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Scholarship Reference

November 21, 20XX

Legacy Scholarship for Leadership Development

Leadership Foundation for Youth Initiatives

#300, 8657 – 51 Avenue

Edmonton, Alberta T6E 6A8

Dear Adam Smith:

As President of the Centre for Student Leadership at the University of Alberta, I am extremely pleased to

be able to recommend Miss Hana Lovage for the Legacy Scholarship in Leadership Development. I have

only known Hana for about two years but have had the opportunity to see her on many occasions,

performing with exceptional skill for a person of her age.

CSL is dedicated to providing leadership development initiatives to students by means of introducing

them to business practices and allowing them to run their own companies for the course of the term.

Hana proved herself very capable as a leader through her role as President of the “Globe Trotters”

company that was twinned with a student leadership program in Newton Abbot, England. This was our

first experience with a student company running an international business. She did an outstanding job

communicating with her team and providing them with direction on this pilot project. At our annual awards

night Hana was named sales person of the year by the Alberta Life Underwriters Association. This is

based not only on her exceptional sales but also her ability to think on her feet and communicate

company initiatives in a way that promote teamwork and product knowledge.

Hana was chosen out of all of our delegates to make a speech at the Media conference where our

Chairman Jodi Norris announced our new initiatives for student development which will include

international travel opportunities. She did an outstanding job and received many compliments on her

oratorical skills. Hana was then selected to attend the Western Canadian Student Leadership Conference

in Calgary, Alberta and then the Canadian National Student Leadership Conference in Hamilton, Ontario

where she represented the whole western region. We were also lucky to have her as a summer student

during the summer of 2000 and I was delighted with her initiative and overall work habits.

This is an outstanding young woman with exceptional leadership skills, very good interpersonal skills, and

wonderful work ethic. I am sure she will benefit from your scholarship and represent your organization

well through her work. Should you have any questions concerning Hana Lovage, please contact me

directly at 780-555-1234.

Sincerely yours,

William Coriander

President

Centre for Student Leadership

University of Edmonton

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