Virtual Conference The overall goal of this conference series is to promote research in mathematical and computational analysis of…

SERMON 2023

Posted on January 26, 2023

SERMON is a small, friendly, and informal gathering of number theorists and combinatorialists. SERMON 2023 is scheduled for May 6th and May…

Recent External Grants

Posted on October 27, 2022

NSF Grants Sat Gupta is PI on a 3-year $405,000 NSF REU grant focusing on Complex Data Analysis using Statistical and Machine Learning…

Fall 2022 Department Newsletter

Posted on October 25, 2022

We are excited to release our Fall 2022 newsletter! Learn about the new developments in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Click…

Spring 2022 Department Newsletter

Posted on March 18, 2022

We are excited to release our Spring 2022 newsletter! Learn about the new developments in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Click…

REU in Computational Statistics 2022

Posted on January 13, 2022

UNC Greensboro will offer at 10-week virtual REU program from May 23- July 29, 2022 for 8 nationally recruited undergraduate students from mathematical…

How to ask for a recommendation letter?

Faculty members need time and information to write a recommendation letter.

Time

When you ask a faculty member for a recommendation letter, make sure you will give them at least one week to finish the letter. In this generally a good idea to ask the faculty member no later than two weeks before you need the letter.

Information

You need to let the faculty know all of the following:

What is the needed format of the letter? Specify to whom and to what address the letter should be sent (and whether by email or a regular mail)
What is your name, year, and major?
For what are you applying? (fellowship, scholarship, graduate school, etc.). List the program(s) to which you are applying, together with due dates.
How long have they known you, and what is their relationship(s) to you? (instructor, advisor, mentor, etc.) Have you graded or tutored for them? If so, for what class(es) and when?
For what class(es) have they had you, what final grade(s) did they assign you, and how did you distinguish yourself in their class(es)?
How would you describe yourself?
What are some of your academic accomplishments?
What are some of your nonacademic accomplishments?
What makes them particularly qualified to write a letter for you?
What makes you particularly qualified for this position/honor/award?
What are your long term goals and will this position/honor/award help? If so, how?
Additional comments (REU's, summer research, interesting jobs, hobbies, etc.)?

Remember that what you do not tell the faculty member may not appear on the recommendation letter (even if you are next Einstein and the faculty members know it about you, it may slip out of their mind at the moment when they write the letter). So do not hesitate to write everything that is related to the application. You are the one that is the most qualified person to write something about yourself.

Also, make sure that the information you provide is neatly organized so that the faculty does not have to dig too deep in your description of yourself.

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Mathematics and Statistics

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Recent News

Math/Stats graduates

Congratulations Graduates!

Posted on May 6, 2024

Congratulations to the Mathematics & Statistics Graduates! Undergraduate Degrees – Back row: Mario Mandujano, Johannes Kaendler Front row: Eliana Brown, Larissa Canegallo,…

Shivaji receiving Outstanding Mentor Award.

Shivaji Receives Outstanding Mentor Award from the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools (CSGS)

Posted on March 20, 2024

Shivaji was honored with the Outstanding Mentor Award for his outstanding success in mentoring graduate students. The award was presented to Shivaji…

Cliff Smyth receives NSF funding

Posted on March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024 – UNCG has just received $49,998 in National Science Foundation funding to run the Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics conference…

Sat Gupta Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted on January 10, 2024

Sat Gupta was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the India Association of Statistics and Reliability, which was presented by the Vice…

2023 UNC Greensboro PDE Conference

Posted on February 27, 2023

June 9-11, 2023 Virtual Conference The overall goal of this conference series is to promote research in mathematical and computational analysis of…

SERMON 2023

Posted on January 26, 2023

SERMON is a small, friendly, and informal gathering of number theorists and combinatorialists. SERMON 2023 is scheduled for May 6th and May…

Recent External Grants

Posted on October 27, 2022

NSF Grants Sat Gupta is PI on a 3-year $405,000 NSF REU grant focusing on Complex Data Analysis using Statistical and Machine Learning…

Fall 2022 Department Newsletter

Posted on October 25, 2022

We are excited to release our Fall 2022 newsletter! Learn about the new developments in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Click…

Spring 2022 Department Newsletter

Posted on March 18, 2022

We are excited to release our Spring 2022 newsletter! Learn about the new developments in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Click…

REU in Computational Statistics 2022

Posted on January 13, 2022

UNC Greensboro will offer at 10-week virtual REU program from May 23- July 29, 2022 for 8 nationally recruited undergraduate students from mathematical…