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.

In response to a recent call for its student ID card to be made voter ID compliant, Purdue University will offer its students a week-long window to exchange their existing student campus cards for a new, voter ID compliant credential for free. Plans for the grace week were developed based on a proposal from Purdue’s university senate to help ensure students had ample opportunity to obtain the new card design.

Iowa is the latest state to consider the role of the student ID card for voter identification at the polls. Specifically, Iowa’s two major state institutions, Iowa State University and the University of Iowa, are taking different stances on the matter.

Students at the University of Wisconsin Madison are appealing to state lawmakers to make the university’s student ID card, the Wiscard, a valid form of identification at the voting booth. A student group has highlighted the lack of a cardholder signature, and a five year card expiration period as being key barriers to the campus card being valid for Wisconsin state voting.

Manhattan College is enacting more stringent access control policies around residence hall entry. Beginning this semester, the college will enforce mandatory 24-hour sign-in for anyone wanting to enter a residence hall that is not their own.