Boston University cleverly highlights some of the many ways in which a campus card can meet its demise. Turning the tables on students, BU’s “I lost my Terrier Card” video sees students fessing up to losing their BU ID cards, and puts a humorous spin on a situation that would otherwise be a hassle.

Bill Norwood has been honored with the inaugural award for Lifetime Achievement in the Campus Card Industry. He was presented the award by CR80News at the 2017 NACCU Annual Conference in Orlando, in recognition of his thirty-plus years of pioneering innovation in student IDs. After founding the FSUCard program at Florida State, he went on to lead efforts at leading industry vendors, as well as assist campuses across the country and around the globe.

The latest stop on the CR80News Card Office Tour series takes us to Lynchburg, Virginia and the campus of Liberty University. Boasting one of the largest student populations in the country at 110,000 — many of whom are distance learners — the office at Liberty has quite the issuance job on its hands.

Sam Houston State’s “Bearkat OneCard Services Orientation Video” leaves no stone unturned with its informational format covering the full range of functions that the card supports along with all card FAQs, off-campus capabilities, financial aid disbursements and refunds, as well as card issuance, activation and replacement processes.

The University of Cincinnati has built an effective and efficient means to increase throughput at its campus dining facilities with a clever use of existing hardware and a few additional cost-effective components.

Mobile credentials, and by extension mobile access, are often thought of as being “on the roadmap” types of functions. Lots of campuses would love to have it, but few are actually moving into the mobile realm. One campus that has turned to mobile access is Emory University, where students can leverage Heartland’s OneCard Mobile solution to gain access to a campus library, as well as make purchases at select vending machines while inside.

Rounding out the week’s coverage is a video spotlight of the University of Colorado Boulder’s campus card promotional video. Boulder’s card program has put together an informative, well edited and professional video for its students to learn about the many uses of the Buff OneCard.

In the CR80News Card Office Tour series, you will take a video tour of campus card offices at institutions large and small across the country, as well as hear from office personnel about their overall operation, innovative projects they are undertaking and the challenges they face. We’re kicking off our office tour in Statesboro, Georgia on the campus of Georgia Southern University where the campus card has grown to be an integral part of student life.

It’s import to market a campus card program to both inform students and the campus community of the many uses for their ID as well as to reinforce the value that the credential holds. It can be difficult to make what is a fairly common task into a novel, engaging and fun experience for your target audience.

Robert Lemley, director of Software Development at CBORD, discusses the mobile utilities beyond NFC. Citing specifically those individuals who may not have a smart phone, Lemley stresses that CBORD have not forgotten about this segment of the population. “We have the ability to just send a text, so you don’t have to have a smart […]