The coronavirus pandemic has forced a number of campus housing changes. Michigan State University’s Housing Assignments Office is already looking to the summer with new options for students intending to live on the East Lansing campus this summer.

The University of Pennsylvania is joining peer campuses across the country in issuing prorated refunds to students who paid for room and board plans during the spring semester. With campus closures affecting Penn in the same way institutions all over the country have been, the university has laid out a student refund plan.

In response to the campus shutdowns and students moving to either their homes or off campus, Grubhub has instituted measures to help universities adapt to the new landscape. The company is enabling students to use their campus funds at Grubhub restaurants across the country along with a handful of other initiatives designed to provide dining alternatives during campus closures.

In an effort to help its surrounding community, staff members from the University of Kentucky dining services have partnered with local organizations to prepare meals for those in need. UK Dining chefs have provided some 200-300 meals per day to people in need over the last two weeks.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has started a new initiative designed to help college students get home in response to coronavirus-related campus closures. The rental car company is waiving its young-renter fee and reducing the minimum age to rent a vehicle from 21 to 18 years old.

CR80News was onsite at last month’s Transact360, the annual Transact Campus user group conference. Great speakers, great networking, and a packed technology exhibit hall highlighted the three day event. Here are a few of the highlights from the expo.

Universities across the country are in the process of determining refund policies for student room and board funds. One of the latest universities to reveal reimbursement plans is Penn State University, where a plan has been taking shape since mid-March.