The issue of voter identification, and how to execute it, is a topic of discussion that’s crossed paths with the campus card before. Now, Texas could be the next state to make the student ID card a valid form of identification at the voting booth, following a bill proposed by Texas State Rep. Erin Zwiener, D-Driftwood this week. The bill would allow Texas college students to vote after presenting a campus card alone.

Let’s face it, there’s not much happening on the back of a student ID card. Mag stripes and barcodes aside, in most cases the reverse side features little more than a paragraph of tiny black-and-white legal jargon and perhaps the odd financial network logos. But in 2016, we looked at what a campus can do with the back of the ID card to turn it into a valuable resource for students.

Pennsylvania’s Easton Area School District is set to expand its ScholarChip smart-card entry system to include campus visitors. The visitor management element joins area high school students who have been using the smart cards since the beginning of the school year.

A new campaign from Active Minds, Crisis Text Line, and The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is advocating for students to lobby their universities to print mental health hotlines on student ID cards. The”Transform Your Campus: ID Cards Campaign” is the first of its kind and will support high schools, colleges, and universities in their efforts to add mental health and suicide prevention crisis numbers to student ID cards.

HID Global recently announced its FARGO HDP6600 printer, and we discussed the card printer/encoder for its impressive throughput capabilities. Now, the printer has been recognized for its environmentally friendly impact, achieving GreenCircle certification.

Northwest Missouri State Campus Dining has implemented a new, web-based point-of-sale system on its campus. The new POS system replaces an on-site POS system that backed up using various forms of storage devices.

Texas’ Copperas Cove Independent School District is helping ensure the safety of its students by issuing ID badges to be worn at all times. The credentials will be used throughout the school day for checking into class, getting lunch in the cafeteria or checking out books from the library.