announcement: Approved 3/8/2016
March 7, 2016
TO:  UWRF Colleagues
RE:  Off-Campus, University-Sanctioned Event
FROM:  Natasha Macnack; Plant and Earth Science Dept
The Plant and Earth 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 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: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 12.45 pm- 5.00 pm
Activity: Field Trip for Soil Fertility (SOIL 311); tour to West Central Wisconsin Biosolids Facility and Western Wisconsin Ag Supply in Ellsworth, WI
Academic Rationale for Absence: Soil Fertility is a course that focuses on the supply of nutrients by the soil and methods to improve this. It is essential that students learn about various products and procedures that would improve the fertility of the soil without compromising environmental health. Applying biosolids and precision agriculture are some of the ways in which this can be accomplished. Exposure to what industry has to offer in these areas will provide the students with a perspective that can simply not be duplicated in a classroom lecture.
Faculty Contact Information:
1.	Campus Address:  314 AGS
2.	Office Phone Number:  4387
3.	Email: [log in to unmask]
Participating Students: Please provide a list of the students who are participating in this activity:
Aaby, John 	Kroells, Neenah
Athorp, Justin 	Maier, Tyler
Ault, Peter 	Marcott, Avery
Boles, Lee 	Martola, Phil
Dale, Kelsey 	Meincke, Ethan
Durand, Tyler 	Melby, Kali
Gajdosik, Alex 	Muenzenberger, Robin
Gapinski, Dominic 	Niebur, Tyler
Gilbeck, Tyler 	Palokangas, Lucas
Holasek Jay 	Sankey, Michael
Jaborek, Jazmin 	Schamaun, Jarod
Johnson, Caitlin 	Schaufler, Anna
Johnson, Chad 	Shannon, Rory
Kamenick, Katarina 	Sherwood, Andy
Keppers, Lisa 	Smith, Alicia
Knutson, Chase 	Swast, Lisa
Kramschuster, Morgan 	VonKreuzhof, Maxwell
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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