RegardingID Archive | Lost your campus card? It will cost you

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

You need it to take tests eat, and make other purchases. So what happens when you lose your student ID card? At most colleges you pay a replacement fee. For Louisiana State University students, that amounts to $15, a figure some students don’t like. Getting a card to last the eight semesters a student attends college could be problematic for some.

“It seemed a little expensive to replace,” said one LSU student.. “I have to have it to take tests and eat.”

Yet, it’s hardly a cash cow for LSU, since it costs the university $11.49 to produce each card. The remainder of that $15 replacement fee goes into a fund for software and equipment upgrades.

Some 6,600 students contributed to that fund last year, LSU’s The Daily Reveille reported. Read more here.

HID completes NFC key pilot at ASU

HID Global has announced the successful completion of the world’s first university pilot of NFC smart phones carrying digital keys.

First announced in September, the pilot involved a select group of students and staff at Arizona State University using NFC-enabled smart phones equipped with HID’s Secure Identity Object (SIO) Technology. Participants could gain access to their residence halls and other secure access areas by tapping their handset against a reader embedded in the door and entering a PIN, rather than use their plastic campus card.

Bear Pass rolls out at Missouri universitiy

Missouri State University in Springfield is rolling out its new Bear Pass, a student ID card that also provides door access and debit card functionality. The purpose behind the new card is to make the campus safer while keeping a student’s information secure, according to school officials.

Fox News calls university prepaid cards 'latest twist'

Fox News Business has taken a look at university IDs that also double as prepaid cards. Fox dubs the prepaid aspect as “the latest twist on a long tradition of college campus ID cards serving a dual financial purpose.”

Pethealth launches MiniChip, companion animal RFID technology

Pethealth Inc. announced the roll out of an ISO-standard MiniChip for use with companion animal RFID applications.

Approximately one-third the size of a standard microchip – which itself is roughly the size of a grain of rice - the MiniChip is designed to offer a smaller-scale alternative without compromising any of the protective benefits.

Maine college's OneCard goes off campus

The OneCard from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, can now be used at three off-campus restaurants with more merchants set to join.

“It’s a project we’ve been working on for some time now and its finally coming to fruition,” said OneCard Coordinator Chris Bird.

Payment cards complement student IDs in campus laundry facilities

Florida students have more payment options thanks to wireless WaveRiders

A new laundry payment and management system at the University of Florida accepts the GatorOne campus ID card as well as credit and debit cards.

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Lost your campus card? It will cost you