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.

The time has come again for NACCU members to submit their proposals to present at the Association’s Annual Conference. NACCU members and the campus card community benefit from the knowledge and expertise on show every year, and the conference sessions on offer each year are great sources for new ideas, effective practices, and solutions to drive campus identification programs forward.

The National Association of Campus Card Users (NACCU) has revealed its new brand identity and guiding principles, which includes a new value proposition, Strategic Priorities, logo and tagline.

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.

A Northeastern University spin-off company is leveraging Amazon’s Echo Dot smart speaker to help improve the student experience on campus. The company, n-Powered, is providing incoming freshmen with the speakers, equipped with an Echo Skill called Husky Helper.

The winners of 2018 NACCU Annual awards were announced on April 25, 2018 at the Association’s 25th Annual Conference in Reno, Nevada. Headlining the award winners was the Distinguished Service Award, which was given to Georgia Tech’s James Pete. Additionally, NACCU recognized individuals and institutions for their accomplishments in a number of other award categories.

James “Jim” Pete received the 2018 NACCU Distinguished Service Award during the 25th Annual NACCU Conference in Reno on April 25, 2018. The award was presented by ASSA ABLOY’s Angelo Faenza.

The National Association of Campus Card Users recently polled its member campuses to determine just how accessible their card office websites were with a Speedy Benchmark report. The survey used the “three-click rule” — an unofficial web design rule for website navigation — for reference, which suggests that website users should be able to find any information within three mouse clicks from the homepage.