Paciolan, a college athletics ticketing service provider, has announced that it will be able to add contactless tickets to Apple Wallet and enable fans to enter stadiums with just an iPhone or Apple Watch. Students and fans will both be able to enter stadiums by placing their iPhone or Apple Watch near a contactless reader, eliminating the need to print paper tickets.

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi could soon be shuttling students around campus in a driverless bus, and using student ID cards to allow access to the service. The driverless shuttle service expected to be free for all students and faculty, but riders will need to present a valid Sandollar student ID card to ride.

Universities around the world are leveraging smart contactless lockers and the student ID card to safeguard student valuables, and spearheading the trend is Gantner Technologies with its comprehensive contactless locker system. In this case study, hear how Denmark Technical University was able to use its existing campus cards to provision student access to contactless lockers.

Washington State University’s CougarCard will now be printed with new student health and wellness information in the form of crisis hotlines. The information will be printed on the backs of all newly issued student IDs starting this summer.

A law passed in North Carolina this week could carve an easier path for student IDs to be used for voter identification in the state. The new iteration of a law initially passed late in 2018 removes some of the problematic language of the initial law, and is the latest development in a back and forth debate between lawmakers and university administrators in the state.

Despite already being voted one of the safest colleges in the country by Alarm.org, the University of Louisiana Monroe is adding another string to its bow with the launch of the new campus safety app. The new ULM Safe app was launched on June 3 and enables students to report emergencies and notify campus police of dangerous incidents or suspicious behavior they may encounter on campus.

It’s indisputable that mobile apps are redefining the way students interact with the college campus. With more utilities being added seemingly by the day, a recent in the University of Arizona’s student publication, The Daily Wildcat, listed seven mobile applications that are must-haves for first-year students.