announcement: Approved 4/13/2016
April 12, 2016
TO:  UWRF Colleagues
RE:  Off-Campus, University-Sanctioned Event
FROM:  Jill Coleman Wasik, Plant and Earth
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”): April 27th  from 1:30 pm-5 pm
Activity: St. Paul Wastewater Treatment Plant and Metropolitan Council Environmental Sciences laboratory tour
Academic Rationale for Absence: The MCES WWTP is the largest wastewater treatment plant in the region and provides students with a better understanding of the scale of waste management required to protect the Mississippi River.  The associated laboratory handles quality management samples for the wastewater treatment plant as well as all of the surface water quality samples collected as part of MCES regional water quality monitoring programs.  It is a large laboratory facility and gives students a sense of what it might be like to work in a large process lab setting.
Faculty Contact Information:
1.	Campus Address:  301 Agricultural Science
2.	Office Phone Number:  715-425-4106
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Participating Students: Please provide a list of the students who are participating in this activity:
1.	Joshua Carlson
2.	Alexandra Spaulding
3.	Katie Weisinger
4.	Tyler Dettmann
5.	Shane Farnell
6.	Erik Bachman
7.	Chon Xiong
8.	Sarah Degroote
9.	Kaitlynn Filkins
10.	Danielle Towner
11.	Ashlee Glem
12.	Ryan Hei
13.	Kirsten Schmidt
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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