Talk:Minnesota State University, Mankato/Archive 1

Comma in name
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities style guide explicitly notes the comma in the name, and the, albeit inconsistent, lack of a comma in Minnesota State University Moorhead. John Fowler 10:57, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Student org section
I wonder if the newly added "Student organizations and campus life" section is a good idea. If we develop that list to include all of the orgs on campus, then the lists' length will be rather out of proportion with the rest of the article. Do we really need a long list of dozens of clubs? Looking at the other MNSCU schools, I see no other lists of student orgs. I don't think it really adds much value to the article... Boubelium 04:47, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Other (non-MNSCU) school articles do this. I do see your point, but "student life" is a significant part of the school.  To ignore it completely in the article does a disservice, I think. &hArr; ChristTrekker 18:18, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:MSU Stomper.gif
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Additional Almumni Section
I propose a link to a list of all notable alumni. The list on the section keeps getting larger and larger. It is hard to judge which alumni are "notable" enough to be on the main page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smitty7789 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Graduate Programs
MSU has 82 graduate programs, according to the description. Why do the two presented get a couple paragraphs while the other 80 get no mention? Especially when those descriptions are purely promotional text that belongs on the program website? Moreover, the second is completely unreferenced. I think they should be deleted. Thoughts?Iulus Ascanius (talk) 10:36, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Reply -> Because the applied doctorates (DNP, PsyD and Ed) are an important step towards becoming a doctoral institution. They are also some of the largest programs at MNSU. The PsyD program was the product of the institutions heritage as an experimental school/Normal school. In addition, this page represents a small opportunity to attract potential students. Why were those sections removed? Please return it and add a discussion section about the other large/new/important programs. The more information on the University the better. The current page looks pathetic and offers little information to the casual reader. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.24.181.239 (talk) 03:15, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

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2015 Major Revision
Hello everyone, I have written a major overhaul for the Minnesota State article as it needed a bit of updating. I have written an entirely new history section (went from 1 sentence to a few paragraphs), written an organization and admin section, added the economic benefit of MNSU, added updated budget information, created the Academics section so that it was similar to other 'Good' rated university articles, revised the Notable Programs section so that the reader actually understands why they were notable.

Next tasks are to:
 * DONE Completely write the student life section
 * DONE Write a short section about satellite campuses (7700 France Ave and Owatonna) and partnership centers (Normandale and maybe Iron Range programs)
 * DONE Revise the athletics section and move more important content over the separate MNSU-Mavericks sports article
 * DONE Create an notable alumni list article
 * DONE Update enrollments
 * DONE Endowment?

I could use help if someone could post some decent wikipedia copyright free pictures of campus architecture to the MNSU category if possible...

Randomeditor1000 (talk) 04:47, 26 January 2015 (UTC)