Starting this fall, all school buses in Panama City’s Bay District Schools will be equipped with Zonar Pass readers. The readers will be used in conjunction with student ID cards to log bus ridership and ensure students arrive to their destinations safely.

Pennsylvania’s Easton Area school district will begin issuing smart cards to students to enable building access and to track boarding and departing from school buses. School board members decided to implement ScholarChip and issue smart cards for attendance, library privileges, and eventually to purchase food in school cafeterias.

CR80News caught up with Entrust Datacard’s VP of Software Product Management and Identity and Access Management, Dan Sanden, to talk about how the company is decoupling the card issuance process with remote photo capture and printing via its server-based TruCredential software, and then we take a peak under the hood of the company’s most advanced card printer.

College campuses are now playing home to Gen Z, those born between 1995 and 2012. This new wave of students — along with their habits and expectations — is beginning to alter the way universities operate, and that includes the campus card office.

Orientation is in full swing at campuses across the country, and while it may be too late for some campuses to prep their incoming freshmen, it’s never too early to start circulating important considerations for future arrivals. Two University of Virginia student orientation leaders offer their top items to help incoming freshmen better navigate their first days on campus.

There are a plethora of considerations that can all play into important decisions around card technology, access control hardware, future solutions and industry trends. It’s important to ask questions, seek information and consult with professionals who know their stuff. That’s the idea behind ColorID’s Identity Summit events. Hosted regionally across the country, ColorID will be visiting San Francisco, Calif. Tuesday, July 24th to put on their latest event.

Following a social media poll comprised of students, faculty and the public, The University of Alabama’s card office recently revealed the new-look Action Card. The new credentials will continue to feature Denny Chimes — a bell tower and campus landmark — but will now add the university’s mascot, Big Al, in the foreground.

Being able to point students to a quick tutorial of their new credential can be an easy first step in getting new students acquainted with not only their ID but the campus community as well. This week we’re highlighting Lewis University’s student ID card video, which gives a rundown the capabilities of the campus card.