Mavericks on the Frontlines

Public Health Education, Community Health Education, Dietetics and Nursing students featured in TODAY Magazine

Welcome to Assistant Professor of Management- DQ Spencer

Welcome Assistant Professor of Management DQ Spencer.

Dr. Jehad Adwan named Nurse Educator of the Year

Dr. Adwan thought he was meeting with a colleague and was anticipating a socially distanced conversation about curriculum changes. Instead, the meeting was an awards presentation on his porch.
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Pencil Cake Celebrates the First Day of School

Dr. Chelsea Mead’s mother started the Pencil Cake tradition in 1990 when she started Kindergarten. Every first day of school, her mother would bake a cake in the shape of a pencil and decorate it with her name and then later her sibling's names and what grades they were in.

DREAMing with data: how one RSO became MSU’s tech success

DREAMing with data, how one RSO became Minnesota State University’s tech success.

Wasiu Erinoso and Bereket Mamo successfully defend Masters theses

The Department of Physics and Astronomy extends hearty congratulations to Masters students Wasiu Erinoso and Bereket Mamo, both of who successfully defended their Master's theses this summer and will formally graduate this Fall.
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Free Form Freakout Presents an Evening of Experimental and Improvised Sound on October 10th

KMSU’S Free Form Freakout presents “An Evening Of Experimental & Improvised Sound” on Saturday, October 10th, featuring Dan Melchior, Andrew Weathers, John Saint Pelvyn, and Iceblink.

Student research supports updated University smoke-and-tobacco policies

Research conducted by students and faculty in the Department of Health Science showed that despite a no tobacco policy on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato, the amount of tobacco debris, such as cigarette butts, showed otherwise.

Making final arrangements

Since mid-March, when COVID-19 upended health-care protocols, registered nurse and Minnesota State Mankato student Cy Schweiss has shifted to incorporating outside-the-box care for her patients and their family members.

Quitting Time

Health experts say there’s no time like the present to quit vaping or using other tobacco products.

Basic Life Support classes for health care professionals available

Basic Life Support (BLS) teaches the concepts of high-quality CPR, improvement of chest compression fraction, and high-performing team dynamics.
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The Return To Learn Interview Series

A series of interviews with University staff and students discussing the changing face of learning at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Recreation through a computer screen?

“One of the themes for later in the summer was going to be around the Olympics,” Carlson said. “I even had a Minnesota State University, Mankato alumni rugby player lined up to work with the kids. But none of that is happening now.”

Investigating the pandemic in real time

Investigating the pandemic in real time with Mary Kramer, Ph.D., MPH, MCHES, CWC, assistant professor, Department of Health Science and communications chair, Minnesota Society for Public Health Membership (MN-SOPHE).

Community health education alum share how COVID-19 has changed their work

With degrees focused on promoting health, preventing disease and improving the quality of life through education, Minnesota State Mankato’s Department of Health Science graduates are finding their roles changing because of COVID-19.

Teaching timely, real-world skills to children and families

Alumni update on Alex Rivers, a 2019 graduate of Family Consumer Science Education.

Providing care to others — even in scary times — is essential

As a first-year graduate student, COVID-19 has had a great impact on my education and life.

Opioid event highlights faculty research and connection to community

As part of an ongoing effort to explore education, prevention and solutions surrounding the opioid crisis, the College of Allied Health and Nursing hosted an event in early 2020 to focus on the local impact of the national epidemic.

Exercise science lab improves research and honors an advocate for women athletes

The Dr. Viola Holbrook Exercise Physiology Center allows for innovative research to be conducted by graduate students and faculty, as well as serving as a teaching laboratory for undergraduate students learning core exercise testing and prescription concepts and skills.