Last updated January 2022 regarding mask mandate update.
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic, MBU is taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff. MBU’s fall semester will continue with in-person classes. We look forward to seeing you soon!
MBU personnel are working in person on campus.
Beginning Jan. 10, 2022, MBU students, employees, and visitors will be required to wear face coverings in indoor spaces except for private living and work areas. This policy will be reevaluated Jan. 31 based on local Covid 19 conditions.
Weekly chapel will be held virtually through January 27, 2022 with an anticipated return to in-person chapel on February 3, 2022. Students may participate in chapel via MBU’s YouTube Channel or through the iAttended App.
Students should continue to monitor this web page. Additional questions can be directed to Covid19response@mobap.edu. Responses will be made within 60 minutes of receipt either by phone or email from 8 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
A documented list of all communications to the MBU Community regarding COVID-19 is accessible below.
Email sent 1/6/2022 to Covid Protocol Update SP-22
Email sent 5/17 to Covid Protocol Update
Email sent 8/7 to Students Re: Fall 2020
Email sent 5/28 to Students and Parents Re: Fall 20
Email sent 5/26 to CARES act eligible students
Email Sent 5/7 Regarding Campus Reopening
Email Sent 4/20 Regarding Academic Policies
Email Sent 4/13 Regarding Grades
Email Sent 4/5 re: Res Life & MO Stay At Home Order
Email 3/24 to students regarding housing refunds
Email sent to Staff & Faculty 3/21/2020 concerning stay-at-home order
Email sent 3/20/2020 concerning spring 2020 semester
Email sent 3/18/2020 concerning commencement
Email sent 3/16/2020 to International Students
Athletics/AMC Email sent 3/13/2020 to MBU Community
Email sent 3/13/2020 to International Students
Email sent 3/12/2020 to MBU Community
Email sent 3/12/2020 to MBU Students
How can I protect myself?
There is currently 3 vaccine options to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Additionally, you can prevent illness by avoiding exposure to this virus. However, as a reminder, CDC always recommends everyday preventive actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases, including:
Current symptoms reported for patients with COVID-19 have included mild to severe respiratory illness with fever1, cough, and difficulty breathing. Read about COVID-19 Symptoms.
Call your healthcare professional if you feel sick with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing, and have been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19, or if you live in or have recently traveled from an area with ongoing spread of COVID-19.
Your healthcare professional will work with your state’s public health department and CDC to determine if you need to be tested for COVID-19.
Academics
In-person courses will continue on all MBU campuses for Fall 2021.
MBU personnel have safely returned to campus following the CDC guidelines for social distancing. MBU is taking safety precautions and providing faculty and staff with masks. Departments that can safely and effectively work from home will be encouraged to do so.
View the online directory here.
If you are trying to communicate with your professor and have not heard back within a reasonable time frame, we can help. Please send the following information to: provost@mobap.edu. Include your name, course number and course name. We will reach out to your professor.
MBU is now accepting the English3 Proficiency Test for applicants from countries in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. For more information and to see if you are eligible, please contact international@mobap.edu.
Athletics
In conjunction with the American Midwest Conference (AMC), all MBU athletic activities–including practices, travel and competitions–related to the spring 2020 season have been cancelled. This includes both AMC and non-AMC affiliated programs which include cheer & dance, women’s beach volleyball, football, men’s lacrosse, women’s lacrosse, men’s volleyball & women’s wrestling.
In an effort to provide relief, no spring sport student-athlete will be charged a season of competition. Any spring sport student-athlete who was enrolled full-time in 2020 will be awarded two additional semester terms of attendance or the equivalent.
The NAIA is continuing to address outstanding questions related to these unprecedented changes and will share new information as it becomes available.
Financial Aid
Please visit this page for financial aid updates and resources related to financial aid questions.
For information regarding CARES funding, please visit this page.
Excel
Resources regarding online instruction and Canvas can be found here: https://www.mobap.edu/online/mbuonline/online-learning-faculty/