Approved 9/15/2014
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September 12, 2014

TO:  UWRF Colleagues

RE:  Off-Campus, 
University-Sanctioned 
Event

FROM:  Terry Ferriss

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”): Friday, 
Sept. 26, 2014,   8 am 
– 6 pm.

Activity: Field Trip 
for HORT 268 Native and 
Adaptive Herbaceous 
Perennial Plants.  

Academic Rationale for 
Absence: The goal of 
this all day field trip 
is to expose students 
to premier examples of 
herbaceous perennials 
in multiple contexts 
and meet with multiple 
professionals who work 
with this set of 
plants.  This is an 
opportunity for 
students to visit 
Noremberg Gardens in 
Mpls and Arla 
Carmichael, the 
nationally known 
designer for the 
gardens;  they will 
tour many sections of 
the UMN Arboretum and 
meet with Dr. Mary 
Meyers, national 
researcher on 
Ornamental and Native 
Grasses; visit a 
restored wetland, 
prairie, and woodland,; 
and visit Gerten’s for 
a behind the scenes 
tour of commercial 
perennial plant 
production and retail 
sales.  Exposure to 
these venues improves 
the student’s ability 
to put into commercial 
context the content we 
cover during the 
remainder of the course 
which is all held on 
campus. 

Faculty Contact 
Information:  

1.Campus Address:  306 
AGS
2.Office Phone Number:  
3345
3.Email: 
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Participating Students: 
Please provide a list 
of the students who are 
participating in this 
activity:

Baumgartner,George G 
Bertolla,Paulo Victor 
Coopman,Jameson Charles 
Fagundes Costa,Rodolfo 
Ferreira,Felipe Douglas 
Holmes,Nathanael Dean 
Jaborek,Jazmin Rae 
Kocon,Emily Ann 
Kuharske,Brittany Anne 
Marcott,Avery Marie 
Nishida Maximo da 
Cruz,Tatiana 
Peter,Nicholas Thomas 
Pingel,Aaron William 
Raether,Jenna Marie 
Reimer,Anna Beatrice 
Wojcik,Katelyn Jane 



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form to 
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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.
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