Approved 9/15/2014 
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September 12, 2014

TO:  UWRF Colleagues

RE:  Off-Campus, 
University-Sanctioned 
Event

FROM:  Tim Buttles, 
Agricultural Education 
Department

The Agricultural 
Education Department is 
sponsoring an off-
campus activity and a 
student in your course 
might miss class time.  
The offices of the 
Provost and the 
Associate Vice 
Chancellor of Academic 
Affairs require that 
students provide this 
notice to you no later 
than one week prior to 
their scheduled 
activity to be in 
compliance with 
appropriate policies.  
Your consideration in 
allowing them to 
complete course 
assignments and work in 
compliance with these 
university’s policies* 
is appreciated.  Thank 
you for your support 
and cooperation.  
Additional details are 
below.

Dates & Times: Friday, 
September 26th, 
departing 7 a.m. & 
returning 4 p.m.

Activity: Chisago 
Children’s Water 
Festival, Chisago City, 
MN.

Academic Rationale for 
Absence: Students will 
be presenting 
activities on water 
conservation to over 
700 5th grade students 
attending the festival. 
They will be presenting 
at a total of 12 
different stations as 
part of the overall 
festival.

Faculty Contact 
Information:  
1.	Campus Address:  
AGS 135
2.	Office Phone 
Number:  x3555
3.	Email: 
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Participating Students: 
Please provide a list 
of the students who are 
participating in this 
activity:

 
Please see the list on 
page 2 

Submit this completed 
form to 
[log in to unmask] for 
consideration by the 
office of the associate 
vice chancellor for 
academic affairs.

8.2.11 University 
Sponsored Off-campus 
Activities and Field 
Trips: Students will 
not be penalized for 
missing class in order 
to participate in 
University sanctioned 
events. If class 
attendance is a 
requirement, missing a 
class in order to 
participate in a 
University-sanctioned 
event will not be 
counted as an absence. 
Such absences do not 
relieve the students of 
any of their class 
responsibilities (e.g., 
homework, exams, 
lecture notes, etc.). 
Students are 
responsible for 
completing course 
requirements that are 
due on the dates of 
University-sanctioned 
events per prior 
agreement with the 
instructor. A 
University-sanctioned 
event is defined to be 
any extracurricular 
event (e.g., 
educational field trips 
or conferences, 
theatrical 
performances, 
intercollegiate 
athletic contests, 
musical performance or 
tours, etc.) as 
approved by the Provost 
and Vice Chancellor for 
Academic Affairs.         
http://www.uwrf.edu/Fac
ultySenate/Handbook/Cha
pter8/

 
Students attending the 
2014 Chisago Children’s 
Water Festival on 
September 26th:

Tiffany Carpenter
Katie Chapman
Matt Chrisitan
Natalia Couto Salib
Maureen Croak
Jennifer Elsenpeter
Hayley Faber
Samantha Jo Finger
McKenna Garman
Katie Gralish
Tess Green
Mark Greseth
LeighAnn Hall
Shawna Henke
Lindsay Hodges
Alex Klapoetke
Elliott Mann
Zachary Markhardt
Rachel Matiatos
Beatriz Mendonca
Bryanna Nelson
Adam Newton
Emily Schalla
Sam Tauchen
Sammy Van Deurzen 
Sean VanderHeiden
Patricia Whetstone