What needs authorization
Any off-campus activity that's part of a course or a recognized student organization — a geology field site, a gallery visit, a service project, a conference. Day trips have a light process; overnight and international travel add insurance, lodging, and safety review.
The pieces
An itinerary and emergency plan filed with the department, a participant list, signed risk acknowledgements, and a transport plan that matches the van-driver certification rules. An alternative assignment must be offered to any student who can't attend. The Office of Risk Management can advise on anything unusual.
In and around Porter Falls
Curriculum decisions at Porter run through the departments that meet in Founders Hall and the Applied Arts Building, then to Faculty Senate, then to the Provost in Millwright Hall. The pace is deliberately slow and the review calendar is published.
The practical details
Submit ahead: A field trip request with itinerary, transport plan, and roster, typically two to four weeks out. Travelers sign: An acknowledgement of risks and an emergency contact form; minors need a guardian signature. Transport: University vehicles need a certified driver; personal-vehicle caravans have their own rules. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Office of the Provost (Millwright Hall, Room 300). Call (715) 555–0130 or email provost@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.