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<b>From: </b>James Tobias <jtobias@ucr.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 12:38 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Werse, Nick <Nick_Werse@baylor.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Baylor Graduate Scholarship Opportunities for Your Seniors/Alumni<br>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Hello,</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Thanks for your email.</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">At UCR there is a separate Creative Writing Department, so you might want to try contacting them if you haven’t already.</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">I will forward your email to our English majors, which is a separate program focused more on literary and cultural studies.</div>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">Thanks and take care,</div>
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Department of English<br>
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and future. Today this meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to live and work on these homelands."</span><br>
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<div class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing">On Jul 25, 2026, at 5:56 AM, Werse, Nick <Nick_Werse@baylor.edu> wrote:</div>
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Dear James Tobias,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 18.4px; text-transform: none; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
Greetings from the Baylor University Moody School of Education. I am reaching out to ask if your BA in Creative Writing seniors/recent alumni from University of California-Riverside might be interested in pursuing a master’s degree at Baylor?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 18.4px; text-transform: none; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
We recently launched an innovative, online <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://online.moody.baylor.edu/learning-design-and-technology" data-outlook-id="630511a1-449c-4c65-8ada-bd82fa77e0c1" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>MS
in Learning Design and Technology</u></a></span> to prepare people to enter the growing field of Learning Experience Design and Instructional Design across industries (K-12, Higher Ed, Corporate, Government, Healthcare…). This program offers three hands-on
technology labs, integrates the latest in artificial intelligence technology as it relates to industry practice, and can be completed in as little as 1 year.
<b>Scholarships are available.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 18.4px; text-transform: none; margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
We have found students with Creative Writing backgrounds to be great candidates for this program. I would be happy to share flyers and upcoming information session dates/times for any of your students who may be interested.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>Nicholas R. Werse, Ph.D.
</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="36a807ca-042b-46ec-a474-4081c919a7d5" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><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>
School of Education, Professional Online Learning</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19);">Connect via </span><span style="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="46362348-ffa4-4488-b0a4-e168f1e7d4bc" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u>LinkedIn</u></a></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19);"> and
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><a href="https://baylor.academia.edu/NicholasRWerse" title="https://baylor.academia.edu/NicholasRWerse" data-outlook-id="0c41c0d0-ad91-4444-aa8c-d673fa1458bf" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u>Academia.edu</u></a></span></div>
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