With the new campus photo identification card, students, faculty and staff will be able to borrow books from the library, work out at the recreation center, shop at the bookstore and dine on and off campus, all with the same card.

The new Fairleigh 1Card was introduced this semester at the College at Florham and will be available at the Metropolitan Campus in the spring.

In addition to using the card for the campus meal plan, for entrance to buildings and rooms, access to the libraries, recreation centers and on-campus events, the new card will function as a convenient payment method (through a prepaid spending account) that will be accepted at the college bookstores, vending machines, retail dining locations and off-campus merchants.

To run and administer the program, the University has selected CardSmith of Basking Ridge, N.J., which features a managed transaction processing service and which will run all day-to-day operations of the program. FDU will designate the rules for each account plan and decide which off-campus locations will accept the card. New prepaid flexible spending accounts have been introduced (with a daily spend limit of $750).

The program works by using terminals on and off campus that are configured to the main processing center. CardSmith provides cardholder support online and through a toll-free help desk. Users can access their account activity via the Web and review program policies, including participating merchants. The program Web site is http://www.fairleigh1card.com.

“This new program provides tremendous convenience for our students and other members of the community,” said Neal Sturm, associate vice president and chief information officer (Flor). “Users will have greater opportunities for easy purchases on and off campus, less need to handle large amounts of cash and a simple way to monitor their transactions 24 hours a day.”

Discussing the new campus identification card system are, from left, Jay Summerall, president and founder, CardSmith; Kenneth Greene, interim provost (Flor); Robert Valenti, assistant vice president for administration (Metro); and Neal Sturm, associate vice president/chief information officer (Flor).

Sturm added that the University would also be able to cultivate greater ties with the surrounding merchants through their participation in the program

To obtain a card, nonresident students and faculty and staff must visit the Public Safety Office at the Barn. Residential students receive their cards during the check-in process. There is no charge for the initial card.

Co-chairing the task force that made the new program possible were Sturm and Robert Valenti, assistant vice president for administration (Metro). Lane Goldstein, operations manager (Metro), is serving as the program manager. “I want to thank all the members of the task force for their commitment and professionalism,” Sturm said. He especially credited Goldstein with “working day and night” to implement the program.

A sample mockup of the ID card.

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College at Florham, Madison, N.J.

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Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, N.J.

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