Update Approved 9/22/14
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September 16, 2014

TO:  UWRF Colleagues

RE:  Off-Campus, 
University-Sanctioned 
Event

FROM:  Sylvia Kehoe, 
Department of Animal 
and Food Science

The Animal and Food 
Science 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 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: 
Wednesday 9/24/2014, 
8am – 6pm

Activity: Cargill Elk 
River Innovation 
Campus, Elk River, MN

Academic Rationale for 
Absence: This will be 
an excellent experience 
for students in the 
dairy nutrition class.  
We will tour the 
nutrition and research 
facilities of Cargill 
where they research new 
and innovative 
approaches to nutrition 
for most domestic 
animal species.  
Cargill is providing 
transportation and 
lunch making this 
experience possible for 
the department and 
students.  Your 
understanding is 
appreciated.

Faculty Contact 
Information:  

1.	Campus Address:  
246C Agricultural 
Science Bldg.
2.	Office Phone 
Number:  715-425-3704
3.	Email: 
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Participating Students: 
Please provide a list 
of the students who are 
participating in this 
activity:

1.	Adam Strebe
2.	Amber Schaffer 
Lyon
3.	Amy Gunderson
4.	Brandon Novey
5.	Claire 
Mullenbach
6.	Dylan Siem
7.	Eric 
Zwiefelhofer
8.	Ezekial Peters
9.	Gilson Maia
10.	Jacob 
Moldenhauer
11.	Jeffrey Nooyen
12.	Jessica 
Stuttgen
13.	Karla Van 
Deurzen
14.	Lani Viljoen
15.	Marcus 
Hanenburg
16.	Maria Pieper
17.	Meghan Connelly
18.	Melissa 
Siegmund
19.	Mitchell Slind
20.	Morgan Kittell
21.	Nate Goeldi
22.	Priscila 
Rodrigues Da Cruz
23.	Rachel O’Leary
24.	Rafael da Silva
25.	Savannah Brown
26.	Taylor Wittmus
27.	Tim Borgardt


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
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