The University of Wisconsin-Madison has chosen the CampusONE one card suite from NuVision Networks as an upgrade and replacement for its existing card system. The new system will go live in July and provide the university’s more than 42,000 students with NuVision cards for laundry, vending, privilege management and on and off campus purchases. The […]

Higher One has partnered with Tallahassee Community College to help electronically distribute financial aid and other refund disbursements to students. With the new system, TCC students will be able to log onto a secure Web site and choose from multiple electronic options, including direct deposit to a OneAccount provided by Higher One, or an automated […]

Students at the University of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, India will now have to swipe their identity cards to get into their dorm rooms, according to a class 2 campus report. The university will introduce he system in its Tagore International Home, housing international students. Soon thereafter, it will be extended to the university’s new […]

Set to launch in June is a student geared, eco-friendly, electronic coupon campaign designed to save student consumers money, while at the same time generate more business for local establishments, reports The Gainesville Sun. Developed by owners of Mint Magazine and American Values Magazine, ECouponNation is a discount program that enables students to access real-time […]

More and more colleges in Ohio are turning their student IDs into bank cards, which critics say is a red flag for young spenders, according to a local news report. One college student says the new cards will result in students spending a lot of money, buying late night meals at local restaurants. Another student […]

The CBORD Group announced that its customer, Carleton University was honored with two awards at the National Association of Campus Card Users conference last month – one awarded to the university as a whole, and one to its Campus Card Manager, Kathleen Kelly. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the Carleton University received the Excellence in […]

The multi-function, multi-app smart card may not be such a mythical beast Multi-function cards on college campuses aren’t new. Student IDs have paid for meals, accessed residence halls and checked out library books for decades. But adding applications that can be used outside of the university has been more difficult. Off-campus merchant programs are common […]

Limestone College and CardSmith announced a multi-year renewal and extension of their campus card services agreement. Under the agreement, CardSmith will continue to provide the college’s Gaffney campus a management service and solution for the LCard, the college’s multi-application ID card. The card features meal plan accounts and LCash – a prepaid flexible spending account […]

RockWest Technology Group presented at the National Association of Campus Card Users annual conference, in Phoenix. The company’s Education Business Development Manager, Steve Benitez, presented jointly with the Identification Systems Group on the topic of contactless smart cards vs. magnetic stripe cards as a secure, reliable and convenient multiple application solution for campus users. Benitez […]

The CBORD Group, provider of campus card and integrated security solutions to colleges and universities, unveiled the latest release of its CS Gold campus card solution. The new release (Version 6) looks to make it easier for colleges to manage campus card operations ranging from dining to access, and from alarm management to on- and […]