Florida State University has started the process of phasing out its old FSUCard to prepare students for a new online cashless payment system called FSUCash, reports FSU News. Student can still currently use the old card for gaining access into buildings and libraries on campus, but if students want to pay to use the library […]

By Taran Lent, Vice President of Product Development and Co-Founder, CardSmith Campus card programs continue to grow in scale and scope. Once just simple systems used to administer meal plans, campus card programs are becoming more and more complex financial instruments accepted for payments everywhere on and around campus, and even online. Correspondingly, the cost […]

Western Michigan University will soon begin the major roll out of a new access control system, reports Security Director News. The university accounts for more than 150,000 cardholders, 600 card readers and 600 surveillance cameras and thousands of alarms, panic buttons and other sensors. WMU also leverages a one-card approach, enabling students to access residential […]

DePauw University of Greencastle, Ind. has changed its printing system to a new, more efficient procedure, according to The DePauw college newspaper. Students can now walk up to any printer, swipe their campus ID, choose their print job, print it and go about their business. When printing account balances are low, an e-mail alert will […]

Castleton State College of Vermont has announced that it has plans to team up Xtreme Sports ID to leverage the company’s XtremeSportsID bracelet for student safety on campus. The XtremeSportsID bracelet is a lightweight, weatherproof, durable wristband stamped with two medical alert symbols, campus logo, a unique 8-digit code, and a toll free 1-800 number […]

HID Global has announced that it will display its newly launched line of secure contactless payment and identification stickers at the Intersec Trade Fair and Conference 2011 – the largest safety and security event outside of Europe. According to HID, their stickers allow users to add closed-loop payment and loyalty systems to existing systems, as […]

The Beijing Red Cross Foundation has introduced phones equipped with GPS systems to kids in primary and middles schools, enabling parents and teachers to better track their kids, reports China Daily. The phone is worn around each student’s wrist, resembling a wristwatch, and boasts four buttons which be linked to connect to a parent or […]

Fake student ID cards are on the rise in Beijing as people attempt to travel cheap during the Spring Festival holidays, according to the Beijing Daily. Counterfeit card dealers are distributing phony cards for only $3 and travelers can even purchase cards carrying the magnetic strip for an additional fee. Many believe they will get […]

A new policy may soon give University of Cincinnati Police Division officers more authority on campus, according to an independent student newspaper. If passed, the new policy would allow University of Cincinnati officers to demand anyone on campus who seemed suspicious to present their UC student ID. If they are unable to do so, the […]

Greenville middle school students returning back from the holiday break will be greeted with a new ID badge policy, reports SunHerald.com. Students will be required to have the badges to ride the school bus, eat lunch, enter school and school related events. District employees are also required to wear ID badges. Used for safety and […]