<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div><div>From SEHE affiliate Francesca Hopkins:</div>
<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Gull Island Institute <<a href="mailto:contact@gullisland.org" target="_blank">contact@gullisland.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Gull Island Institute / 2026 Summer Undergraduate Opportunity</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">January 14, 2026 at 6:52:51 AM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">"<a href="mailto:francesca.hopkins@ucr.edu" target="_blank">francesca.hopkins@ucr.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:francesca.hopkins@ucr.edu" target="_blank">francesca.hopkins@ucr.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;line-height:1.38;background-color:white;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span>Dear Francesca, </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;line-height:1.38;background-color:white;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;line-height:1.38;background-color:white;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span>I hope this message finds you well! My name is Rowena Wilson-Olivo, and I am the Program Coordinator for the<span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><u><a rel="noopener noreferrer" title="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gullisland.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=LGptEKm7C2WBxMe5FOouz2oHZ-cO86MlCuE4llfXMUY&m=5nY_6--tFHHq1vffikDOaZjmGQOe8k8FCHcgrQXvjDpLgafxxnxLvoi-CLR933cw&s=ZqRZPy_WD_VVrjcoZp2KRELqAAw301UAXPhY59eozKo&e=" id="m_-3310055154347275253OWA8a71ee33-809f-39fd-78ca-ef488132d52e" href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.gullisland.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=LGptEKm7C2WBxMe5FOouz2oHZ-cO86MlCuE4llfXMUY&m=5nY_6--tFHHq1vffikDOaZjmGQOe8k8FCHcgrQXvjDpLgafxxnxLvoi-CLR933cw&s=ZqRZPy_WD_VVrjcoZp2KRELqAAw301UAXPhY59eozKo&e=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);margin:0px" target="_blank">Gull Island Institute</a></u></span><span>, an educational nonprofit that aims to reimagine the liberal arts and cultivate democratic citizenship for a changing planet. We briefly exchanged emails this time last year about opportunities for UC Riverside students at the Gull Island Institute.</span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;line-height:1.38;background-color:white;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;direction:ltr;text-align:left;line-height:1.38;background-color:white;margin:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span>I’m reaching out to let you know that applications are now open for the 2026 Gull Summer Term, our tuition-free, month-long<span> </span></span><span style="color:r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