APPROVED SEPTEMBER 9, 
2014
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	September 8, 
2014

TO:  UWRF Colleagues

RE:  Off-Campus, 
University-Sanctioned 
Event

FROM:  Greta Gaard, 
English Department, 
ENGL 228: Literature of 
Environmental Justice

The English  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 
September 19-Monday 
September 22, 2014

Activity: People’s 
Climate March, New York 
City

Academic Rationale for 
Absence: Climate 
Justice is an integral 
and leading edge of 
Environmental Justice.  
ENGL 228 requires 10 
hours of service 
learning and attending 
the Youth Convergence 
on Saturday Sept. 20 
and the March on Sept. 
21 fulfills this 
requirement.

Faculty Contact 
Information:  

1.	Campus Address:  
256 KFA
2.	Office Phone 
Number:  715-425-3537
3.	Email: 
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Participating Students: 
Please provide a list 
of the students who are 
participating in this 
activity:

1.	Donald 
Pierquet-Flores
2.	Alysha Sis


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/Fac
ultySenate/Handbook/Cha
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