Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Tennessee school taking card off campus

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Campus card provider the CBORD Group is helping East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, take its campus card program, known as IDBucs, off campus. According to the school’s student newspaper, CBORD is currently contracting with merchants, primarily restaurants. The off-campus program is expected to kick off next January.

As one student commented: “It will be great to get around town instead of eating the same food here every day.”

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