Minnesota State

[[File:Wells Fargo Center St. Paul 5.jpg|thumb|Wells Fargo Place, the headquarters of the System.]] The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system or Minnesota State System, previously branded as MnSCU, It is governed by a 15-member board of trustees appointed by the governor, which has broad authority to run the system. The Minnesota State system office is located in the Wells Fargo Place building in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In 2016, the Board of Trustees approved a rebranding of the system to the shortened Minnesota State. This change was met with criticism as this is also the nickname commonly attributed to Minnesota State University, Mankato.