The following off-campus 
field trip has been 
approved by the 
Associate Vice 
Chancellor for Academic 
Affairs and Graduate 
Studies. Please direct 
any questions to Wes 
Chapin at x0629.



TO:  UWRF Colleagues



RE:  Off-Campus, 
University-Sanctioned 
Event



FROM:  Joseph Shakal, 
Agricultural Engineering 
Technology Department



The Agricultural 
Engineering Technology 
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: Thursday, 
April 24, 2014 at 9:30 
a.m. to 3:30 p.m.



Activity: Toro Company, 
Bloomington, MN



Academic Rationale for 
Absence:  Field trip is 
to tour an industrial 
testing laboratory at 
The Toro Company for 
AGEN 451, 
Instrumentation and 
Electronics.



Faculty Contact 
Information:  



1.	Campus Address:  
Room 161 Agricultural 
Engineering Addition

2.	Office Phone 
Number:  3985

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



1.	Tyler Anderson

2.	Carl Ballman

3.	Benjamin Borgardt

4.	Alex Donnay

5.	Gabriela 
Hellmeister

6.	Daniel Holicky

7.	Dustin Huber

8.	Jacob Jaborek

9.	Benjamin Johnson

10.	Blake Kerkow

11.	Lucas Martin

12.	Bethany Mazur

13.	Dustin Oesau



14.	 Owen Schmitz

15.	Mark Serier

16.	Michael Sikorski

17.	Jakob Voight

18.	David Von Ruden

19.	James Vosters

20.	Timothy Wayne

21.	John Werner

22.	Kyle Willfahrt



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
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