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I've been asked to evaluate my thesis advisor for a Tenure and Promotion Evaluation. Is there anything specific I should say to help her out?

I got my B.A. in philosophy two years ago. During my senior year, I did an optional thesis project with an assistant professor in the philosophy department. I also took two of her classes.

Yesterday, I got an email from my school asking me to evaluate her as a thesis advisor for consideration by the Tenure and Promotion committee. I don't know exactly what kind of promotion or tenure she is being considered for. She was a great advisor and a great teacher in the classroom, and I'd like my evaluation to be as valuable to her as possible.

I've been asked to answer the following questions:  
* Describe the project I did with her (my thesis)  
* Describe what I am doing now (I have a full-time job that is completely unrelated to philosophy)  
* Talk about her strengths and/or weaknesses as a mentor  
* Mention specific instances that illustrate my evaluation

I guess I am wondering whether anyone here knows of specific types of feedback that would be most helpful to a professor who is up for promotion/tenure. If you have any thoughts on this, I'd greatly appreciate it.

I'm also a little worried about two things: first, that I am now in a career that is (at least on the surface) completely unrelated to my degree, and second, that it's been a few years so it might be hard to come up with specific examples of my advisor being helpful to me. I no longer have access to my undergraduate email account, which would have been the best record of our communications during that time.

Any advice would be wonderful. Thank you!
gpt
Even if you're not in a related career, you can explain how her mentoring affected you positively by helping you carry an idea through to a final product, look at a problem from a new angle, think critically, etc.  Those are the kinds of skills that all universities want their students to graduate with.