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Dear Dr. Khan,</div>
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I hope you are doing well. I'm sorry for the late response—I was occupied with pre-departure preparations and couldn't find a suitable time to get back to you earlier.</div>
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I've finalized my course registration for the Fall 2025 semester. Here are the courses I am enrolled in:</div>
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Based on my schedule, I am free on Mondays and Wednesdays, and these days could work well for our weekly meetings, if convenient for you.</div>
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Also, thank you for sharing the video. It was truly informative and shifted my perspective on the relationship between readers and writers. The emphasis on the word "valuable" really stood out—it showed how our writing can shape not just thoughts, but the way
people see the world. That was genuinely impressive.</div>
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Looking forward to your thoughts.</div>
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Best regards,</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Marcelino Vialpando <mjvgeo@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 1, 2025 4:00:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Safeeq Khan <msafeeq@ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> fewslab@lists.ucmerced.edu <fewslab@lists.ucmerced.edu>; Nigar Fatima <nigarfatima@ucmerced.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Scientific Writing</font>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 3:47 PM Safeeq Khan <<a href="mailto:msafeeq@ucmerced.edu">msafeeq@ucmerced.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Safeeq Khan, PhD<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Associate Professor of Hydrology<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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University of California, Merced</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Hydrological Processes</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://ecohydrology.ucmerced.edu/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Marcelino Vialpando <<a href="mailto:mjvgeo@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mjvgeo@gmail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 30, 2025 3:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Safeeq Khan <<a href="mailto:msafeeq@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">msafeeq@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:fewslab@lists.ucmerced.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
fewslab@lists.ucmerced.edu</a>; Nigar Fatima <<a href="mailto:nigarfatima@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">nigarfatima@ucmerced.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Scientific Writing<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p>Hello Dr. Khan,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Thank you for the video, I will definitely enjoy watching this. Please forward along any others you feel would be beneficial. Attached are screenshots of my schedule.
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<p>Thank you.<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 2:39<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM Safeeq Khan <<a href="mailto:msafeeq@ucmerced.edu" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">msafeeq@ucmerced.edu</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century",serif">A colleague pointed me to this lecture on scientific writing:
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIzMaLkCaM</a>. It certainly challenged my understanding at multiple levels, especially how I viewed and understood "knowledge."</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century",serif">The lecture is nearly 1.5 hours long but worth every minute. I hope you find this resource valuable.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century",serif">Also, I would like to get our weekly meeting scheduled for the fall semester. Can you share your class schedule with me? </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century",serif">Regards,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century",serif; color:black">Associate Professor of Hydrology</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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& Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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Processes</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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