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Craig Hyatt’s most immediate challenge when the novel coronavirus pandemic sent people packing in the spring of 2020: How to feed the approximately 900 students, including those under hardships, who remained on campus? Or, more precisely, how to get food to them safely, without spreading the virus.
As director of commercial systems for Carolina’s Division of Finance and Operations Information Technology department, Hyatt was focused on how to configure the University’s technology infrastructure so that students on meal plans could access their food safely. With infectious disease experts advising everyone to wash hands and stay 6 feet apart, how would students order, pay for and receive their campus meals?