announcement: Approved: October 10, 2018
TO:  UWRF Colleagues
RE:  Off-Campus, University-Sanctioned Event
FROM:  Director Sierra Howry, McNair Program
The McNair Program 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”): Departing 10/19/2018 at 8:00 am : Returning 10/21/2018 9:00pm
Activity: 27th Annual National Ronald E. McNair Research Conference & Graduate School Recruitment Fair, Schaumburg, IL.
Academic Rationale for Absence: The students will be presenting their McNair research at the National McNair conference.  This will give the students an opportunity to present at a national level which will help prepared them for graduate school.
Faculty Contact Information:
1.	Campus Address:  140 Hagestad Hall
2.	Office Phone Number:  715-425-3528
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Participating Students: Please provide a list of the students who are participating in this activity:
Anthony Craig	Michaela Eden	Tori Fleming		Nao Hang
Kyle Lueckfeld	Lindsey Murry	Lukas Martinez	Begad Elmelligy
Temi Abiodun
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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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