An ongoing dining services push at the State University of New York at Buffalo is reinforcing the utility of self-service checkout and the mobile technology that powers it. The university is improving the food service experience using the GET app from longtime partner CBORD, as well as Nextep kiosks and Oracle’s Micros Simphony POS.

Campus credential and commerce solution provider, TouchNet, has been busy in the mobile ID realm of late, building an exciting new mobile app called 360u. The next generation of TouchNet’s OneCard mobile app, 360u is a significant step toward a campus mobile app that combines mobile ID with event access and the ability to purchase campus services all from a single interface.

Campus food trucks have offered universities a creative means to diversify dining options for students, as well as provide students on the go with a more convenient meal between classes. When the University of Tennessee, Knoxville was recently facing some food service challenges, and was in need of a quick solution, card transaction system vendor, CBORD, stepped up with a food truck solution.

Access control and security solutions provider, Allegion US has launched the Schlage NDE and LE mobile-enabled wireless locks with “Si” option, which now supports HID smart cards and next-generation Seos credentials. The interoperable locks are ideal for customers using HID smart cards and mobile credentials who want to extend access control further into their buildings using Schlage wireless locks.

Campus card transaction and identity solutions provider, ColorID, is hosting a two-part webinar series to explore the products and solutions available to campuses. The webinars will examine some of the cost savings options available, vendor independence, as well as discuss mobile and contactless technology adoption.

TouchNet, together with CR80News, will host a webinar detailing mobile credentials, the campus mobile app, and how these technologies are being used in conjunction to expand a number of campus card services. Integrating the benefits of mobile credentials into a new generation of campus mobile app is helping to streamline the student experience, adding new utility to the campus app, and opening an array of new doors.

Campus credential and payment solutions provider, Transact, has named Rasheed Behrooznia as the company’s new Vice President for Campus ID Solutions. In his new role, Behrooznia will drive the vision, strategy and execution for the company’s suite of Campus ID solutions.