A fleet of 20 Starship delivery robots began processing student orders at Oregon State University this week. The popular autonomous delivery robots are now serving OSU students, faculty and staff with contactless delivery across the university’s sprawling 500-acre campus, and marks the first arrival of Starship to a campus in the state of Oregon.

Maryville University has launched Transact Mobile Credential for its campus community, moving the Saints ID onto student mobile devices. Students, faculty, and staff can now add their Saints ID card to Apple Wallet or Google Pay to use their iPhone, Apple Watch, or Android device to access buildings on campus, purchase meals, and more.

Boise State Dining Services has been working with card system vendor, CBORD, to implement the GET app and to update health policies surrounding campus food services. The efforts have seen the addition of the GET app to bolster contactless transactions for students and faculty.

Transact Campus Inc. was awarded the 2020 NFC Forum Innovation Award for the Best-In-Market NFC Implementation. The award win for Transact is the second major recognition for the Transact Mobile Credential this year, with both awards pitting Transact Campus against companies from a broad range of other verticals beyond higher education.

With increased availability and popularity in mobile ordering, has come increased usage and order volumes – a challenge that Grubhub and Chick-fil-A are facing head on. The pair have worked together to implement the Grubhub Ultimate system that’s intelligently incorporating technology to both process Chick-fil-A’s massive order volumes and maintain the convenience of mobile ordering that students have grown to love.

To support its Plan for Reopening, Fairleigh Dickinson University is partnering with Transact Campus Inc. to roll out mobile ordering on its two New Jersey campuses. The mobile ordering solution provides a single platform across dining, retail and bookstores with integrated capacity management technology to effectively meet social distancing protocols.

Card system vendor, TouchNet, has launched its mobile ordering app, TouchNet OrderAhead. The mobile ordering offering fully integrates with TouchNet’s OneCard credential solution or can be added to a university’s existing mobile app.