Department of English College of Arts & Sciences New Mexico State University P.O. Box 30001 MSC 3E Las Cruces, NM 88003 TNIVERSITY. | Phone: (575) 646-3931 www.nmsu.edu/~english February 26, 2017 To Whom it May Concern: This letter is to recommend Mauricio Arizpe to you for employment or in a graduate studies capacity. I have had the pleasure of working with Mr. Arizpe in two classes: English 111 for Engineering Cohorts, and English 218: Technical and Scientific Communication. Mauricio is a dedicated team player. During the Fall Semester 2016, my ENGL111 class was required to do problem-based research on Traffic issues at NMSU. Not only did Mauricio firmly establish his own research, utilizing credible sources and identifying relevant traffic patterns at NMSU in need of redesign, he also generously offered to help the class make their term project, a group website, more cohesive. The class successfully presented their individual and collective research at a rhetoric and composition symposium at the end of the semester titled: “Living Research at NMSU.” The presentations were professional and made cohesive, in large part, through Mauricio's contributions, including standardized introductions, cohesive font styles for each page, and correct citations and references throughout. He emerged as one of the class leaders at this symposium. Mauricio’s dedication, and long hours of design consultation with peers on the class website, showed his skill, his generous temperament, and his commitment to fellow researchers, Mauricio Arizpe has earned my admiration and my highest recommendation. His work ethic is superior, and his quiet determination and commitment to excellence will help him meet future academic and work-related challenges, including collaborative projects requiring thoughtful attention to detail If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me at 307-760-7271, or gemcculloh@gmail.c Sincerely, 5.t LEA. ri Elise McCulloh, PhD ENGL111 & ENGL218 Instructor Department of English New Mexico State University