 Feature of the week: NACCU Conference goes virtual with Dawn Thomas For the first time in the Association’s history, the NACCU Annual Conference will be held virtually. NACCU Executive Director, Dawn Thomas, explains what this means for attendees and how the experience at this year’s event will be like no other. |
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30 Oct, 2020Transact launches capacity management app to help keep campuses safe
To support higher education leaders in creating safe plans for reopening and maintaining healthy, secure campuses, Transact Campus has launched a self-service capacity management app. The app is called Transact Capacity Management, and it enables institutions to help control the number of individuals that enter a building at one time, as well as reduce physical touchpoints and manage social distancing.
30 Oct, 2020Entrust launches cloud-based, direct-to-card desktop issuance solution
Trusted identities, payments and data protection provider, Entrust, has announced its new cloud-based, direct-to-card solution for physical and remote ID card issuance. The next generation Entrust Sigma series card printer has been built with today’s cloud environments in mind, leveraging encryption, trusted HSM technology and secure boot to issue highly secure credentials.
28 Oct, 2020CR80 Chats: How ColorID is helping campuses to navigate contact tracing
In this episode of CR80News Chats, we catch up with ColorID’s David Stallsmith to talk about how ColorID has been helping universities tackle contact tracing and other COVID-19 related challenges. Contact tracing, in particular, is an emerging conversation for universities of all sizes, so we talk through some of the options available to campuses as they try to implement a contact tracing system that best suits their needs.
23 Oct, 2020Starship delivery robots roll onto Oregon State campus
A fleet of 20 Starship delivery robots began processing student orders at Oregon State University this week. The popular autonomous delivery robots are now serving OSU students, faculty and staff with contactless delivery across the university’s sprawling 500-acre campus, and marks the first arrival of Starship to a campus in the state of Oregon.
23 Oct, 2020U. of Georgia makes OneCard available to online students
The University of Georgia is now providing its online students with their own UGA OneCard complete with ID photo. The move will provide online students with the same credential as their on-campus peers, as well as provide digital learners with all of the benefits of the UGA OneCard.
23 Oct, 2020Maryville University launches Transact Mobile Credential
Maryville University has launched Transact Mobile Credential for its campus community, moving the Saints ID onto student mobile devices. Students, faculty, and staff can now add their Saints ID card to Apple Wallet or Google Pay to use their iPhone, Apple Watch, or Android device to access buildings on campus, purchase meals, and more.
16 Oct, 2020Boise State working with CBORD on COVID-19 food service plan
Boise State Dining Services has been working with card system vendor, CBORD, to implement the GET app and to update health policies surrounding campus food services. The efforts have seen the addition of the GET app to bolster contactless transactions for students and faculty.
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