The University of Maryland has launched a one-year pilot to test the viability of a program that will provide free meal swipes for students in need. The university’s new Emergency Meal Fund will provide more than 1,600 meals at campus dining halls for students deemed food insecure.

The idea behind Plyo, a rewards app for college students who exercise on campus, is to promote healthy student behavior and engagement. And following an award winning appearance at the Minnesota Cup, a statewide startup competition, the app is off to a good start.

In the final installment of our three-part video series detailing hardware and software solutions from card system vendor, Blackboard, Kent Pawlak, Senior Director for Platform Strategy and Product Management, Kent Pawlak discusses the company’s transaction system solutions and gives a tour of the latest Blackboard reader hardware.

Following a deadly shooting involving a student and his parents on the campus of Central Michigan University in March, university officials have ramped up campus-wide physical access control upgrades. Core to the security upgrades has been the installation of card readers on all residence hall doors.

Following isolated security risks at two campus residence halls, San Diego State University is enacting new measures to better account for unauthorized guests. To help prevent the problem going forward, residence hall administration has created a new system to ensure all those who enter campus residence halls will have their SDSUcard checked.

In the second of a three-part video series detailing hardware and software solutions from card system vendor, Blackboard, hear from the company’s Senior Director for Platform Strategy and Product Management, Kent Pawlak as he talks about the company’s retail offerings.

Automatic Laundry, a laundry service provider to the college and university market in the Northeast, has recently upgraded the student laundry equipment at Bentley University in Waltham, MA. The update at Bentley will see students use the company’s proprietary LaundryConnect Pay app, a closed-loop mobile payment system.