Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

First cross-campus interoperable card program a success for Boston's Colleges of Fenway

Thursday, June 7, 2007


By Andy Williams, Contributing Editor

Six colleges, located around Boston’s famous Fenway Park, have something in common besides their affinity for the Boston Red Sox. Their student campus cards can be used interchangeably among the six schools. It took a consortium to make that happen, as well as a card company with the technology and expertise to meet the consortium’s unique needs.

“It’s one of the coolest and most dynamic projects I’ve ever worked on; it’s innovative on many different levels,” commented Taran Lent, Vice president of Product Development and Management for CardSmith, the company that installed the card system for the Colleges of Fenway.

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