announcement: Approved 2/3/2016
January 24, 2016
TO:  UWRF Colleagues
RE:  Off-Campus, University-Sanctioned Event
FROM:  Veronica Justen, Assistant Professor of Crop Science
Holly Dolliver, Associate Professor of Soil 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: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 12:00pm until Sunday, April 17, 2016 at 7:00pm
Activity: NACTA National Crops and Soils Judging Competitions in Crookston, MN
Academic Rationale for Absence: Students will prepare and participate in the national crops and soils judging competitions.  The competitions reinforce several concepts integral to student’s academic program and provide important networking opportunities.
Faculty Contact Information:
1.	Campus Address:  311/ 309 AGS
2.	Office Phone Number:  425-4312 / 425-4136
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Participating Students: Please provide a list of the students who are participating in this activity:
1.	Megan Steffel
2.	Lee Boles
3.	John Vrchota
4.	Jacob Zwiefelhofer
5.	Robin Muenzenberger
6.	John Aaby
7.	Stella Pey	8.	Emily Schalla
9.	Megan Beisner
10.	 Zachary Gilbertson
11.	Matthew Strahm
12.	Travis Vieths
13.	Casey Hahn
14.	Karlee Lawrence	15.	Jonathan Wagaman
16.	Jonathan Alexander
17.	Katherine Wolff
18.	Matthew Cihaski
19.	Alex Gajdosik
20.	Jarod Schamaun
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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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