Read the Spring Check-Out flier and make plans for a smooth check-out! The residence halls close at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 4. Make sure to double-check your permanent address on file - that's where we'll send your mail! Still need a check-out appointment? Contact your CA by April 27. Learn More (broken link).
The last day for students who now have the Maverick 160 plan to convert meals to Flex Dollars for spring semester is April 30. Maverick 160 meals can be converted into Flex Dollars at a rate of $5.10 per meal, two times each semester. Your converted Flex Dollars can be utilized at any dining location on campus at any time of the day. Converted Flex Dollars not used by the end of the semester are forfeited.
There are three ways you can convert:
Please allow up to three business days from the time your change is submitted for Maverick 160 Converted Flex Dollars to be available through your MavCARD.
The Maverick Mentor program is excited to announce their partnership with several faculty members to bring you the Faculty Review Sessions. Any student is welcome to attend, you can either meet a Maverick Mentor in the Gage front lobby 15 minutes prior to the start of the session or just show up to the designated room at the appropriate time. This is a great chance for you to improve your GPA and connect with another professor on campus.
The Maverick Mentor program has a few remaining Faculty Review Sessions for the semester. These sessions give you the opportunity to review material in a more intimate setting that most classes can’t offer. Sessions continue through April 30:
A specially designated curbside parking zone will be available for Julia Sears residents during Finals Week. A 45-minute move-out permit must be checked out to park in the curbside parking zone.

The Dumpster Diversion program keeps residents' discarded but useful items out of landfills by diverting them to area thrift stores. This popular program is a joint venture of several non-profits including Habitat for Humanity/ReStore and MVAC Again Thrift & More Store.
You can do your part by bringing your discarded items to one of four locations (on the map on your floor bulletin board) during these times:
The Moonlight Breakfast happens Sunday, April 29, from 10:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., in the Carkoski and Gage dining halls. MavCards will be scanned for admission – the breakfast counts as a regular meal. If you have the Maverick Flex plan, you can pay the door rate in Flex Dollars. Eat up!
We no longer have a waiting list for students who wish to return to the residence communities for 2012-2013.
Students who are interested in living on campus for the 2012-2013 academic year may contact the Department of Residential Life or visit the Residential Life Office at 111 Carkoski Commons.
At the first indication of a tornado or severe weather warning:
While no shelter area can be designed as entirely safe, the following areas are designated as severe weather shelter areas in residence hall communities.
Carkoski Commons
The shelter area is the north lower level corridor of Carkoski Commons. Enter the shelter area through stairways leading into the lower level of Carkoski Commons.
Crawford Community
The shelter area is the Crawford laundry room and the north lower level hallway of Carkoski Commons. Enter the shelter area through the stairway leading to the Crawford laundry room and the C Hall stairway leading into the lower level of Crawford.
Gage Community (A Tower and Maverick Hall)
The shelter areas are the restrooms, kitchens, and stairways on floors 1 through 7. Enter the shelter areas through the stairways and corridors leading to the shelter areas. Stay out of the interior corridors.
Gage Community (Commons Area)
The shelter area is the service corridor located across from the mailboxes. Enter the shelter area through the double doors next to the women’s restroom.
Julia Sears Residence Hall Community (Residential Rooms)
The shelter areas are the bathrooms located within suites.
Julia Sears Residence Hall Community (Commons Areas)
The shelter area is the lower level service corridor. Enter the shelter area through the stairway located adjacent to the elevator lobby.
McElroy Community
The shelter area is the McElroy F and G Hall laundry rooms and the lower level service corridor of McElroy. Enter the shelter area through the stairways leading to the lower level of McElroy.
Summer 2012 Housing is available for students enrolled in at least one summer course at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Space is limited and assignments are made on a first-come, first-served basis. Get online details, rates, the application form and contract now, or stop by the Residential life office, 111 Carkoski Commons.
