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and business intelligence solutions provider, Genetec, has revealed that many college campuses could be operating with outdated access control systems.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.

Illinois State University is revamping its student ID card, the Redbird Card, with a new design aesthetic and enhanced technology to bring the card inline with modern campus credentials. The major component of the revamp will be the university’s move to smart card technology that will leave behind legacy mag stripe and proximity protocols being used throughout campus.

Zoom calls are seemingly the de facto norm these days. So rather than writing this out in an article we thought a conversation would be a nice change of pace. In this episode, we chat with HID’s Tim Nyblom, about potential challenges coming this fall, as well as mobile ID and other card issuance measures that might ease some burden on the post-coronavirus campus.

The University of Connecticut is issuing new campus cards, after making the decision to recard its entire population over the summer. CR80News recently caught up with UConn and ColorID, who assisted on the project, to talk about the new Husky One Card and the recarding process.

In this installment of NACCU’s It’s All About the Data video series, hear from Nirmal Palliyaguru, Director of the ACCESS Card Office at Santa Clara University, as he discusses some of the early applications of campus card data analytics as a means to  help students succeed. In the video, hear specific examples of how Santa Clara has been able to use card system data analytics both at a high level and a more granular level to solve some common problems that students can face.