Well, when I was stationed at Twenty-nine Palms, I learned to cook on an iron (turned upside down in a shoe box).
I figure a microwave will do anything but saute -- and all freshmen are on the meal plan for the first semester. I've eaten a meal in the college cafeteria and in the pickup deli in the student union, and I was surprised at how good the food is. This is a small college, and they pride themselves on their cooking (and on their in-house laundry - one of the few colleges left that provides a laundry service).
As long as she has the microwave for occasional snacks, plus her trusty Russell Hobbs teakettle for tea, hot chocolate, and ramen noodles, she should be o.k.