After a long partnership with mobile ordering provider, Tapingo, Texas State University is set to continue providing mobile ordering to its students through Grubhub. The new partnership with Grubhub, who purchased Tapingo in 2018, is expected to offer many of the same features as before along with improved delivery benefits.

There’s been a lot of buzz about mobile credentials and Apple student ID this week. A cascade of press releases from across the industry, including from Apple, CBORD, Transact, Allegion and HID is signifying that mobile credentials are primed for a promising year ahead. Headlining the announcements is CBORD’s official support of contactless student IDs in Apple Wallet, along with a roster of CBORD campus clients that are set to begin issuing mobile credentials this fall.

Food service and facilities management provider, Aramark, has acquired the privately-held Good Uncle — an app-based, on-demand food delivery service. The deal will see Good Uncle’s “freshly prepared, restaurant quality meals” delivered to popular pick-up points around college campuses.

Penn State will become the first college to utilize the full Ticketmaster Presence digital ticketing and venue access control platform. New this season for Penn State will be the addition of SafeTix technology that uniquely ties each ticket to a student’s identity and account.

Mercyhurst University has added another string to its campus security bow with the launch of the UASK student safety app. UASK, short for “University Assault Services Knowledge” is designed to help safeguard students’ personal safety on campus.

A partnership between ride share app, Lyft, and Ohio State University will provide students at the Columbus campus a new late-night travel option. The Lyft Ride Smart at Ohio State service went live on August 1st, and provides discounted rides between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m.

Eastern Kentucky University will institute a number of changes to its campus parking this fall semester. Among the changes the implementation of the NuPark system that will scan license plates and eliminate parking passes.

Transact has added a new, diverse group of universities that will be issuing the Transact Mobile Credential to students. Since its launch just nine months ago Transact Mobile Credential has recorded impressive adoption rates at the launch institutions. Here’s an update on the progress made to date and some insight into where the solution is going in the future.