Palm Beach State College’s Jessica Bender discusses magstripe technology and how it works in this installment of NACCU’s Talking Campus ID Tech series. In the video, hear about detailed underpinnings of magstripe technology, how it can be used for campus cards, and learn some of the features of the technology that have made it the stalwart of student ID cards for decades.

A new initiative at Texas Tech is letting students trade in their student ID cards in exchange for portable phone chargers. The program is intended to help students keep their devices charged during home football games when devices often run out of juice with limited opportunity to recharge.

Visitors to the Duke University campus can now pay for parking directly from their smartphone thanks to a new mobile app. The university has chosen to launch PayByPhone in an initial 12 parking lots across campus, with an additional parking lot to be added at a new alumni and visitor center once that facility it open to the public.

TouchNet’s Director of OneCard Sales, Fred Emery, speaks from the company’s first ever “cardless” booth about the latest advancements with OneCard VIP. Hear about some of the use cases for virtualized credentials on smartphones and see OneCard VIP in action with a live demo of a physical access use case.

As technology becomes more sophisticated, it’s crucial that card offices keep up with the current technological trends. Cameras are no exception. When purchasing a camera for the card office, there are more factors to consider than just the camera’s price alone.

A newly signed 10-year contract will see West Virginia’s Shepherd University outsource its campus dining operations for the first time in 20 years. As reported by Herald-Mail Media, the contract with Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services will be worth a projected $7.9 million over the course of the ten-year deal. University officials chose Chartwells to […]

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the prevalence and utility of mobile apps on the college campus. With this in mind, the University of Arizona’s Daily Wildcat has named its top-5 mobile apps for students on campus.