announcement: Approved 9/13/18
TO:  UWRF Colleagues
RE:  Off-Campus, University-Sanctioned Event
FROM:  The Sustainable Justice Minor  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 (“activities should not be scheduled during the final exam period or one week prior to final examinations”): Friday September 28, 2018, from 10:45-12:15
Activity: River Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant Tour
Academic Rationale for Absence: The unit on Water teaches student to consider the water cycle ecologically, economically, and in terms of social institutions. Most students have never visited a wastewater treatment plant and the tour introduces them to the extensive work and care that municipal employees undertake in order to clean up wastewater. Field trips such as this show students the “real world” or applied knowledge that we are researching and discussing in class.
Faculty Contact Information:
1.	Campus Address:  English Dept., 256 KFA
2.	Office Phone Number:  715-425-3537
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Participating Students: Please provide a list of the students who are participating in this activity:
1.	Abigail Barbington
2.	Hannah Bergstrom
3.	Savannah Bodish
4.	Sydney Carter
5.	Nicholas Harer
6.	Tanner Kurtzweg
7.	Ali Leppert-Beying
8.	Elisa McCullough
9.	Kate Price
10.	Brandon Serre
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/FacultySenate/Handbook/Chapter8/


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