A
N O T E
O F
T HAN K S
Thank
you
for
the
support
that
made
all
the
difference
.
May
22, 2026
Dear
Professor
Whitfield
,
I
wanted
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
you
for
the
extraordinary
academic
support
you
have
given
me
over
the
past
two
years
.
From
helping
me
sharpen
my
initial
research
question
to
reading
draft
after
draft
of
my
senior
thesis
,
you
taught
me
more
about
what
careful
thinking
actually
looks
like
than
any
single
course
ever
could
.
What
I
am
most
grateful
for
,
though
,
is
the
way
you
always
made
time
.
Whether
it
was
a
quick
question
after
lecture
or
a
longer
conversation
about
graduate
school
,
you
treated
my
concerns
as
if
they
genuinely
mattered
—
and
that
meant
everything
during
the
harder
quarters
.
Your
encouragement
gave
me
the
confidence
to
apply
to
research
programs
I
otherwise
would
not
have
considered
.
I
am
thrilled
to
share
that
I
will
be
starting
my
PhD
in
molecular
biology
at
Stanford
this
fall
,
and
I
know
I
will
carry
the
habits
you
instilled
in
me
—
the
patience
,
the
rigour
,
the
curiosity
—
into
every
project
I
take
on
.
Thank
you
for
being
the
kind
of
mentor
every
student
hopes
for
.
With
deep
gratitude
,
Jordan Reyes
Department
of
Biology
·
University
of
Washington
Class
of
2026
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