Approved 10/3/2014
_______________________

October 3, 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 – Updated on 
10/3/14 
 
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/

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

Connor Anderson
Madeline Bode
Tiffany Carpenter
Katie Chapman
Megan Christiansen
Maddie Colbeth
Maureen Croak
Samantha Jo Finger
Tyler Foote
Marissa Fredrickson
Loghan Hallett
Joel Koch
Marilyn Kostuch
Katie Kracht
Zachary Markhardt