announcement: Approved 1/30/2015
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January 29, 2015

TO: UWRF Colleagues

RE: Off-Campus, University-Sanctioned Event

FROM:  Terry Ferriss, Plant and Earth Science

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 (“activities should not be scheduled during the final exam period or one week prior to final examinations”): Thursday, February12, 2015; 8 am - noon.

Activity: Students in HORT 420 will be participating in an educational field trip to Wagner Greenhouses in Minneapolis, MN.

Academic Rationale for Absence: This tour of commercial greenhouse production will provide students an accurate example of the commercial context of the content covered in the course.  An opportunity to visit with the owner and grower enhances the understanding of the industry at a level that cannot be achieved in a classroom alone.  The production processes observed will provide insight for the students who will be implementing laboratory activities related to the production strategies.

Faculty Contact Information:  

1.Campus Address:  306 AGS
2.Office Phone Number:  3345
3.Email: [log in to unmask] 

Participating Students: Please provide a list of the students who are participating in this activity:

Bartel, Molly			
Smith, Alicia
Deml, Amanda			
Vieira de Paula, Tania
Eggert, Katie			VonKreuzhof, Maxwell
Enes, Daniel
Fernandes, Hueliton
Ferreira, Felipe
Fuhrman, Kaitlin
Holt, Sierra
Kummeth, Sarah
Schaufler, anna
Shaw, Andrew


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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