Valdosta State University, along with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are still looking into an incident in which someone gained unauthorized access to a campus server, according to a Campus Technology article.

The incident, which was originally reported back in December 2009, was said to have affected up to 170,000 people. The server held both student and staff social security numbers, and grades dating back to the mid-1990s. ▸

Blackboard entered into an agreement to acquire Saf-T-Net, Inc., provider of AlertNow, a messaging and mass notification solution for K-12 schools.

The acquisition will total approximately $33 million, excluding transaction costs and subject to certain adjustments. ▸

Community colleges have typically had student ID cards but have not had many applications for them. Jay Summerall, president and founder at CardSmith, says this is changing and talks about the community campus market and the company’s new product with CR80News Editor Zack Martin.

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DePaul University and PNC Bank have partnered in a campus relationship to provide banking services, with an emphasis placed on student and faculty money management and financial accountability.

With the new partnership, students and faculty at DePaul University will be able to link the DePaul identification card to PNC bank accounts, adding ATM and purchasing power to the campus card – already used for daily functions such as entering residence halls, checking library books and accessing meal plans. ▸

sQuid is launching a smart card and biometric solution that will allow students to make cashless purchases at school.

With the new system, parents can load money onto their children’s smart cards or biometric devices via a secure Web portal. Students can then use them to buy school lunches, print and make photocopies, or even pay for school trips online, eliminating the need to handle (and potentially lose) cash. ▸

With more than 53,000 students, the University of Central Florida has chosen to incorporate viaRadio’s ENVOY Emergency Solutions platform to cover its 1,415-acre Orlando campus.

The ENVOY system delivers unlimited, time-sensitive text messages to viaRadio’s HEARO Local Alert Receivers, which are strategically placed to alert listeners of looming weather conditions, NOAA weather warnings and other emergencies. ▸