Universities across the country are in the process of determining refund policies for student room and board funds. One of the latest universities to reveal reimbursement plans is Penn State University, where a plan has been taking shape since mid-March.

Transact is hosting a free webinar detailing ways that universities can leverage Transact Mobile Ordering to continue to serve students that have remained on their campuses during the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar will draw experiences from a panel of university leaders that are currently using mobile ordering to serve students and faculty.

Identity solutions provider, ColorID has put together a series of webinars that will run over the months of April and May that will cover the major topics and trends in campus identity technology. The company’s “Campus Forum Series – Continuing the Conversation,” hopes to draw together university and corporate professionals alike in discussion during a time of isolation.

One of the immediate challenges that campuses across the country are facing as a result of the spread of the COVID-19 virus is how to move students off campus. This has also led institutions to determine how to issue room and board refunds to residential students who will no longer be utilizing those services. The University of Connecticut is the latest to announce that it will be issuing refunds to its residential students who can no longer call their campus home.

With the COVID-19 virus driving students back to their homes for remote learning, there are resources left on campus that are no longer being utilized. Recognizing this, the University of Virginia’s dining services department has decided to repurpose perishable food on campus at risk of going unused by donating it to neighboring food banks and charities.

In response to the COVID-19 virus, classes at a growing number of universities have been moved to an online format for the remainder of the academic year, and students that have left for spring break are being encouraged not to return to campus. These continuing developments, alongside others, have led universities to determine ways to best move students out of on-campus housing while meeting health and safety guidelines from the Center for Disease Control (CDC).

The ripple effect of the COVID-19 virus has been far reaching over the past few weeks, and amongst the hardest hit are public events and large gatherings. In response to the evolving situation and circumstances, The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) has made the decision to cancel its 2020 Annual Conference due to be held in Austin, Tex. on April 19-22.

University dining programs are having to shift operations to meet the needs of students left on or near campus, while still meeting requirements around the management of COVID-19. In an effort to provide guidance and information to universities serving students during this time, CBORD has scheduled a free webinar discussing ideas and best practices to manage dining operations during the COVID-19 crisis.

Universities and high schools in the state of Arizona could start printing suicide prevention hotlines on student ID cards as soon as next year. The state recently passed new legislation from the Senate Education Committee that would require the contact information to be printed on all newly issued student ID cards.

HID Global has revealed HID Signo, the company’s new line of access control readers. The Signo line greatly simplifies system deployment and management, and is designed to set organizations up for smarter, more connected access control.