Duke University is set to more strictly enforce student ID card verification at its outdoor athletic fields. The decision comes after recent incidents of club-affiliated activities and reserved practices being interrupted by non-university members using the fields.

Kent State University faculty and staff now have the option to purchase a meal plan similar to the student plans. The university’s dining services announced this month that any interested faculty and staff can sign up for the new meal plan using payroll deduction.

Blackboard’s payments platform, Cashnet, recently won the 2018 Innovation and Excellence Award sponsored by the New England Automated Clearing House (NEACH). The NEACH 2018 Innovation and Excellence Awards showcase outstanding payments products and services to the financial industry and beyond.

The latest installment in NACCU’s Talking Campus ID Tech series offers a crash course in card numbering schemes. Hear from Nathan Gray, Systems Administrator, Card Service, James Madison University, as he discusses the history of card numbering, some of the common schemes and the reasoning behind them.

When it comes to campus card systems, universities tend to have their own unique demands as they look to serve their different populations. For Flashback Friday, we look at s university’s choice of how best to deploy servers for a campus card system and why it’s anything but one-size-fits-all decision.

The University of Oregon is devoting more effort to its food insecurity initiatives for students, and is leveraging the campus card to help disperse aid to students. Beyond helping students in need of a meal, the university also sees benefits in the classroom for students who leverage these services, as hunger hinders students’ abilities to focus and perform well academically.

In an electronic election held from October 23 – November 5, 2018, the primary institutional membership voted for three open positions on the NACCU Board of Directors. The newly appointed Board will begin their three-year terms and will be installed at the Annual Meeting at the upcoming 26th Annual NACCU Conference.