Approved 10/20/2014
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October 19, 2014

TO: UWRF Colleagues

RE: Off-Campus, 
University-Sanctioned 
Event

FROM:  Kristin 
Tjornehoj

The Music 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, October 30 
and Friday, October 31

Activity: Wisconsin 
School Music 
Association Conference, 
held in Madison, WI.  
For all music educators 
and music education 
students in Wisconsin.

Academic Rationale for 
Absence: Students will 
be attending sessions 
related to their 
academic classes in 
music education at UWRF 
with assignments for 
review, research, and 
class reflection.   All 
students will have the 
opportunity to 
participate in research 
poster sessions, attend 
honors concerts, and 
participate in college 
related networking 
events for pre-service 
music educators.  We 
have applied for an 
URSCA funding for these 
students who are 
members of the 
Collegiate Chapter of 
the National 
Association for Music 
Education.

Faculty Contact 
Information:  

1.Campus Address:  B42, 
Kleinpell Fine Arts
2.Office Phone Number:  
715-425-3183
3.Email: 
kristin.tjornehoj@uwrf,
.edu 

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

Ashley Andrews 
Harmony Arco 
Ryan Clatt 
Erin Collins
Ross Fugl
Alex Duncan 
Ashley Hawk
Rachel Gochenour 
Taylor Graham 
Levi Hansen 
Susan Kilian

Michael Kim 
Mitch Rand
Keith Richardson 
Jake Myer 
Ryan Nattrass 
Mackenzie Newkirk
Mitch Rand 
Keith Richardson 

Mackenzie Newkirk
Crystal Snaza 
Richard Thomas 
Hannah Vanden 
Wymelenberg 
Justin Wolff

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
pter8/