Sounds like she's going to need to borrow notes for a few days.
She should have a restore CD somewhere... but make sure she tries to "fix" an installation, not do a fresh install. Fresh install = no more files, unless you use a recovery program, and those aren't guaranteed to work. If there's anything really vital on there, she could buy an external 2.5" enclosure and transfer files to a friend's computer until hers can be fixed. While campus computer stores likely won't have them, they're pretty easy to find online. Something like
this.
And yeah, I second the nerd notion. Doesn't she have any nerdy friends? And if not, what kind of child did you raise?