Approved 9/29/2014





TO:  UWRF Colleagues



RE:  Off-Campus, 
University-Sanctioned 
Event



FROM:  Tim Buttles, 
Agricultural Education 
Department



The Agricultural 
Education 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: Friday, 
October 10th from 8 a.m. 
to 4 p.m.



Activity: Falcon Ag 
Challenge FFA Career 
Development Event 
Competition at Campus 
Lab Farm and Mann Valley 
Lab Farm.



Academic Rationale for 
Absence: Students will 
be facilitating career 
development events for 
approximately 350 high 
school FFA members. 
Three of the events 
determine the teams that 
will represent MN Region 
8 at the MN State FFA 
Convention.



Faculty Contact 
Information:  

1.	Campus Address:  
AGS 135

2.	Office Phone 
Number:  x3555

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



 

Please see the list on 
page 2 



Submit this completed 
form to 
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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/



 

Students assisting with 
the Falcon Ag Challenge 
event on October 10th 
and may need to miss 
class:



Connor Anderson

Madeline Bode

Tiffany Carpenter

Megan Christiansen

Maddie Colbeth

Maureen Croak

Marissa Fredrickson

Loghan Hallett

Joel Koch

Marilyn Kostuch

Katie Kracht

Zachary Markhardt