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R.I.S.E. UpdatesImportant updates on COVID-19
Read a letter from Tim Gossen, Ed.D., vice president of Student Affairs, as he covers COVID-19 updates, including wearing masks outside on campus, important quarantine details, and changes to food service.
Information on quarantine
Get details on what happens if you’re asked to quarantine, including where you might go, what you’ll need to bring, how you will get food, and more.
Student Senate president remarks
Kendall Archer, Student Senate president, offers a few words of encouragement and challenges all students to do their part in keeping campus open through November.
Meal plan switch period
Forget to sign up for your meal plan? Want to upgrade to the All Access Plan? The meal plan selection forms will reopen Monday, Aug. 31, to Friday, Sept. 4, for you to change your plan.
Answers to your questions
Take a look at a few of the questions (and answers) we’ve received about visitors, overnight guests, quarantine, and more.
Upcoming Campus Ministry events
Check out the list of upcoming events offered by Campus Ministry.

Heroes on the front lines – Colleen Joyce ’10 and Joe Haynes ’09 battle COVID-19 in Chicago
Colleen Joyce '10 and her husband Joe Haynes '09 say they wonder regularly which one of them will contract COVID-19 first. They know, deep down, the question is ultimately more of a “when” than an “if.” Joyce, an RN2 who works at Rush University Medical Center in...

Heroes on the front lines – Charles Thibault ’21 was stationed in pandemic epicenter
As an Army Reserve medic, Sgt. Chuck Thibault ’21 is trained for trauma situations in battle, things such as gunshots and explosions. He never dreamed he’d be working 12-hour shifts battling the coronavirus in the epicenter of this pandemic. But when he describes his...
Dashboard with COVID-19 statistics now live
To help answer questions and show transparency in how COVID-19 is affecting our university, the Marketing and Communication Office has created a dashboard on smumn.edu/coviddashboard. This dashboard currently details positive COVID-19 tests for the week of Aug. 17....

Mary Jane Melendez of General Mills to be honored during Saint Mary’s Hendrickson Forum
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota will honor Mary Jane Melendez, chief sustainability and social impact officer for General Mills and president of the General Mills Foundation, with the 2020 Hendrickson Medal for Ethical Leadership at this year’s virtual Hendrickson Forum, scheduled for noon Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Calendar of Events
Assumption of Risk
The university hereby advises student and student acknowledges that by [participating in Activity] during the pandemic, the student may likely be exposed to COVID-19 or other risks that may result in illness, personal injury, or death, and the student understands and chooses to voluntarily [participate in Activity] and accept all risk to health that may result therefrom. Student understands and accepts that University cannot control these risks and may not be able to provide the necessary medical care that the student’s situation may require. Student understands that University is not responsible for any medical or other expenses associated with any property damage or personal injury student may sustain and that University does not maintain any insurance policy pertaining to any potential illness student may develop or other damage student may sustain. As such, student is aware that student should review personal insurance coverage. Student Voluntarily assumes full responsibility for any risks of loss, property of damage or personal injury, including death that may be sustained by student as a result of [participating in activity].