Over the coming months, CR80News will be exploring and covering a couple of topics that require some feedback from the industry. We will be accepting leads on the following topics to help fill out our editorial coverage and encourage anyone engaging in these areas to share their experiences and lessons learned.

CR80News was onsite at the 40th annual CBORD User Group Conference (UGC 2019) this week. There were many highlights, great educational sessions, and a packed technology exhibit hall. Here are a few of the highlights from the event hall floor.

Entrust Datacard’s Dan Sanden gives a hands-on demonstration of the differences between retransfer and direct-to-card printing. See the company’s SD460 direct-to-card offering, the flagship CR805 retransfer printer, and the customization options that campuses can add to both machines to achieve the perfect card aesthetic.

The University of Idaho recently implemented preferred names on its student ID, the VandalCard. But the university recently paused the service as it decided to revisit both state and federal ID compliance considerations, resulting in the addition of legal disclaimers and the need to recard select students.

It’s been roughly two months since Starship Technologies and its band of roving, autonomous delivery robots arrived on the Purdue University campus. The excitement and intrigue of the initiative has settled, so what does the day-to-day operation look like?

Binghamton University has set an end-of-life date for its single use to-go containers on campus, with a planned implementation of the OZZI system in January. The move to OZZI’s reusable container system is driven by the university’s desire to boost its sustainability efforts and will provide every student on a campus board plan with a free buy-in to the program.

Penn State is developing a new, all-in-one mobile campus app that administrators hope will better connect students to the university and help them discover campus events and services. The app will be named Penn State Go and is the product of a University-wide initiative to improve the student experience through increased access to key resources.