<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear English majors,<div><br></div><div>Hope you are having a great summer.</div><div><br></div><div>Here’s some information about a master’s program at Baylor University in Texas. Apparently, scholarships are available.</div><div><br></div><div>An info session on August 5 is coming up. See below for details,</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div><br></div><div>jt</div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<span style="font-family: ""Calibri"", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>MS in Learning Design & Technology Virtual Information Session</b><br>
Wednesday August 05, 2026 at 6:00 PM<br>
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<span style="text-transform: none;">We’ll also plan an info session for the fall term. I’ll send that over in the beginning of the fall. Thank you once again!</span></div>
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</b></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">(See </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="http://baylor.academia.edu/NicholasRWerse/CurriculumVitae" title="http://baylor.academia.edu/NicholasRWerse/CurriculumVitae" data-outlook-id="abe10aeb-bf44-4318-8ecf-d0c14a4ef2e1" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>CV</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Sr. Director of Operations & Associate Graduate Faculty</b></span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt;"><br>
Moody School of Education, Professional Online Learning</span></div>
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Environmental Humanities Program</div>
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<span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">Connect via </span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-r-werse-53248279/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-r-werse-53248279/" data-outlook-id="f009ea49-adb1-4e3a-a35b-1769f2df09bd" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>LinkedIn</u></a></span><span style="font-size: 9.5pt; color: rgb(39, 78, 19);"> and
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