Humanities and Social Sciences News and Events

Students Collect Community Wisdom

Professor David Engen’s Community Storytelling students publish in the Mankato Free Press.

EARTH SCIENCES LAB

A new landscape for student experiences and funding opportunities

Rhonda Dass creates cloud-like artwork

Rhonda Dass’ featured exhibition “Tangible Transformation: Change in Interchangeable Times” is now on display in the Central Student Union art gallery at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Aaron Pacheco, 2021 USGIF Scholarship Winner

Aaron Pacheco, an undergraduate student at Minnesota State University, has always had a passion for geography, but he started out as an electrician. Now armed with a USGIF Scholarship, Pacheco has embarked on something entirely new.

Celebrating Willie O'Ree First Black NHL Player

Jan. 19, 2022 Celebrating Willie O'Ree, the first black player in the NHL. Willie's Boston Bruin's jersey number was retired this week in honor of him as a pioneer and as an ambassador for hockey.

Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Theatre and Dance presents Wounded Healers

Minnesota State University, Mankato Department of Theatre and Dance presents Wounded Healers

MLK documentary contributors: Still more work to be done

Sixty years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Mankato, local education and equity leaders believe the civil rights icon would have mixed feelings if he returned today.

MLK’s visit to Mankato in new documentary

Two years before he gave the historic “I Have A Dream” speech in Washington D.C., four years before the 1965 Voting Rights Act he sought and seven years before being gunned down in Memphis, Rev.