Request by a student for Third Party Documents in support of an application for a Thomas Munson Foundation Scholarship or Internship Stipend

Instructions
  1. First, Thank you for supporting an applicant’s efforts to earn a Thomas Munson Foundation Scholarship or Internship Stipend
  2. Please fill out the form below and submit the student’s official transcript, letter of recommendation, or letter of support by uploading it using the custom, secure link in the student’s request email to you. This link sends the subject document to the student’s account within the Thomas Munson Foundation application process “virtual vault”.
  3. Please send the submitted document using one of the files listed above the “submit button” below. Please name the file with the student applicant’s first and last names along with your name as the administer/sender. For example: johndoetranscriptfromjanesmith.pdf or janedoerecommendationletterfromjohnsmith.doc.
  4. NOTE: FOR A SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION, THE OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT AND LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO 12:00AM APRIL 1. PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE APPLICATION DEADLINE TO SEND THE DOCUMENT. THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PORTAL CLOSES PROMPTLY AT THIS TIME AND DATE, AND ALL SUBMISSIONS MADE AFTER THIS ARE LOST IN THE ETHER AND NOT RECEIVED.
  5. For questions or problems uploading transcripts, letters of recommendation, or letter of internship support, email the Scholarship Awards Chairperson, Dave Weaver (daveweaver@thomasmunson.org).
  6. SPECIAL NOTE FOR AUTHORS OF LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATON AND LETTER FOR INTERNSHIP SUPPORT:
    1. No anonymous letters will be accepted. Please sign your letter and include your position and institution.
    2. It is inevitable and acceptable that AI will be used to assist with the composition and grammar of any letter of recommendation or internship support.  However, it is requested that when a personal attribute, characteristic, or quality is assigned to a student that it is backed-up with one or more specific events, situations, actions, decisions, and/or judgments that demonstrate the attribute, characteristic, or quality.  Without such evidence, it is impossible to differentiate the students during application review because all AI-assisted letters of recommendation have strong positive wording.  It is common to say that a student has strong leadership skills.  We are looking for one or more examples where those strong leadership skills are demonstrated.  For example:  Sara was the captain of her Salem high school varsity volleyball team, and she demonstrated strong leadership skills when she helped Coach Jacob organize all the logistics for all the varsity away games and in one match against rival Bird City High School provided exemplary skills for motivation, by 1) getting all the players to the bus on time, 2) getting lights out established on game nights, 3) providing additional motivational words to the team between games, and 4) during a difficult stretch in the away game against Bird City High after losing 7 straight points, she called a timeout and got the team resettled, they went on to win the game 15-13, and because of this they won the match 2 games to 1.These types of vignettes are much more powerful evidence of a person’s capabilities, and will weigh more in our evaluations, rather that just being presented with a routine list of accolades generated by an AI prompt.
  7. Please fill in the following online form.