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We've been asked to explore getting synchronized clocks in for our academic buildings and some common areas-- does anyone have recent experience installing atomic or WiFi-updated clocks? Any recommendations?  We want battery-operated, with 3-5 year battery lifetimes, and want analog-faced clocks. Beyond that we are wide open conceptually, and will ... Read More

Has anyone worked with consultants on Living Learning Communities? We are looking at getting some assistance to broaden and enhance our offerings to our Students who live on campus. I'd really appreciate any ideas of companies you may have previously worked with that might have experience with Living Learning Communities. Thanks and have a great day! ... Read More

Diane, We have been working on ours as well and it should be finalized and ready to release in the next few weeks. As soon as it is I can share it with you. Audra ------------------------------ Audra Forsberg Wayne State University Director, OneCard/Parking Service Center & Contract Svcs Detroit MI United States ---------------------------- ... Read More

Hi Andrea,  I'm at Wayne State University in Detroit. We have about 25,000 students. We are a CBORD school and currently use ID works with Datacard SD460 printers but we are moving to Fargo Connect with Fargo DTC 5500's. So far the experience has been good. We have the printers and consoles set up and we've migrated over all of our card templates. ... Read More

Hi Andrea, We are a Transact campus and had been using ID Works since the mid 90's when we first implemented our one-card system.  We moved to Entrust Instant ID during the summer of 2022.  It was a significant upgrade, as all of our projects had to be rebuilt.  Transact assisting with converting a few of them which created a clear path to follow ... Read More

Pam, At Saginaw Valley State University we have 2,250 residents.  We only require freshmen to vacate the residence halls during the fall to winter semester break, unless they have a legitimate reason to stay (primarily athletics). We also do not keep our dining operation open during this time, as well as other breaks, (Thanksgiving & Spring Break).  ... Read More

At The University of Texas, we provide meals during the breaks. We have arrangements with athletics that would allow them to participate. If they weren't eating at the training table during breaks, - there's no additional charges. We do close from December 23ish till move-in date in January. Get Outlook for iOS Read More

Pam, Vanderbilt has approximately 5,000 students that live on campus. We adapted a meal solution in 2018 to ensure all students with a demonstrated financial need have access to three meals a day at no additional cost to their meal plan. We open up one dining operation during breaks to these students except the 2 days during Thanksgiving, and 10 ... Read More

Aaron, we are a CBORD school and use Star Rez for housing and meals. We have been trying to think of a way to discontinue use of Star Rez for meals. Here at UR, meal plan eligibility depends on where students are housed. Are your meal plans tied to student housing? If so, I assume there is an interface from Star Rez to Atrium for the housing information ... Read More

Good Morning,   We are in the same situation here at SUNY Poly as Francine and Andrea at their campuses.  I have not heard good things about Entrust through NACCU so I'm hesitant to move forward with Instant ID.  We are also a medium size CBORD school and need to upgrade our ID card system from ID Works.  Any success stories of reliable product would ... Read More