Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Maryland university looks at taking campus card off-campus

Thursday, November 20, 2008 in News

Some students at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Md., are investigating being able to use their Mount campus card off campus. According to a survey of the non-profit Students for Free Enterprise, students spend about a million dollars off campus. The same survey showed students are interested in such a program.

The team has looked at several options, including making the Mount card a debit card through PNC Bank. If agreed to by the university, it would take about five months to implement. That includes re-carding the campus.

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