The University of California at Davis has revealed a spring break grant program that will reward students who stay on campus during spring break week with $75 gift cards. This time last year, spring break across the country was marked...
Drake University recently expanded the reach of its Bulldog Bucks off-campus program and declining balance account, enabling students and other Drake community members to make purchases at local businesses. The university hopes the initiative will foster a stronger town-gown relationship...
Forging a truly successful off-campus program takes time, effort and commitment that campus card administrators don't always have at their disposal. With this in mind, we recently spoke with the University of Pittsburgh’s Julie Bannister on how Pitt has been...
The University of Georgia Auxiliary Services is set to implement a new system starting next semester that will effectively kill the use of Bulldog Bucks at off-campus merchants. According to UGA Auxiliary Services, all local merchants currently participating in the...
Colleges and universities, no matter their size, are communities unto themselves. Each is a microcosm within which students develop both socially and academically. But college communities represent just a portion of their larger, surrounding environments, and it’s vital that academic...
Determining where discretionary funds can be used is a dilemma that's seemingly as old as meal plans themselves. The questions of whether these funds can be used beyond the confines of campus is often down to university dining officials, food...
CBORD has added a stable of new campus partners to its GET mobile commerce platform. CBORD's GET platform is a one-stop shop for the life of a student’s ID, enabling users to add funds to various accounts, check usage of...
Canada's Trent University is now for the first time giving students the option to purchase food from off-campus cafes using the university's UCard. The three local cafes included in the initiative were selected via student survey.
Prepaid debit functionality is a common feature on student ID cards, and allows parents to provide their student with the funds necessary to survive away from home. But according to a University of Colorado Cancer Center study, of the top...
For many universities, managing student transactions can be a bear. Between numerous campus departments, account types and maybe even a dated card system, the daily task of reconciling student purchases can be an undertaking. New transaction systems and account management...
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