Student IDs projected to go mobile
TCU Student event pass leads way for future mobile identification. (Ella Gonzalez/Staff Writer)
Published Nov 29, 2022
TCU student government association president Brandon Fox and TCU administration are working to transition student ID physical cards to electronic passes accessed by phone. The two million dollar project would be funded by the university. The project has not yet been approved by TCU administration. “The administration is very open to this, and we are starting to get some good steam behind the project which puts us in a good spot,” Fox said.
Why transition?
ID cards on mobile phones would prevent students from losing their cards. It would also help enhance safety, as people would not be able to use other peoples’ cards to access dorm buildings, rooms and meal plans.
New era of technology for college campuses
Other universities have already implemented digital I.D.’s on their campuses. Students from other colleges see the mobile ID as a benefit to their college experience. Faith Comstock, a student from the University of Tennessee, said using a digital ID is convenient. “Because my ID is digital, I am able to have it easily accessible in my apple wallet,” Comstock said. “It pops up on my screen when I hold it up to a scanner. I never have to worry about not being able to get into a building, because it works even if my phone is dead.”