{"id":178,"date":"2023-03-17T13:34:44","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T20:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T23:08:09","slug":"recs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/recs\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-184 size-full\" style=\"font-size: 16px;\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2023\/02\/USC_DCLAS_Race_and_Mixed_Race_Class_20221020_24.png\" alt=\"USC professor teaching students in an American Studies class\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2023\/02\/USC_DCLAS_Race_and_Mixed_Race_Class_20221020_24.png 1280w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2023\/02\/USC_DCLAS_Race_and_Mixed_Race_Class_20221020_24-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2023\/02\/USC_DCLAS_Race_and_Mixed_Race_Class_20221020_24-900x600.png 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/css\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2023\/02\/USC_DCLAS_Race_and_Mixed_Race_Class_20221020_24-1200x800.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following information and process is for the Continuing Student Scholarship application <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ONLY<\/span>. For all other scholarships that require recommendations or references, please refer to that scholarship&#8217;s cover page for submission instructions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A formal letter of recommendation is not necessary; faculty recommenders will simply complete a form on your behalf to recommend you for a continuing student scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>Your recommendation must come from a USC Dornsife faculty member who can speak to your abilities in an academic setting (e.g., someone who has taught you in a class or supervised your research). If you have two majors, one within USC Dornsife and one outside USC Dornsife, your faculty recommendation must still be written by a USC Dornsife faculty member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>To complete the scholarship recommendation process, you must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communicate with the professor who will be recommending you.\n<ul>\n<li>Meet with the faculty member in person or communicate via email &#8211; whichever the faculty prefers.<\/li>\n<li>Share information on the classes or activities that you have participated in, as well as your future academic and career plans.<\/li>\n<li>You may want to provide a copy of your resume so that the professor knows more about your extracurricular involvement.<\/li>\n<li>Be sure to tell the professor that you are applying for a USC Dornsife Continuing Student Scholarship, and that he or she should expect to receive an email containing a link to a Recommendation Form from USC Dornsife Admission and Student Success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>You will submit your faculty recommender&#8217;s name, email address, and Dornsife department via a similar form. We will use this information to send the Recommendation Form to your recommender.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/FmqVDigHFd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to access the Dornsife Continuing Student Scholarship Faculty Recommendation Request form.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Who can serve as a faculty recommender?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The professor must be a USC Dornsife faculty member who can speak to your abilities in an academic setting (e.g., someone who has taught you in a class or supervised your research).<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Writing 150\/340 instructors (Dornsife affiliated) or CORE 111\/112 instructors are fine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Who <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">cannot<\/span> serve as a faculty recommender?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching Assistants (TAs) and staff (including academic advisors) are not acceptable sources for recommendations.<\/li>\n<li>Faculty from another USC school (e.g. Marshall, Viterbi, Annenberg, etc.). The professor must be a USC Dornsife faculty member.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2>Important dates:<\/h2>\n<p><strong><s>Wednesday, February 18<\/s><\/strong><s>: Deadline to submit to USC Dornsife Student Success the name and contact information of the faculty member who will be completing a recommendation for you.<\/s><\/p>\n<p>Although the the deadline to submit the name and contact information for your Dornsife faculty recommender has passed, we will still accept this information from you if you are interested in applying for a 2026-2027 Dornsife Continuing Student Scholarship. Please submit this information as soon as possible in order to give your faculty recommender ample time to complete your recommendation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, March 13, 11:59pm Pacific Time<\/strong>: Deadline to submit the USC Dornsife Continuing Student Scholarship online application. We must also receive your faculty recommendation from your faculty member by this date. This is a strict deadline. 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