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University of
Minnesota Introduces
New U Card Services
with Odyssey PCS
from CBORD
Centralized campus
card solution and
other upgrades
improve customer
service,
bottom line
Tuesday, January 27,
2009
Ithaca, New York:
The CBORD Group,
Inc., the leading
provider of campus
card and integrated
auxiliary management
solutions to
colleges and
universities, is
pleased to announce
that the University
of Minnesota Twin
Cities in
Minneapolis and St.
Paul recently
expanded its use of
the Odyssey PCS™
campus card solution
from CBORD®
to roll out new
card-based services
to its university
community. Thanks to
a newly enhanced
solution, students
can now take
advantage of online
account management,
as well as make
payments for goods
and services at more
campus venues using
their U Cards. The
University of
Minnesota TC Campus
enrolls more than
51,000 students and
employs more than
22,000 faculty and
staff members.
Odyssey PCS allowed
the U Card office to
develop and
implement a more
convenient declining
balance program,
known at the
university as Gopher
GOLD™. Previously an
offline, value
stripe-accessed
program, Gopher Gold
is now an online
declining balance
account managed by
Odyssey PCS,
improving
convenience for
students, staff, and
faculty.
Additionally, the U
Card office was able
to partner with
University Dining
Services to have
Gopher GOLD value
accepted at all of
their 32 campus
venues. Gopher Gold
may also be used at
314 snack and
beverage vending
machines, 13
library-provided
copy services, 60
computer labs for
printing, 335
laundry machines in
its 10 residence
halls, and much
more.
“Odyssey PCS was our
number-one choice as
we moved forward in
transitioning our
Gopher GOLD™ program
from an offline
system to an online
declining balance
program,” says
Shirley Everson,
Director of the U
Card Office,
University of
Minnesota. “We are
deeply appreciative
of the many CBORD team members
that provided
guidance and support
along our journey,
and we admire their
ability to be
creative, patient,
supportive, and very
customer oriented.
It took years to
convince
administrators that
we needed to expand
our U Card services,
but it took only
minutes to convince
them that CBORD was
the best solution
for our
institution.”
“The University of
Minnesota is a
long-time CBORD
customer, and we
have enjoyed the
opportunity to
assist the school in
rolling out new U
Card services,” says
Read
Winkelman,
Vice President,
Sales, The CBORD
Group, Inc. “Shirley
and her team have
done a tremendous
job of listening to
students’ needs,
carefully evaluating
and planning for
expansion, and
executing a stellar
rollout. We are very
pleased to
congratulate them on
a job well done.”
Other recent
expansions to the
university’s use of
CBORD technologies
include upgrades of
the Foodservice
Suite®
and
EventMaster®
PLUS!
food service
and catering
management solutions
in use on campus.
These solutions
control costs and
ensure quality in
food and event
management, and they
integrate seamlessly
for up-to-the-minute
data integrity. The
university is also
implementing
CBORD’s
Webfood®
online ordering
solution to provide
students with even
more convenient
dining options.
About The CBORD
Group
The CBORD Group
serves colleges and
universities,
corporations,
healthcare
facilities, chain
restaurants,
supermarkets, and a
host of other market
segments.
CBORD’s
products are used in
campus ID card
privilege control,
access control,
integrated security,
housing services,
food service,
catering, nutrition
services, online
ordering, and other
institution-wide
activities. The
CBORD Group serves
more than 6,000
clients in the U.S.,
Canada, Europe,
South Africa, the
Middle East, New
Zealand, and
Australia.
The CBORD Group was
founded in 1975. To
learn more about
CBORD, visit us at
www.cbord.com.
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