Volunteer State Community College located in Gallatin, Tenn. is partnering with Heartland to expand the Volunteer State Campus Card to encompass prepaid debit card features for students who are receiving financial aid, according to the college’s student newspaper.

Volunteer State Campus Card will become the default financial aid refund option, however it is not required and those students who wish to opt out and continue receiving a paper check or direct deposit may request to do so. 

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg will issue student new ID cards that have contactless smart card technology, according to a report in The Tartan. The new contactless cards will enable students access to public transportation with Port Authority of Allegheny County.

The new cards and change in Carnegie Mellon’s agreement with Port Authority also resulted in an increase in the student transportation fee, increasing from $110 to $120. 

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Tufts University, Medford, Mass., will be issuing new IDs to its students in an initiative with the Department of Public and Environmental Safety.

A report from the Tufts Daily reveals that the new ID cards will be issued to returning students prior to the start of next semester following a change in the ID numbers used by the new Integrated Student Information System (iSIS). 

Students at the Newcastle University located in the northeast of England will soon be able to use their campus smart card to travel around the city on the Tyne and Wear Metro, according to nebusiness.

A pilot scheme recently launched between the North East Smart Ticketing Initiative (NESTI) and the university aims towards making smart cards part of everyday life in the region, eventually reaching up to 20,000 students when it is fully rolled out. 

Paper or plastic?

The campus ID card is replacing the paper ticket for entrance to sporting events and other activities at universities across the country.

One of the more elaborate systems comes from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, which was one of the first schools to move their paper football tickets to the campus card. That means a student only has to show the campus ID to gain entrance to a football game.

But many schools offer similar services, some pre-dating Alabama’s heralded program. The reasoning is simple: it’s easier to manage, keeps seats full, students happy and gives staff an overview of how many students are expected at any one game. 

Emory University in Atlanta announced a vacancy offering, looking for an candidate to fill the position of associate director, Student Financial Services.

The Associate Director Student Financial Services manages all aspect of the Emory Card Program, including electronic access, meal plan access, declining balance programs - vending, dining, printing/copying, laundry - and ID card production.