Beginning this fall Bowling Green State University has switched is copy and print provider to Papercut, ending its previous partnership with Pharos Remote Print. The changeover took place during the summer months, when all campus printers and multi-function devices were replaced with new devices powered by PaperCut software.

The Bulldawg Box Program is the University of Georgia’s answer to food waste and disposable containers in campus dining halls. The program is now available on campus for all students on a university meal plan..

Blackboard has announced the launch of a new, integrated mobile ordering solution that enables students to order food and other items from their mobile devices. The Blackboard Mobile Ordering app also benefits campus dining operators who seek an institution-branded solution to manage resources efficiently, grow on-campus sales and increase student engagement.

In the first of a three-part series detailing hardware and software solutions from card system vendor, Blackboard, hear from the company’s Senior Director for Platform Strategy and Product Management, Kent Pawlak. In this installment learn specifically about the latest security-centric suite of solutions that Blackboard is deploying on campuses nationwide.

Beginning this semester, The University of Southern Mississippi will be serving students food from a new on-campus venue — the GrubSlinger food truck. The new university-run food truck will offer students a wide variety of food items and will rotate both menus and locations depending on the day.

Bradley University’s student ID card, the QuickCard, has received an overhaul in both design and function after implementing contactless technology and phasing out legacy features. As part of the ID card overhaul, the university will drop Discover Debit functionality at the end of the year and has added a preferred name option for students to be printed on the front side of the card.

A partnership between credential management systems provider, BadgePass, and Entrust Datacard will now enable BadgePass to provide its campus clients with the GX1 card printer. The BadgePass GX1 Card Printer can be configured to print single or dual sided card designs and offers magstripe, smart card and prox encoding capabilities.

Blackboard has partnered with Entrust Datacard to deliver a free webinar entitled “Get Ready for Gen Z: The Future of Orientation ID Issuance” that will discuss ways campuses can streamline the card issuance process, methods to improve student wait times, ways to ensure systems can flexibly adapt to new demands, and offer strategies to easily upgrade systems to issue more advanced ID credentials.

Campus card vendor, CBORD has reset its sights on campus laundry with a new exclusive partnership with laundry solutions provider, Washlava. The partnership’s intent is to deploy the Washlava laundry reader and backend system on campuses across the country and redefine the campus laundry environment.

Designed to provide students with all the information they need to navigate potential crises on campus, safety apps are certainly a valuable resource. The University of Utah is just one of the many campuses to join this trend, and a new report reveals that the university is shouldering a growing cost for the app.