St. Louis Community College has signed an agreement to implement Higher One’s OneDisburse® Refund Management to hopefully improve the disbursement of refunds to their students. All distributions to students will now be handled by Higher One, allowing STLCC to manage other aspects of the education process. The services from Higher One will begin sometime in August 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. 

QI Systems Inc. has completed the initial shipment of equipment for its new QiWave™ contactless payment system as part of a multi-phase development and supply contract for a campus installation. The hardware sale of approximately $200,000 is expected to be the first of several such orders for QI Systems’ QiWave™ contactless payment technology designed for use in a wide variety unattended applications. QiWave provides a one card payment solution for devices such as laundry equipment, vending machines, printers, copiers and parking equipment, using both contact and contactless cards. 

Ricoh Americas Corporation introduced today a new version of its Print & Copy Control (PCC v3) software solution embedded in its multifunction products (MFPs). Print & Copy Control integrates with Equitrac Office™ 4 and Equitrac Express™ 4 software solutions to offer several enhancements that further manage content and information and offer a secure environment for Ricoh MFPs. This continued partnership enhances both companies’ mutual commitment to provide organizations an effective solution to monitor and manage documents and expenses. 

Evolis introduces in-sync two new versions of its blockbuster printers: the fourth generation of Pebble for single-sided color printing and the third generation of the Dualys dual-sided color printer. Pebble4 and Dualys3 benefit from the latest encoding technologies (ISO or JIS2 magnetic tracks, and smart card with contact or contactless - RFID) that can be seamlessly combined. These multiple encoding options make it possible to personalize multiple-feature cards in a single pass, making it valuable to multiple industries: identification, biometric security, leisure and entertainment, loyalty programs, transport passes, educational organizations, corporate and financial institutions. 

Campus Management Corporation has made the June release of CampusPortal™ 9.0 inclusive of a text messaging solution for students and staff. At no additional cost to the institution, the technology enables instant campus-wide communication in the event of emergencies, weather, and other critical news to be transmitted to students and staff quickly. 

Fargo Electronics has received ISO certification that covers the design, manufacture and sale of secure ID card printer/encoders, media (ribbons, films, cards and laminates), software and systems.