Central Michigan University has launched a meal swipe donation program designed to help hungry students on campus. The meal swipe donation program will enable students to donate unused guest swipes to fellow students facing food insecurity, with donated swipes being be placed into a bank from which meals can be dispersed to students in need.

A recent announcement from North Carolina’s State Board of Elections reported that student credentials from all UNC campuses would be eligible forms of voter identification for state elections. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has now weighed in on the inclusion of the UNC One Card in the initiative.

In Part 2 of a contribution to NACCU’s “It’s all about the Data” video series, Emily Messa, Associate VP for Administration at the University of Houston, discusses ways to implement policy and privacy in campus card data analytics. Messa discusses the potential impact of external regulations, and the importance of proactive conversations around internal policies and procedures.

The North Carolina State Board of Elections released a new list of student ID cards that will now be accepted as valid forms of voter identification in state elections. The list includes all University of North Carolina system campuses along with other institutions that had previously submitted their campus cards for approval but were denied.

Two higher education institutions in North Carolina have added their student ID cards to the list of approved forms of state voter identification. Campus cards from Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute and Lees-McRae College now join a list of 49 additional types of student and employee photo identification approved for use in the 2020 elections.

The University of Iowa is issuing temporary student ID cards for the purpose of voter identification at state voting booths. The temporary card features an expiration date needed to meet voter identification requirements in the state, and mimics the same aesthetic of the standard University of Iowa One Card.

The bill in North Carolina that would make university student ID cards a valid form of voter identification is still stirring student voters. The latest university to grapple with the new campus card regulations is the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where university officials are working to meet the card issuance requirements by the new November 15 deadline.

CBORD has announced a partnership with Swipe Out Hunger, a national nonprofit organization working to end college student hunger. The pairing will offer students on CBORD campuses the option to donate meal swipes via the GET CBORD Student mobile app.

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.