APPROVED September 4, 
2014
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	September 4, 2014

TO:  UWRF Colleagues

RE:  Off-Campus, 
University-Sanctioned 
Event

FROM:  Steven Kelm, 
Department of Animal and 
Food Science

The Animal and Food 
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”): Departure 
- Saturday, September 13; 
Return – Tuesday, 
Septemeber 16 (late 
afternoon back in River 
Falls)

Activity: All-American 
Invitational Youth Dairy 
Cattle Judging Contest, 
Harrisburg, PA;  National 
dairy cattle evaluation 
contest

Academic Rationale for 
Absence: Students have 
participated in dairy 
cattle and livestock 
evaluation contests for 
decades.  Such contests 
require evaluation skills 
of conformation traits in 
dairy cattle and oral 
speaking skills as 
students must defend 
their decisions via 
persuasive speeches to 
the official judge for 
each class.

Faculty Contact 
Information:  

1.	Campus Address:  
245 Ag Science
2.	Office Phone 
Number:  425 - 3704
3.	Email: 
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Participating Students: 
Please provide a list of 
the students who are 
participating in this 
activity:

1.	Tim Borgardt
2.	Joshua Butler
3.	Matt Linehan
4.	Maria Pieper


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/Facul
tySenate/Handbook/Chapter
8/