If you’re looking to get a better handle on visitors or other guests to your campus or facility, Avery may have just the solution for you. Not only will its badge and ID creation software track all your visitors with an optional barcode, it also provides good-looking badges, complete with the visitor’s color photo, plus a digital log of all visitors. 

The University of Arizona (UA) is aiming to move ahead of the field once again with the addition of more space and wider student applications on their student and staff multi-application card – the smart card based CatCard. 

Student Advantage, known for its campus student discount cards, has recently completed a merger of its SA Cash unit with Quentrix, opening more doors for its off-campus SA Cash card program by strengthening its access to universities serviced by major campus card player, Diebold.

With the recent purchase of Quentrix, Student Advantage has acquired the technology that allows colleges using Diebold’s CS Gold to offer their campus cards to off-campus merchants more efficiently and securely. 

Higher One, which provides customized financial services to the higher education market, experienced its largest fall semester yet, processing some $93.5 million in financial aid for 200,000 students at 13 U.S. universities. 

North Dakota State University has partnered with U.S. Bank that will allow the college’s Bison Card to double as an ATM card on and off campus for those 13,000 students and faculty and staff who choose to be U.S. Bank customers. 

By Lauren Lowrey, Contributing Editor Recently, iAnywhere announced their launching of a campus mobile solution allowing any higher education facility’s educational and administrative resources to be available through a single, consistent interface on the Sprint PCS Network. Not only does iAnywhere have its hold on a quickly developing market, it’s on the bleeding edge of database and mobile enterprise solutions as well.