Syracuse University is exploring the idea of using student ID cards, among other measures, to keep track of student COVID-19 testing, and to ensure that students living off-campus are in keeping with university testing requirements. Syracuse is considering a team of up to 50 trained students to act as contact tracers.

The University at Buffalo has developed a COVID-19 dining service plan that’s encouraging greater use of CBORD’s GET app and other social distancing protocols to make the dining experience safe and efficient during the fall semester. GET links students’ UB Cards to their smartphones and enables contactless transactions as well as to order food, make reservations and add funds to student accounts.

Texas A&M University has announced new socially distant procedures for student ID card issuance this fall, including online photo submission and pickup appointments. The new scheme is being spearheaded by the university’s Student Business Services and will issue students their new Aggie Cards from the university’s football stadium in an effort to better ensure health and safety.

For campus card offices, one of the major challenges with the fall semester is how to provision student ID cards in a way that doesn’t require high foot traffic to the office. With this in mind, Indiana University Bloomington has incorporated a somewhat unique means of card distribution for new students.

College of Charleston has outlined much of its return plan for this fall, including the decision to convert an entire dorm into an isolation facility for students that test positive for COVID-19. The dorm repurposing joins other measures being taken in dining halls and campus facilities for students as part of the college’s Back on the Bricks plan.

Illinois State University is revamping its student ID card, the Redbird Card, with a new design aesthetic and enhanced technology to bring the card inline with modern campus credentials. The major component of the revamp will be the university’s move to smart card technology that will leave behind legacy mag stripe and proximity protocols being used throughout campus.

The University of Tennessee’s Vol Dining is implementing CBORD’s GET Food app to support mobile food ordering this fall. Vol Dining will continue to be open for the semester with protective measures to make the student dining experience as convenient, safe and enjoyable as possible.