With the number of universities issuing mag stripe or 125 kHz prox credentials still alarmingly high, it’s worth taking the time to discuss the options available to campuses as they plot moves to more advanced, secure student credentials. To better frame the issue, CR80News caught up with CBORD’s Read Winkelman and Larry Delaney to discuss some actionable steps that campuses can take.

Allegion’s Jeff Koziol discusses the expectations that students now have when arriving on campus, and how mobile credentials have become a part of that landscape. Koziol covers all the top considerations, including cost and procurement factors, ways to support the Android user base, areas on campus that can benefit from mobile credentials, and pathways forward for universities trying to achieve mobile implementation.

To support higher education leaders in creating safe plans for reopening and maintaining healthy, secure campuses, Transact Campus has launched a self-service capacity management app. The app is called Transact Capacity Management, and it enables institutions to help control the number of individuals that enter a building at one time, as well as reduce physical touchpoints and manage social distancing.

A fleet of 20 Starship delivery robots began processing student orders at Oregon State University this week. The popular autonomous delivery robots are now serving OSU students, faculty and staff with contactless delivery across the university’s sprawling 500-acre campus, and marks the first arrival of Starship to a campus in the state of Oregon.

Maryville University has launched Transact Mobile Credential for its campus community, moving the Saints ID onto student mobile devices. Students, faculty, and staff can now add their Saints ID card to Apple Wallet or Google Pay to use their iPhone, Apple Watch, or Android device to access buildings on campus, purchase meals, and more.

Boise State Dining Services has been working with card system vendor, CBORD, to implement the GET app and to update health policies surrounding campus food services. The efforts have seen the addition of the GET app to bolster contactless transactions for students and faculty.

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.