A series of unrelated data breaches and cyberattacks have cropped up at universities across the country in recent weeks. University databases are always a prime target for hackers and would-be fraudsters, and a few recent incidents are serving as a reminder of the value that university databases hold. Here’s a brief rundown of a few cyberattacks that have taken place at the University of Colorado, Brown University and the University of Maryland.

Ohio State University is rewarding its students who complete daily health checks and fulfill COVID-19 testing requirements by offering gift cards and other prizes. Operating as a kind of loyalty program, students may win priority course scheduling, food and shopping gift cards or even MacBook computers.

More than 480 team members at campus transaction and payment solutions provider, Transact, celebrated International Women’s Day today as the company reinforced its commitment to equality and inclusion. In a company-wide memorandum, CEO David Marr and VP of Human Resources, Jill Clark, called on team members to renew their commitment as One Transact.

In this Chat, we catch up with NACCU Executive Director, Dawn Thomas, to discuss the upcoming NACCU Annual Conference. For the first time in the Association’s history, the Annual Conference will be held virtually. Thomas explains what this new format will mean for attendees and how the experience at this year’s event will be like no other.

Integrated campus payment, ID and commerce solutions provider, Transact, has launched its new “One Transact” brand campaign, representing a transformation to “One Vision, One Mission, One Company, and One Mindset.” The enterprise-wide initiative began inside the organization and will reach every internal and external touchpoint by the end of the year.

The CR80News editorial team is conducting a brief survey to better understand what readers would like to learn more about in the coming year. Specifically, we’re interested in learning which aspects of the card transaction system and which student facing services are most important to your campus in 2021. And as a thank you, survey respondents will be entered to win one of three $50 Amazon gift cards.

The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) has revealed the results of its recent electronic elections to determine the newest members of the NACCU Board of Directors. The election was held from January 20-27, 2021, with the Association’s primary institutional membership voting for the two open positions.

A new bill was unanimously passed in December by the United States Senate that, if signed into law, would affect campus card programs at all US colleges and universities. The bill calls for mental health resource information and hotlines to be printed on all student ID cards issued by US higher education institutions.