Minnesota State University

INTRODUCTION ON MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

Minnesota State University, Mankato (MSU or MNSU), also known as Minnesota State, has been a public comprehensive university situated in Mankato, Minnesota. The university sits atop the bluff of the Blue Earth River valley, around seventy-five miles (121 km) southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. Founded as Mankato Normal School in the year 1868, that is why it is the second oldest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. It is also the second biggest university for public in the state and has over 115,000 alumni worldwide. It is the most comprehensive of the 7 universities and is known as the flagship of the Minnesota State Universities and Colleges system. It is and will be an important component of the economy of South-Central Minnesota as it adds more than $452 million to the Minnesota's annually economy.

ACADEMICS AT MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

Minnesota State University currently offers approximately 140 undergraduate programs of study, fourteen pre-professional programs, and also eighty-two graduate programs. Also the university provides a comprehensive education, each undergraduate program of the course comprises of general requirements for students to learn mathematics,speech, writing, cultural diversity,  information technology and the environment as well. As part of its quality education, it is also one of the top producing universities in the country of its variety that takes part in the Fulbright Scholar program. It has created eight Student awards within the past ten years and over 37 Fulbright Scholars in the past 30 years.

It also has an online learning campus which provides both undergraduate and graduate programs of study that can be completed fully online. Also the university’s online education system ranked 13th in the United States among online university programs on Guide to Online Schools’ 2013 Online College Rankings.

STUDENTS LIFE AT MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

There are more than 200 academic student groups , leadership,  honorary and professional fraternities and sororities, intramural sports and religious organizations, and special interest groups that students can take part in. It also has an active Panhellenic Council and Intrafraternity Council. Many active fraternities are situated  just nearby campus including Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Nu, Lambda Chi Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Theta, Delta Sigma Pi and Delta Chi. Active sororities include - Alpha Chi Omega,  Alpha Sigma Alpha, Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Sigma Sigma.

ATHLETICS AT MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

The athletic teams are known as the Minnesota State Mavericks prevailing the school colors of purple and gold. More than five hundred undergraduates and graduates participate each year in athletics each year for the University. It offers teams in men's and women's hockey and basketball,  baseball, football, golf,  cross country, women's swimming, track, women's tennis,  soccer, golf, volleyball, wrestling, and softball. Similarly the men's and women's ice hockey teams both compete in the NCAA Division I Western                                                                               Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), also with 4 other Minnesota-based college teams. Other university athletic teams started competing in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference of NCAA Division II in 2008-09 following the disbandment of the North Central Conference.