Hidden below Northeastern University in Boston is a network of tunnels that serve as a passageway for students traversing between key buildings on campus. Unlike the famous tunnels in other cities, these don’t hold catacombs and no Phantom lurks within. Instead Northeastern’s tunnels house one of the world’s leading deployments of advanced contactless lockers.

For some, the image of a student locker still evokes thoughts of cutout celebrity photos taped inside rusty metal boxes. But on modern college campuses, lockers are being re-envisioned to serve a real need for busy students. Today’s lockers often feature sleek designs to integrate into high-end buildings, while new technology is replacing metal keys […]

Messiah College is now issuing a new ID card for students, ushering in contactless technology for physical access and other card functions. The new contactless cards will be used at a wide array of card readers across the Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania campus and will be leveraged for access to residence halls and recording the college’s mandatory chapel attendance.

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 honor of Throwback Thursday, we’re turning the clock back to 2011 to a story that details the need-to-know basics of contactless smart card technology.

The 49er ID cards at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte have officially gone contactless, with issuance of the new credentials now in full swing for all faculty, staff and students. In addition to the security upgrade of the new contactless credentials, the long-used magnetic stripe at UNCC will be no more.

One of the hallmarks of a campus card office is customer service. For many institutions in the US this could mean face-to-face issuance and a service with a smile, but a new system from Evolis deployed at universities in Berlin, Germany is taking an alternative approach by using campus card kiosks.