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Blugold card partners with U.S. Bank
All students will receive new cards; debit option separate from on-campus account
Mark Schaaf
Issue date: 9/12/05 Section: Campus News
The Blugold card has long been the official identification for students and is used for a variety of different services, such as meal plans, resources at the campus library and access to athletic events.
Soon, students will have another option: a debit account.
Beginning Sept. 19 through Sept. 30, U.S. Bank representatives will distribute new Blugold cards for every student on campus except freshmen, who already have received them.
Within a year, those with U.S. Bank will have the option to use their new card as a debit card.
The card will work at any ATM machine in the world and between 60 and 70 percent of all other locations, said Angela Ralston, partnership manager for the campus banking branch of U.S. Bank.
The bank will be offering a Visa debit card for students, which will be donned with a picture of campus, to work at all other places.
The money received at the ATM machines using the Blugold card will come out of a checking account, not the student's Blugold account.
Ralston credited the students, specifically Student Senate, with bringing this new option to campus.
"What brought U.S. Bank to the campus was the students," Ralston said. "We're just really excited to be a part of this campus."
Student Senate President Aaron Olson said the past two Senate presidents, Adrian Klenz and Chad Wade, had worked hard and sat in on "100 percent of the meetings between potential banks and the university," helping explain the students' position.
"Students were involved at every nook and cranny," Olson said. "We tried to pick a student-friendly bank and also one with ATMs on campus."
Soon, students will have another option: a debit account.
Beginning Sept. 19 through Sept. 30, U.S. Bank representatives will distribute new Blugold cards for every student on campus except freshmen, who already have received them.
| "Students were involved at every nook and cranny." -Student Senate President Aaron Olson on UW-Eau Claire's partnership with U.S. Bank |
Within a year, those with U.S. Bank will have the option to use their new card as a debit card.
The card will work at any ATM machine in the world and between 60 and 70 percent of all other locations, said Angela Ralston, partnership manager for the campus banking branch of U.S. Bank.
The bank will be offering a Visa debit card for students, which will be donned with a picture of campus, to work at all other places.
The money received at the ATM machines using the Blugold card will come out of a checking account, not the student's Blugold account.
Ralston credited the students, specifically Student Senate, with bringing this new option to campus.
"What brought U.S. Bank to the campus was the students," Ralston said. "We're just really excited to be a part of this campus."
Student Senate President Aaron Olson said the past two Senate presidents, Adrian Klenz and Chad Wade, had worked hard and sat in on "100 percent of the meetings between potential banks and the university," helping explain the students' position.
"Students were involved at every nook and cranny," Olson said. "We tried to pick a student-friendly bank and also one with ATMs on campus."