announcement: Approved 2/16/2015
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February 14, 2015

TO: UWRF Colleagues

RE: Off-Campus, University-Sanctioned Event

FROM: David Zlesak, PES

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 April 9 noon until 6PM

Activity: We will travel to Plymouth, MN to tour a commercial plant tissue culture laboratory and then to the University of Minnesota to meet with researchers that are using plant tissue culture in their research as well as a research that is a leading scientist in plant hormone research.

Academic Rationale for Absence: The exposure of our students in my plant tissue culture class to regional commercial and research applications of what that they are learning in class will reinforce class topics, provide them a stronger perspective of jobs in the area, and expand their network of people and contacts they know to interact with professionally in the future. 

Faculty Contact Information:  

1.Campus Address:  305 Ag Science
2.Office Phone Number:  3852
3.Email: [log in to unmask] 

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

Alicia Smith
Alyssa Sakkinen
Andrew Shaw
Andy Sherwood
Beck Hite
Brittany Rootes
Felipe Ferreira
Gustavo Maldini Penna V 
Vasconcelos
Hueliton Fernandes
Jason Hubing
Kaitlynn Graven
Laura Monson
Lisa Swast
Lucas Patten
Lucas Slivicke
Luke Hofmeister
Moises Almanza
Ruth Bohnhoff
Sarah Kummeth
Tanner Conway
Victoria Kyllo

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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