In the previous years, we have always assumed that a student's request for
recommendation letters is equivalent to their implicit
understanding that information about them would be released. However, we
have become reminded of the FERPA act and the need to have an
explicit release from a student.

If you are requesting a letter of recommendation from me, please fill
out a form that can be found at the website
https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/ferpa-resources and return to me.

For such a letter, it is best if you also provide me with the current
information about yourself. A CV and statement of objectives and other
such information help to write better/more informed letters.

I need to know about two weeks in advance of your deadline that you
will need a letter. Not that I spend all this time writing it, but
there is a line of people ahead of you.