DIRECTIONS TO EVENTS

All Good Thunder Series events are located in the Centennial Student Union on the campus of Minnesota State Mankato. The driving directions below will get you there:

From the North
Travel south on Highway 169 to Mankato. Take the Riverfront Drive exit. Turn left (north) onto Riverfront Drive and continue to Stoltzman Road. Turn right (east) onto Stoltzman Road and continue until you get to Stadium Road. Turn left onto Stadium Road and continue up the hill to Ellis Avenue. Turn left onto Ellis Avenue. The Visitors Pay Lot 4 entrance is on the left (west) side of the street.

From the South
Travel north on Highway 169 to Mankato. Take the Riverfront Drive exit. Turn right (north) onto Riverfront Drive and continue to Stoltzman Road. Turn right (east) onto Stoltzman Road and continue until you get to Stadium Road. Turn left onto Stadium Road and continue up the hill to Ellis Avenue. Turn left onto Ellis Avenue. The Visitors Pay Lot 4 entrance is on the left (west) side of the street.

From the East
Travel west on Highway 14 to Mankato. Take the Highway 22 exit and travel south on Highway 22 to Highway 83. Turn right (west) onto Highway 83 and continue to Victory Drive. Turn left (south) onto Victory Drive and continue to Stadium Road (this will be the first turn on the right). Turn right (west) onto Stadium Road and continue to Ellis Avenue. Turn right onto Ellis Avenue. The Visitors Pay Lot 4 entrance is on the left (west) side of the street.

From the West
Travel east on Highway 14 to Highway 169. Take the Highway 169 South exit. Turn right (south) onto Highway 169. Take the Riverfront Drive exit. Turn left (north) onto Riverfront Drive and continue to Stoltzman Road. Turn right (east) onto Stoltzman Road and continue until you get to Stadium Road. Turn left onto Stadium Road and continue up the hill to Ellis Avenue. Turn left onto Ellis Avenue. The Visitors Pay Lot 4 entrance is on the left (west) side of the street.

On the campus map, the Centennial Student Union is the green building in the middle-left of the first page. The second page illustrates the major roadways into Mankato.

This year’s Good Thunder Reading Series is funded by the Minnesota State Mankato Department of English, the College of Arts and Humanities, the Office of Institutional Diversity, the Nadine B. Andreas Endowment, the Eddice B. Barber Visiting Writer Endowment, the Robert C. Wright Endowment, and individual donors. This activity is made possible in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature from the State's arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. Additionally, this activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008. MSU Library Services and the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Minnesota State offer additional assistance.