Nationally, 1 in 3 college students experience food insecurity. Written By: Hannah Yang / MPR News | 12:57 pm, Dec. 28, 2020 × Megan Heutmaker, Minnesota State University, Mankato director for American Indian Affairs, helps fill up boxes for food distribution to students in need of free groceries during the holidays on Monday, Dec. 21. Hannah Yang / MPR News MANKATO, Minn. -- Inside the Intercultural Student Center on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato early last week, more than a hundred boxes packed with food were stacked against the walls and lined up in the middle of an office. Back in the freezer, eight hams — weighing in at 18 pounds each — sat ready to become a part of some students’ holiday meals.