The University of Georgia has begun the process of moving from legacy, proximity student ID cards to new contactless smart cards. The move to contactless smart cards will give UGA the ability to improve security for students, faculty, and staff, provide greater flexibility and convenience to cardholders, and lay a stronger foundation to build in future card services and functionality.

In the second of a three-part video series detailing hardware and software solutions from card system vendor, Blackboard, hear from the company’s Senior Director for Platform Strategy and Product Management, Kent Pawlak as he talks about the company’s retail offerings.

The latest installment in NACCU’s Talking Campus ID Tech series is devoted to advanced card technologies, including contactless, NFC and mobile. Hear from Barton Lawyer, assistant director of IT at Duke University, as he discusses a wide array of modern card technologies, along with their inherent benefits to campuses and student alike.

Pennsylvania’s Easton Area school district will begin issuing smart cards to students to enable building access and to track boarding and departing from school buses. School board members decided to implement ScholarChip and issue smart cards for attendance, library privileges, and eventually to purchase food in school cafeterias.

The move to contactless cards is one of the most important decisions facing campus card offices today. In this video spotlight, learn how Purdue University improved its student experience by issuing contactless student ID cards that underpin all aspects of life on campus.

When it comes to access control on campus, universities have a number of decisions to make. Between selecting the right access software and locking hardware, to partnering with a knowledgeable and trustworthy integrator, and choosing the card technology that best suits your campus, establishing the proper physical security measures can be a taxing process. In a five-part podcast series with ASSA ABLOY these decisions are examined in depth, highlighting the important considerations that campuses have to navigate.

Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University is now issuing smart cards to students that will be used to make payments and enable access to campus facilities. The new student ID cards will act as the identity credential for the university’s some 33,000 students and staff members.