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Dear Minnesota State University, Mankato Students,

As you may know, Spring Break has been extended again for students. Spring Break continues until March 29, and your classes will resume with online and alternative delivery on Monday, March 30.

This is a complex and fluid situation and we appreciate your patience.

Your professors will reach out to you soon with more information about how courses will be delivered. In the meantime, we encourage you to log into e-services (https://www.mnsu.edu/eservices/) and enable text messaging so we can keep you posted with the latest information.

We want you to know that helping you continue to progress toward graduation is our top priority as we all confront this global pandemic crisis. We know you have many questions and we stand ready to answer them as best we can in this unprecedented situation.

• For the latest information on the situation, please consult our campus Coronavirus page: http://www.mnsu.edu/coronavirus
• For information about succeeding in online learning, please consult our Keep learning page: http://www.mnsu.edu/keeplearning
• If you have questions about Residential Life, please contact us at: reslife@mnsu.edu
• If you have other questions about student life, please contact us at: student-affairs@mnsu.edu
• If you have questions about academics, please contact the Office of the Provost at provost@mnsu.edu

Thank you again for your patience as we work through all the details surrounding this transition to online and alternative learning. We want you to succeed and we pledge to help you any way we can in the coming days and weeks. Stay safe and we will be in touch again soon.

Kind regards,
David P. Jones, Ph.D.

March 16 - Resumption of classes pushed back to March 30

March 15 - Travelers returning from other countries

Message to Faculty

March 16, 2020
8:08 a.m.

Good morning,

I am following up on Chancellor Malhotra’s email of last night to amplify a couple of key points.

1. Resumption of classes via online and alternative delivery has been pushed back to March 30. Faculty and staff should use this week and next to prepare for online and alternative delivery of coursework and support services. There are a wide variety of support services available for those who need help with that transition. They include the http://www.mnsu.edu/keepteaching site as well as the following library services:

• A guide to using Memorial Library to transition your classes to online learning: https://libguides.mnsu.edu/covid19
• A form to contact a librarian (similar to ITS e-ticket): https://libguides.mnsu.edu/c.php?g=947587
• 24/7 Reference Service (librarian help desk): https://libguides.mnsu.edu/ask

2. Staffing/Continuity of Operations: I have asked Deans to identify staff in each college/unit office who could potentially telecommute and assure that they are prepared to do so with appropriate technology, broadband Internet access, knowledge of the university VPN, etc. If you have an underlying health concern, are caring for someone with an underlying health concern, or have any other reason to believe you are a candidate to telecommute, please contact your supervisor.

Once again, I want to thank everyone for their dedication to helping our students through this unprecedented situation. Everyone understands these alternative delivery methods and work arrangements are not ideal. Our goal must be to do the best we can for our students despite these obstacles.

Kind regards,
Matt

Message to Faculty and Staff

March 15, 2020
12:34 p.m.

Dear Minnesota State Mankato faculty and staff,

Effective immediately:

All travelers that are returning from a Level 3 country must stay home for 14 days after returning from travel, monitor their health, and practice social distancing.  The full guidance from the CDC is located at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/coronavirus-europe

Travelers returning from other countries or from domestic travel need to monitor their health and limit interactions with others for 14 days after returning from travel.  Travelers that are sick with fever, cough, or have trouble breathing should stay home and call ahead before seeking medical care.  The full guidance from the CDC is located at

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/alert/coronavirus-global

If you are a faculty or staff member who needs to self-quarantined or stay home to monitor your health after traveling, please notify the Office of the Provost, provost@mnsu.edu.

If you are a student who needs to self-quarantine, stay home to monitor your health, or needs accommodations to self-quarantine, please notify Student Affairs, student-affairs@mnsu.edu.

If you have questions regarding exposure as a result of travel, Minnesota Department of Health asks you to call 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414 for guidance.

Please visit the campus Coronavirus web site at http://www.mnsu.edu/coronavirus for the latest updates or to post your questions.

Respectfully,

Matt

Dear Minnesota State Mankato Students,

Effective immediately:

All travelers that are returning from a Level 3 country must stay home for 14 days after returning from travel, monitor their health, and practice social distancing.  The full guidance from the CDC is located at https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/warning/coronavirus-europe

Travelers returning from other countries or from domestic travel need to monitor their health and limit interactions with others for 14 days after returning from travel.  Travelers that are sick with fever, cough, or have trouble breathing should stay home and call ahead before seeking medical care.  The full guidance from the CDC is located at

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/alert/coronavirus-global

If you are a faculty or staff member who needs to self-quarantined or stay home to monitor your health after traveling, please notify the Office of the Provost, provost@mnsu.edu.

If you are a student who needs to self-quarantine, stay home to monitor your health, or needs accommodations to self-quarantine, please notify Student Affairs, student-affairs@mnsu.edu.

If you have questions regarding exposure as a result of travel, Minnesota Department of Health asks you to call 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414 for guidance.

Please visit the campus Coronavirus web site at http://www.mnsu.edu/coronavirus for the latest updates or to post your questions.

Respectfully,

David P. Jones, Ph.D.

Good afternoon,

I wanted to follow-up yesterday’s messages from Chancellor Malhotra and President Davenport with a few additional points of interest and reminders.

As President Davenport noted, we have extended Spring Break for students until March 23. Campus remains open and faculty and staff should report to work. The extra week gives faculty an opportunity to plan for online and alternative delivery of all courses for the remainder of the semester beginning March 23.

With the exception of unique, off-campus instructional situations like clinical experiences, student teaching, and aviation flight training, we will not hold on-campus classes for the remainder of the semester. Students in those unique instructional situations will be contacted by their professors with more information.

Campus is open and while classes are moving to online and alternative delivery you are welcome to be here. Residence halls remain open for those residential students who need to be here for any reason. Food service is available. Memorial Library and most other campus buildings will be open next week.

We have created a support site for students who are inexperienced with online learning: http://mankato.mnsu.edu/keeplearning.

If you have questions about academics, please contact us at provost@mnsu.edu. We will try to answer your questions or connect you with experts who can help.

I want to thank you ahead of time for your patience as we adapt our classes and campus services for online and alternative delivery. Please know that your continued progress toward graduation is our top priority during this crisis.

We want you to succeed and we promise to do everything we can to help. Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.

Kind regards,
Matt