Minnesota State University, Mankato

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Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU, MSU, or Minnesota State)^[9][10] is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. It is Minnesota's second-largest university^[11][12] and has over 145,000 living alumni worldwide.^[6] Founded in 1868, it is the second-oldest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system and is commonly referred to as the flagship institution.^[3][13][14] It was established as the Second State Normal School in 1858^[10] and officially opened as Mankato Normal School a decade later.^[15][16] Minnesota State University, Mankato is a significant contributor to the local and state economies, adding $827 million annually.^[17][18]

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Former names	Mankato Normal School (1868–1921) Mankato State Teachers College (1921–1957) Mankato State College (1957–1998)^[1]
Motto	Big Ideas. Real-world Thinking.^[2]
Type	Public university^[2]^[3]
Established	1868; 155 years ago (1868)^[2]
Parent institution	Minnesota State system^[2]
Accreditation	HLC
Endowment	$54.1 million (2020)^[4]
Budget	$264 million (2019)^[5]
President	Edward Inch^[2]
Provost	David Hood^[2]
Academic staff	750^[6]
Administrative staff	1,250^[6]
Students	17,357^[7]
Undergraduates	15,527
Postgraduates	1,830
Doctoral students	30
Location	Mankato , Minnesota , United States^[2] 44°08′49″N 93°59′53″W / 44.147°N 93.998°W / 44.147; -93.998Coordinates: 44°08′49″N 93°59′53″W / 44.147°N 93.998°W / 44.147; -93.998
Campus	Mid-size city 303 acres (123 ha)
Newspaper	The Reporter
Colors	Purple   Gold^[8]
Nickname	Mavericks
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division II – NSIC NCAA Division I - CCHA, WCHA
Mascot	Stomper
Website	www.mnsu.edu

Across seven colleges and schools, Minnesota State offers over 130 undergraduate programs of study, over 80 master's programs, and 4 doctoral programs.^[19] It hosts the only nationally, regionally, and state accredited aviation program in Minnesota.^[20][21] Students are served by 750 full-time faculty members, creating a 21:1 student to faculty ratio.^[6]

In addition to the main campus, MNSU operates two satellite campuses: one in the Twin Cities suburb Edina and the other in Owatonna. Through the College of Extended Learning, it provides bachelor's degrees online and at the Normandale Partnership Center in Bloomington. In 2023, MNSU partnered with Saint Paul College to launch the Minnesota Polytechnic and Applied Learning Institute (MinnPoly), becoming the first polytechnic institute of Minnesota.^[22][23]

The Minnesota State Mavericks compete in 21 intercollegiate sports, most at the NCAA Division II level in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.^[9] Its men's and women's ice hockey teams compete at the Division I level, respectively in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).

History

1860–1921: Founding and early years

The State Legislature recognized the need for an education center in southern Minnesota by 1858.^[24] In 1860 the legislature chartered the development of state run normal schools to serve areas outside of Winona. The largest and fastest growing cities outside of Saint Paul, Saint Cloud and Mankato were selected for the sites dependent on local fundraising to establish the schools with seed money. Through the efforts of local attorney turned state legislator Daniel Buck, the newly formed City of Mankato donated $5,000 raised from the area community and sold $5,000 in bonds for the founding of the second state normal school, Mankato Normal School.^[25] Chartered in state law in 1860, the first classes were held in 1868 with an enrollment of 27 students.^[26]: 4 The institution's original mission was to train and educate teachers for rural schools throughout southern Minnesota. Early course work included sciences, mathematics, civil engineering, agriculture, western classics, and basic pedagogy. The cornerstone of the first Normal School-owned building was laid on June 22, 1869.^[26]: 4 George M. Gage served as the first principal of Mankato Normal School from 1868 to 1872.^[26]: 6

During this early period, Mankato Normal School provided educational certificates that allowed for graduates to become school teachers and a majority of the students were women.^[27] In relation to this focus on women's education, Mankato Normal School is noted as the first public college in the United States to be headed by a woman, suffragette Julia Sears, in 1872. In 1873, Sears was demoted by the State Normal Board to assistant principal and was replaced as principal by Rev. David C. John.^[26]: 8 Sears' salary as assistant principal was reduced from $1,500 to $1,200 and resulted in a letter to Gage that it was doubtful that she would see him again in Minnesota.^{[26]: 8 [28]} In response, the position as assistant principal was offered to Cornelius Hyde.^[26]: 8 Both Sears and Hyde arrived for work on September 1, 1873.^[28]

After it was determined that Hyde would receive the position, 41 students refused to attend classes and 32 were expelled for failing to return after 3 days.^[28] 60 residents signed a petition requesting that Hyde return to his position as instructor and that Sears would be reinstated as assistant principal.^{[26]: 8 [28]} This became known as the "Sears Rebellion",^[28] which lasted until Sears left the school for a professorship at Peabody Normal School. These events would later come to be remembered as a new residence hall was dedicated in honor of Sears in 2008 and a commission on the status of women was founded to support the advancement of women's education at the institution in the 1990s.

1921–1957: Teaching college, post-WWII expansion

 

Old Main of the historic lower campus. Built in 1924, it now hosts a senior living community.

By 1921, the school had grown significantly to the point that it began to offer four-year bachelor's degrees. As a result, it was renamed the Mankato State Teachers College. The original Old Main building was destroyed in a fire in 1922 and a new building was completed on April 4, 1924.^{[26]: 21, 26} Enrollment then dipped during World War II and the college refocused its extension programs on providing education to members of the Works Progress Administration and Naval Corps.^[27]

During the post-World War II period, student enrollment expanded greatly. The original university buildings were then located in what was known as the Valley Campus. It was located geographically down the hill in lower Mankato. The size and footprint of the Valley Campus could not sustain the space needed to handle the growing student body. The Mankato Teachers College received 12 former Army barracks as a short-term solution.^[26]: 40 By the late 1950s work began on constructing an entirely new, modern campus atop the river valley bluff. This became the Highland Campus.^[27] A new experimental school called the Wilson School was built on the Highland Campus to research and apply new teaching methods for students in grades K-12. The intent of this school was to provide student teachers the opportunity to learn and experiment with new methods in a university environment.^[29]

1957–1995: Transition to comprehensive university

By 1957, the mission of the institution had broadened to comprehensive four-year college education, the state legislature changed the name of the college to Mankato State College. The following years saw additional enrollment growth. By the 1960s the institution had grown so fast and so large that there was a bill created in the State Legislature to designate it the University of Southern Minnesota by state Senator Val Imm and later an amendment to the bill by state Representative Mike McGuire would have renamed it Minnesota State University.^[30] These were proposed long before the popular television show Coach aired.^[31] It was proposed to be a second and independent state university equal in stature to the University of Minnesota at a time when there was only one research institution.^[32] There was significant opposition from the University of Minnesota and from Governor Karl Rolvaag at the time.

 

The Ostrander-Student Memorial Bell Tower stands in the campus arboretum. It was completed in 1989.

In 1975, the college successfully made the case to transition to comprehensive status and was renamed to Mankato State University. This change reflected a further 40% growth in the student body to 12,000 students by 1972.^[25] Following this period was a movement toward increasing the number of available programs including science, technology, engineering, health sciences and others. The university became more comprehensive in its programmatic offerings. While the transition to "state university" was being considered, administration also explored the prospect of combining the "Valley Campus" buildings with the "Highland Campus" on recommendation of a consultant hired by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.^[26]: 60 Despite some faculty opposition to the merger, Mankato State University received permission to consolidate in May 1977 and completed the consolidation under President Margaret Preska on May 5, 1980.^[26]: 60 The Valley Campus was eventually sold to a private developer and the Highland Campus grew in size.^[27]

1995–present: Minnesota State system, doctoral offerings

In 1995, the seven state universities were transferred to the newly created Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system by a mandate from the state legislature. Shortly after this, the university was renamed Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1998 in recognition of its significant contribution to the state's higher education system.^[33] This name change was also intended to broaden recognition of the university in the Midwest region.^[34] Dr. Richard Rush, then the president of the university, had famously stated about the name change that "Our goal is to make this University the other great public university in Minnesota."^[35] This marked a significant change in direction in the history of the institution, one that would later be realized as it fought for the authorization of being able to award doctoral degrees. It was during this time that the institution began to refer to itself as Minnesota State.

In 2007, in another major milestone, the university was authorized to begin offering applied doctoral degrees.^[36]

Academics

Academic rankings
Regional
U.S. News & World Report^[37]	75
Master's university
Washington Monthly^[38]	250
National
Forbes^[39]	344

MNSU offers over 130 undergraduate programs of study, 13 preprofessional programs, and over 85 graduate programs. The university provides a comprehensive education, each undergraduate program of study includes general requirements for students to learn mathematics, writing, cultural diversity, speech, information technology and the environment.^[6] Minnesota State is among the top-producing master's institutions of Fulbright recipients in the nation, producing 11 student grant awards and 41 Fulbright Scholars.^[40][41][42]

Each year, over 3,000 students graduate from the university. Around 3,000 bachelor's, 600 master's, 50 specialist, and 10 doctorate degrees are conferred by the Office of the Registrar annually.^[43] The campus' Career Development Center reports that 85% of graduates find employment in an area related to their field, and 90% of graduates were employed or continuing their education within 12 months of graduation.^[44][45]

The university is accredited by 26 national and regional accrediting agencies. These include accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission,^[46] American Association of University Women, American Board of Engineering and Technology, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, and National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.^[47]

Organization and administration

The university is organized into seven discipline-specific colleges. Academic programs, schools, and extended learning are divided among them:

• College of Allied Health and Nursing^[48]
• College of Business^[49]
• College of Education^[50]
• College of Humanities & Social Sciences^[51]
• College of Science, Engineering and Technology^[52]
• College of Graduate Studies and Research^[53]
• College of Extended Learning^[54]

Institutes and centers

Twelve university-wide interdisciplinary centers and institutes work across collegiate lines:^[55]

• The Glen Taylor Nursing Institute
• The Center on Aging
• The Minnesota Center for Transportation Research and Implementation
• The Center for Excellence in Scholarship and Research
• The Minnesota Center for Modeling and Simulation
• The Kessel Institute for Peace and Change
• The Minnesota State Engineering Center of Excellence
• The Minnesota Center for Rural Policy and Development
• Small Business Development Center
• Southern Minnesota Historical Center
• The Urban and Regional Studies Institute
• The Water Resources Center

Notable programs

Minnesota State has a history of creating new programs to meet the demand of new and developing fields. It was the first institution in the United States to offer a Master of Fine Arts degree in Forensics.^[56] It also offered one of the first interdisciplinary programs in Urban Studies and Local Government Management.^[57]

Notable programs include:

• The Aviation and Airport Management program is the only accredited aviation program in the State of Minnesota.^[58] Graduates are often hired to work in nearby states as the program also serves the needs of the region.^[59][60] The university has developed national partnerships with Delta Air Lines^[61] and Sun Country Airlines that provide on the job training and direct hire before graduation programs for students in the aviation and airport management program.^[62][63]
• The master's degree in Experiential Education is the field's oldest graduate program in the United States.^[64] This program launched in 1971 in partnership with the Minnesota Outward Bound School.^[65]

Undergraduate student profile

Minnesota State's undergraduate student body includes a large percentage of residential full-time students. It attracts the second-largest number of incoming Minnesota freshmen each year.^[66] For 2013–2016, the institution had rolling admissions with an acceptance rate of 65.5%, and the average accepted student ACT score ranged from 20 to 25.^[67][68]

Since the fall of 2012, the university has been the largest university in the Minnesota State system according to the total number of full-year equivalent students (14,443), as St. Cloud State (13,938) has a significantly larger percentage of PSEO and part-time students that causes a headcount to be higher.^[69]

Campus

Main article: Campus of Minnesota State University

Main Campus

Minnesota State's main campus contains 30 buildings spread over 303 acres.^[6] The campus includes on-campus housing, academic buildings, a main library, a music library, two astronomy observatories, experimental research stations for alternative and renewable energy, a recreation center, an athletics complex, a student center, an administration center and over 50 acres of athletics fields including Blakeslee Stadium.^[70] The Minnesota State Mavericks men's and women's hockey teams also use and have administrative space at the Verizon Center and the All Seasons Arena located off campus.

 

Julia Sears Residence Hall

Student housing

There are five residence communities within Minnesota State, housing up to 2,900 students: McElroy Hall, Crawford Hall, Preska Hall, Julia Sears Hall, and apartment-style Stadium Heights.^[71] On-campus housing is optional. There are over a dozen Learning Community programs that range from academic to hobby-based interests.^[72]

Satellite campuses

Edina Campus

This campus is located at 7700 France Ave. S. in Edina, and serves a diverse student body from the southwest Twin Cities metropolitan area.^[73] Programs at this campus include 12 undergraduate programs including bachelor's degrees, bachelor's completion programs, undergraduate minors and teaching licensure. The College of Graduate Studies offers 23 graduate programs including master's degrees in accounting, Engineering, Education Leadership and other specialty areas.

Owatonna Campus

Located on the southwest side of Owatonna, the Owatonna College and University Center was established on 27 acres by the state to meet the needs of college graduates in the Owatonna area. This site is a collaboration of Minnesota State University, Mankato, South Central College, and Riverland Community College to provide lower division liberal arts, career and technical education, and upper division and graduate-level studies in one location. On average 4,000 students attend this location for-credit coursework.^[74]

Normandale Partnership Center

A partnership center was established in 2012 to offer several targeted bachelor's degree in the southwest Twin Cities area at Normandale Community College in Bloomington.^[75] Several trial programs originally offered at the Normandale Center such as the Twin Cities Engineering program were expanded to other Minnesota State system community colleges in 2016.^[76]

Student life

Student body composition as of May 2, 2022

Race and ethnicity^[77]	Total
White	72%	72
Foreign national	8%	8
Black	6%	6
Hispanic	5%	5
Other^[a]	5%	5
Asian	4%	4
Economic diversity
Low-income^[b]	27%	27
Affluent^[c]	73%	73

Mankato is widely considered to be a college town, with 32.1% of the population between the ages of 15 and 24.^[78] In 2017, Schools.com ranked Mankato, Minnesota as the second-best college town in the United States.^[79]

Student organizations

There are over 200 academic student groups, intramural sports, leadership and religious organizations, honorary and professional fraternities and sororities, and special interest groups that students can join.^[80] There is an active Panhellenic Council and Intrafraternity Council. Active fraternities include Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Chi, and Phi Delta Theta. Active sororities include Alpha Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Zeta Phi Beta.^[81]

Media

Print

Founded in 1926, The Reporter is the university's student-run newspaper.^[82] The Reporter covers Minnesota State athletics, campus happenings, editorials and thought pieces, as well as state and national news. Weekly editions are released during the fall and spring academic terms. Its office is located within the Centennial Student Union.^[83]

Radio

89.7 KMSU 'The Maverick' is the official radio station of Minnesota State University, Mankato.^[84] It was founded in 1963. Its office is located in the Alumni Foundation Center.^[84]

Centennial Student Union

Opened on October 27, 1967, the Centennial Student Union is a 213,000 square foot space that serves as a central campus hub.^[83] The CSU is home to many university departments including: Student Activities, Student Government, The Reporter, Counseling Center, Kearney International Center, the Multicultural Center, the Veterans Resource Center, the LGBT Center, Maverick Bullpen, Ostrander Auditorium, and the campus bookstore.^[83] The CSU is also home to MavAve, a collection of fast-food establishments including: Starbucks, Taco Bell, Chick-fil-A, and a wide assortment of other options.^[83]

Student Activities

Student Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato is home to a wide variety of departments including: Registered Student Organizations (RSOs), Community Engagement Office, Greek Life & Off-Campus Housing, and Student Events Team.^[85] Student Events Team hosts campus-wide events including homecoming concerts and the annual CSU Haunted House Takeover.^[86]

LGBT Center

Minnesota State University, Mankato is home to the second-oldest LGBT resource center for students in the nation.^[87] Originally named the "Alternative Lifestyles Office", the center was founded by Minnesota State alumnus James Chalgren in 1977. Located in the Centennial Student Union, it is an independent office within the university's division of Student Affairs. Minnesota State was voted as one of the top 100 campuses in the nation for LGBT students according to The Advocate.^[88]

Student government

The Student Senate provides leadership and policy action as an advisory council to the student body. It oversees student activity fee allocations, hires a student legal aid, communicates with the university faculty and leadership, provides grade appeals, awards a yearly scholarship, and partners with the Memorial Library to operate a textbook rental/reserve program for commonly requested books.

The Student Government (formerly the Minnesota State Student Association^[89]) represents Minnesota State University, Mankato students at the institutional, local, state, and federal governing levels through listening to and voicing the thoughts, ideas, and concerns of all students. It advocates on behalf of university students along with Students United.

Athletics

Main article: Minnesota State Mavericks

 

Logo of the Minnesota State Mavericks

The Minnesota State Mavericks consists of eight men's and ten women's varsity teams. More than 650 students participate each year in athletics each year for the university. It offers teams in men's and women's hockey and basketball, football, baseball, golf, women's swimming, track, cross country, women's tennis, wrestling, soccer, golf, volleyball, and softball. The men's and women's ice hockey teams both compete in NCAA Division I—the men in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the women in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The men's team had competed in the WCHA through the 2020–21 season, but was one of the seven men's WCHA members that left after that season to reestablish the CCHA, leading to the WCHA disbanding its men's division. Other university athletic teams began competing in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference of NCAA Division II in 2008–09 following the disbandment of the North Central Conference.

The school mascot is Stomper the Maverick, a caricature of a wild steer. He is known for helping to rally the fans and crowds at sporting events through various antics. He can be seen as part of giveaways and other competitions and is often playfully waving to children. The school colors are purple and gold.

Minnesota State athletics teams have placed favorably in national competitions in NCAA Division II athletics in several sports including hockey, football, baseball, women's basketball, men's basketball, men's track & field, wrestling, women's soccer and softball. Since 1993, the Mavericks have captured the most individual national championships out of all sixteen colleges and universities in the Northern Sun Conference.^[90] The 2015 season marked the 14th straight year that the Mavericks finished in the top 25 in the country in the national standings, and the seventh time Minnesota State had posted a top-five placing for the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup.^[91][92] It has also won the NSIC US Bank All-Sports Award four times and placed second twice during the last six-year period of the 2008–2015 competition seasons.^[93][94]

The Minnesota State fight song is "The Minnesota State Rouser," also known as the "Maverick Rouser."^[95] It is played at all the athletics events as well as other events, along with the school song, "The Minnesota State Hymn". The Minnesota State University Marching Band is called the "Maverick Machine," and drives enthusiasm and school spirit at athletics events.

 

Constructed in 2000, the Taylor Center is home to Bresnan Arena.

Minnesota State hosted the Minnesota Vikings summer training camp from 1966 to 2017. Each year over 60,000 fans traveled to Blakeslee Stadium to watch the team practice, attend signing events and meet and greets, followed by a fireworks show.^[96] In 2017, the Vikings ownership announced they would move the annual tradition to Eagan, Minnesota, following the construction of a new facility.^[97] The Vikings have since established a scholarship for Minnesota State students.

Facility renovations and upgrades

The Taylor Center opened in the fall of 2000, and was made possible by the donations of alumnus Glen Taylor. The 4,800-seat facility houses Maverick basketball, volleyball and wrestling teams. The MNSU Admissions office is also located here, and the 5,000 square-foot Hall of Champions showcases the university's history. In addition to Minnesota State Mavericks events, Taylor Center hosts commencement ceremonies, concerts and lectures.^[98]

In 2008, expanded outdoor athletic facilities were constructed in the southern portion of the campus. These additions included over 20 acres of baseball fields, a soccer field, a jogging track, walking trail, and experimental wind power facilities.

Notable people

Main article: List of Minnesota State University, Mankato people

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  Tim Walz (M.S., 2001) - 41st governor of Minnesota

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  Melissa Peterman (B.F.A.) - actress, Reba

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  Julia Sears - academic and suffragist

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  Glen Taylor (B.S., 1962) - business magnate

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  Adam Thielen (B.S., 2012) - American football wide receiver

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  Malavath Poorna - Indian mountaineer, youngest female to scale Mount Everest

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  Theresa Greenfield (B.A., 1987) - 2020 U.S. Senate candidate

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  David Backes (B.S., 2014) - Olympic ice hockey forward

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  Mohamed Aden Tiiceey (M.A., 2005) - former president, Himan and Heeb

See also

•  United States portal

• List of colleges and universities in Minnesota

Notes

1. Other consists of Multiracial Americans & those who prefer to not say.
2. The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
3. The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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