CR80News | Use those vending dollars quickly, Wisconsin students told

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh have until the end of June to use up the vending dollars on their Titan cards, as the school starts rolling out all new proximity cards designed to provide easier and more secure access to buildings. The vending dollars account is being eliminated because it was confusing. Students will now have just one account, called Titan Dollars, on their campus cards.

While the vending accounts will be gone, students can still roll over whatever funds are left into their Titan Dollar account, school officials said. The move towards the prox card for door access will slowly be implemented over the next couple of years.

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.

Biometric vending machines coming to the U.S.

Next Generation Vending and Food Service, a Massachusetts-based company that deals in hi-tech vending machines, is trialing new vending machines that include biometrics, credit card-based machines and those featuring touchscreens in the northeast, according to a CrunchGear article.

GPS tracks Chicago area school bus riders

The Palos Heights School District 128 in Chicago is using GPS technology to track its students allowing the district to keep up with the student–when he or she first entered the school bus and when the student exited the district’s care.

WVU shows some love for all-in-one campus IDs

It’s more a students’ photo identification. It’s an all-in-one solution for campus access, services and events. The Mountaineer Card, the official campus card for West Virginia University, is an essential part of student life, according to The Daily Athenaeum, the university’s official student newspaper.

JU upgrades campus card program with the aid of CardSmith

Jacksonville University, Fla. has teamed with campus card service provider CardSmith for the expansion of its Dolphin 1Card program. The Dolphin 1Card is JU’s official campus ID card, and key to a range of campus facilities and services, including library privileges, door access and dining plan transactions.

University of Calgary expands ONEcard services

The campus ID card at the University of Calgary, Canada is used by students for an array of daily activities from security identification to gym access, and future plans are to expand the system even further, according to a student newspaper.

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Use those vending dollars quickly, Wisconsin students told