A new meal donation initiative has commenced at Vanderbilt University offering students the option to donate meal swipes to students in need. The program is enabling those grappling with food insecurity to apply for and receive up to five meals per week through the university’s dining services and financial aid departments.

Georgetown University’s fall semester meal-swipe drive managed to double the number of student donations it received last spring from 538 to 1,092. The program enables donation recipients to access swipes directly from their GOCards — Georgetown’s student ID card — in an effort to both increase participation in the program and make the process more discreet for those individuals facing food insecurity.

In a new video series with The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU), the topic of card transaction system data analytics will be examined from all angles. A major talking point for university administrators, card system data carries a plethora of opportunity as it pertains to campus services and the student experience on campus. In the first installment of the series, hear from the University of Houston’s Emily Messa as she discusses how best to work with card transaction system data on campus.

In response to a recent call for its student ID card to be made voter ID compliant, Purdue University will offer its students a week-long window to exchange their existing student campus cards for a new, voter ID compliant credential for free. Plans for the grace week were developed based on a proposal from Purdue’s university senate to help ensure students had ample opportunity to obtain the new card design.

Iowa is the latest state to consider the role of the student ID card for voter identification at the polls. Specifically, Iowa’s two major state institutions, Iowa State University and the University of Iowa, are taking different stances on the matter.

Students at the University of Wisconsin Madison are appealing to state lawmakers to make the university’s student ID card, the Wiscard, a valid form of identification at the voting booth. A student group has highlighted the lack of a cardholder signature, and a five year card expiration period as being key barriers to the campus card being valid for Wisconsin state voting.

Manhattan College is enacting more stringent access control policies around residence hall entry. Beginning this semester, the college will enforce mandatory 24-hour sign-in for anyone wanting to enter a residence hall that is not their own.