In 2017, the University of Georgia made the advancement of card technology a priority on campus. After long leaning on a combination of mag stripe and prox card technologies, the need to update and upgrade was more than evident. So UGA’s OneCard Oversight Committee examined its card environment from within, and focused its decision making on a desire to own the entire card system process — encryption keys and all.

The University of Connecticut One Card Office is now providing students with the option to have a preferred name printed on the backs of their campus cards. The university also opted to maintain student legal names on the Husky One Cards.

The latest update to the legislation in North Carolina that would make college and university student ID cards a valid form of voter identification in the state is a postponement of the deadline decision date. This week, the state House and Senate approved and signed a bill that delays implementation of the photo identification requirement for voting until the 2020 election cycle.

The University of New Mexico is in the throws of building a preferred name policy for student ID cards. The three-phase process has already seen  affirmed or preferred first names added to LoboCards and diplomas, with more support to come.

A member of the California State Assembly has crafted a bill calling for a host of phone numbers, including that of Planned Parenthood, to be printed on all student ID cards issued in the state. Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel recently introduced Assembly Bill 624, which would apply to student ID cards issued not only by K12 schools, but those issued by state colleges and universities as well.

A law approved in North Carolina that would make student ID cards an official form of voter identification has been met with initial reticence by universities across the state. Now, Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute in Hudson, NC has announced its intention to not sign an attestation form that would allow its student ID cards to be eligible as voter identification.

After nearly three decades in the field, the 125 kHz prox card remains one of the most widely used card technologies for electronic access. Still, it seems that many are unaware of more recent developments that now threaten the security of these cards. In a blog post on the company’s website, David Stallsmith, Director of Strategic Initiatives at ColorID, details prox, its susceptibilities and why it’s so easy to clone.