Contact Information

For questions about symptoms, testing, or risk of COVID-19, call the Student Health Services COVID Healthcare Hotline at 507-389-5591 or the Minnesota Department of Health hotline at 651-297-1304 or 800-657-3504.

To report a positive COVID case among our campus community, call the COVID Reporting Hotline at 507-389-2030.

Students that need assistance with services should contact the Student Affairs Office at student-affairs@mnsu.edu or 507-389-2121.

For general questions, contact the Provost’s Office at provost@mnsu.edu or 507-389-1333.

Return to Learn Update, June 10, 2020

In order to help keep the campus community safe when the University opens this fall, Cabinet has approved a recommendation to require face masks on campus, based on guidance from Gov. Walz’s Executive Order 20-74 and recommendations from the CDC, which states:

CDC Guide - Cloth Face Coverings - Require use of cloth face coverings among students, faculty, and staff. Face coverings shall be worn as feasible and are most essential in times when physical distancing is difficult. Individuals should be frequently reminded not to touch the face covering and to wash their hands frequently. Information shall be provided to all students, faculty, and staff on proper use, removal, and washing of cloth face coverings.

The mask requirement, which applies to anyone on the Mankato campus or at one of our additional locations, including but not limited to students, staff, faculty, contractors, vendors, suppliers and visitors, includes the following protocol:

Anyone entering a campus building, including a residence hall, must wear a face mask.
Masks must be worn in all hallways, classrooms, public spaces and common areas, as well as office spaces, if social distancing of six feet is not possible. (When in a dorm room, the wearing of a mask is not required.)
Face masks are also required in outdoor settings, if safe social distancing and gathering practices are not possible.
Individuals may supply their own face masks—but the University will be providing cloth masks to all students, faculty and staff.

More details about expectations and special circumstances related to masks will available in the coming weeks.

For more information about the Return to Learn initiative, visit www.mnsu.edu/returntolearn.