While laundry isn’t typically seen as a life-saving service, it does – like any superhero – have an origin story. Campus card industry consultant, Robert Huber, has seen campus laundry evolve to reflect changing college life.

Laundry isn’t just one of the oldest student services but one of the earliest supported by the campus card. But as with everything else on campus, laundry services are subject to the changing tides of technology and evolving service models. Institutions are navigating how to best price laundry services and deploy new technologies like mobile apps. They are even reevaluating the future of the campus card in laundry facilities.

Oakland University’s housing department is mulling changes to its meal plan structure that would eliminate transfer meals that are seeing students eating at retail dining locations on campus rather than visit the university’s dining hall. The transfer meals have seen an increasing number of meals being taken away from the campus dining hall, instead overcrowding a campus food court that houses retail dining chains.

Vending is a core component of virtually every campus card program and for all the talk of how student IDs have evolved over time, vending has come a long way, too. The shift to cashless vending in particular has brought a new wave of convenience and utility to users, and removing the need for cash or coin has been a boon to the industry.

The benefits of a campus card are evident for many, but it’s always good to provide student and campus community members of the credential’s benefits. De Anza College’s campus card carries a number of perks, and stresses that paying the nominal fee for a DASB card is a wise investment for the access to the wide variety of programs, rewards and free services the credential provides.

India’s Gujarat Technological University (GTU), and its numerous college affiliates, has taken another step toward a completely cashless campus environment. University credentials are coming to the fore in the region as a growing number of institutions are seeking more efficient means for students to make purchases on campus.

A laundry machine shortage at one University of Mary Washington residence hall is painting a cautionary tale for residence halls of every size. A lack of washers and dryers at the university’s Jefferson Hall is making laundry more of a chore than normal for students.

Following a recent student government decision at the University of Mary Washington, the campus’ EagleOne cards can now be used to tip wait staff when paying the bill. The initiative is one of a host of attempts to expand the card’s utility both on and off campus, achieve greater buy in, and boost student use of the credential.

USA Technologies, a payment technology service provider of self-service transactions has expanded an agreement with Burch Food Service that will enable campus card acceptance at a local university for closed-loop campus ID purchases on a Blackboard system.

Jamaica’s Mico University College has made the decision to go cashless, eliminating cash tender transactions from all major payment points on the campus. The move will also see the university leverage the campus card for a number of new services.