With many universities keen to implement a mobile ID solution, ColorID is offering a way for campuses to dip their toe into the mobile waters. The identification solutions provider is offering a “mobile ID starter kit” that enables universities to first trial a mobile ID solution without buying a campus-wide package.

The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) has published a checklist for campus card offices to more effectively move toward reopening services in a safe and healthy fashion. The checklist comes at a time when universities are in the throws of plotting strategies for reopening this fall, and applies specific considerations that campus identification professionals must consider.

CR80News will moderate an interactive panel discussion with the University of Houston, Emory University, and TouchNet. The “Reopening the Campus: Preparedness for a Non-contact World” webinar will be hosted by TouchNet and feature a panel that will discuss the technologies, goals, and procedures that universities are implementing and relying on as they prepare for the fall semester.

Mercer University Auxiliary Services and Mercer Dining will introduce Transact Mobile Ordering to its students this August. The move will enable Mercer students to order ahead and skip the line for pickup at the university’s retail dining locations.

Nelnet Campus Commerce, a provider of secure payment technology for higher education institutions, is expanding international student payment options via a new partnership with MTFX Group’s payment solution, PayMyTuition. The payment platform enables international students to pay their tuition and other fees in their home country’s currency, while universities receive the payment in its local tender.

Boston’s Suffolk University has partnered with Grubhub to provide its students with another dining alternative. The move will expand the dining options available to Suffolk students and enable greater use of the campus card for payment. The partnership comes during a time of transition in higher ed as the university community adapts to a new campus normal and prepares to welcome students back.

Stephen F. Austin State University has made changes to campus housing guidelines amid COVID-19, including the lifting of a requirement for freshmen to live in on-campus residence halls. The freshmen housing requirement joins other changes designed to prevent the spread of the virus within residence halls.

A new survey conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology asked MIT students how they felt about the return to campus this fall. The survey results point to some concerns around the coronavirus and how the university will implement new safety restrictions this fall.

Zoom calls are seemingly the de facto norm these days. So rather than writing this out in an article we thought a conversation would be a nice change of pace. In this episode, we chat with HID’s Tim Nyblom, about potential challenges coming this fall, as well as mobile ID and other card issuance measures that might ease some burden on the post-coronavirus campus.

Security products and solutions provider, Allegion has announced the launch of Schlage Mobile Access Solutions, a comprehensive, secure and flexible access control portfolio. Schlage’s Mobile Access portfolio encompasses a complete cloud-based ecosystem that enables the use of mobile credentials at openings across an entire property or campus.