Clemson University expanded its partnership with Ricoh USA, Inc. by installing the company’s Intelligent Lockers in campus mailrooms that enable students to conveniently pick up packages with contactless retrieval. The intelligent lockers are the latest collaboration between Ricoh and Clemson mail center, and will also help to reduce the number of trips students take to the mail center.

Transact Campus Inc. was awarded the 2020 NFC Forum Innovation Award for the Best-In-Market NFC Implementation. The award win for Transact is the second major recognition for the Transact Mobile Credential this year, with both awards pitting Transact Campus against companies from a broad range of other verticals beyond higher education.

As higher education grapples with new options for access control and security on campus, issues surrounding credential technologies, reader technologies, future proofing, and open standards are forefront. CR80News caught up with Rich Price, Director of User Experience at WaveLynx Technologies to learn about the company’s work in these areas. We also get an update on WaveLynx’s work at the University of Georgia in an interview with UGA’s director of IT for Auxiliary Services, Bill McGee.

On this installment of CR80News Chats, we discuss the credential environment at the University of Oklahoma with system engineer, Chris Gillett, and Assa Abloy regional campus manager, Tyler Webb. One of the very first campuses to launch mobile credential in Apple Wallet for use on iPhone and Watch, the University of Oklahoma worked alongside Assa Abloy to first build a robust ecosystem that was capable of supporting the ambitious move to mobile.

A survey conducted by HID Global and security, public safety, operations, and business intelligence solutions provider, Genetec, has revealed that many college campuses could be operating with outdated access control systems. Moreover, the report suggests that many universities are eager to move on from these legacy access control systems and implement newer, more secure technologies.

Allegion’s Jeff Koziol details the new Mobile Credential project at the University of Tennessee, delves into the benefits of a mobile student ID, and how the need for them now is even more apparent. Hear how mobile credentials enable remote distribution to cut the number of students picking up replacement cards in person, as well as how transactions and secure access can occur without students needing to swipe or hand over a physical card.

The University at Buffalo has developed a COVID-19 dining service plan that’s encouraging greater use of CBORD’s GET app and other social distancing protocols to make the dining experience safe and efficient during the fall semester. GET links students’ UB Cards to their smartphones and enables contactless transactions as well as to order food, make reservations and add funds to student accounts.