Covid 19 Updates

Minnesota State Mankato Stories

March 17, 2020 How has the Cornovirus affected life at Minnesota State University? Provost Matt Cecil talks about the University's response on how education will continue to be delivered, and how faculty and staff are working to ensure students' needs are met.

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March 17, 2020 Mankato Clinic Nurse Practitioner, Susan Peller, talks about drive through testing sites for Covid 19. She also talks about symptoms, and what to do if you think you may have been infected. The Mankato Clininc Covid19 hotline is: 507-389-8548

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March 17, 2020 WalletHub reports Minnesota as the 8th most aggressive state in handling the spread of Covid 19 compared with other states.  Analyst Jill Gonzolez of WalletHub praised Minnesota's health system and said  the state is generally doing a good job.

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To Your Health - March 18, 2020
Coping with Covid 19 with Dr. Robert Olson, Psychiatrist from the Mankato Clinic talks about ways to cope with the constant news of Coronavirus, how to talk to your children about what's going on, and when to seek mental health care.

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March 19, 2020 Cybersecurity and Covid 19
Minnesota State University, Mankato Chief Information Security Officer, Michael Menne, discusses how hackers are taking advantage of people's fears over Coronavirus to steal cyber information and what to watch for.

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RETURN TO LEARN SERIES - June 29, 2020
What does a comprehensive state university look like in a post-pandemic world?”  Minnesota Morning host Karen Wright talked with David Jones,  Minnesota State Mankato's VP for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management about what coming back to campus this fall will look like for students.

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July 2, 2020 Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Mark Johnson, describes what it will look like to return to the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato in Fall 2020 in terms of technology and how it has been adapted to fit the new way of learning.

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July 9, 2020
Return to Learn with Rick Straka, VP for Finance & Administration at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Straka discusses the plan for mnsu employees to return to work in Fall 2020, will tuition and other fees go up because of Covid19, and emergency funds to help students through these difficult times.

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July 15, 2020
Provost Dr. Matt Cecil says the latest update in Return to Learn at Minnesota State University will be the requirements of all to wear masks on campus. He also describes the plans in place for a safe return of faculty, staff and students to campus this Fall 2020.

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July 29, 2020 With just over three weeks before Fall semester starts at Minnesota State Mankato, Provost Matt Cecil, talks about the latest in COVID 19 plans for RETURN TO LEARN on campus. He talks about move in, saving students $$ for online courses, ending classes by Thanksgiving, and more.

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August 19, 2020 Provost Matt Cecil talks about the first week of the 2020 Fall semester as faculty return to campus and students move in. He discusses the plans for Flex Sync learning and how things have changed since Covid 19.

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