In the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting this week, Director of the Lancer Card Center Crissy Sampier gave a presentation on the services the Lancer Card Center provides and the importance of keeping credit holder data safe.
According to Sampier, the Lancer Card Center provides the following services:
- Lancer Card printing
- Meal plan management
- Lancer CA$H management
- Point of Sale devices
- Door access requests, door scheduling, contractor access
- Dining contract administrator
- Laundry
- Coke machine management
- Snack vending management
- Attendance tracking
Sampier also said three more services are coming soon: mobile ID, Starbucks gift cards and Lancer CA$H being able to be used at Hotel Weyanoke. The mobile ID feature will mainly be used for monetary transactions, and would most likely not be used to get into buildings for security reasons, according to Sampier.
The presentation then went into ways to keep credit card information safe to prevent fraudulent activity. Sampier encouraged organizations to stay away from accepting credit card payments, and using Square point of sale devices.
Per Sampier, using the Square paired with a personal cell phone keeps credit holder information stored in the device, which is a financial hazard. Sampier suggested students check out mobile readers from the Lancer Card Center, at no cost, to take Lancer CA$H instead.
Campus Planning and Construction Facilities Planner Jerry Jerome announced a new project called the Academic Space Improvement Plan. The plan surrounds developing an outline of budgets and timelines in order to improve the academic space on campus, according to Jerome.
Jerome also said this plan covers the entire range of where students go to study and collaborate, and is not limited to just classrooms.
There will be a Student Engagement Session on this plan from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sept. 18 in the Virginia Room.
During open forum, Junior Class President Haleigh Pannell talked about complaints from seniors regarding the Convocation ceremony this Thursday, Sept. 13.
According to Pannell, a lot of “cappers” don’t want to stay on campus due to the incoming storm, and seniors are worried the rain will ruin the event as a whole.
Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Tim Pierson responded by saying those complaints are understandable, but if Convocation were to be canceled, it would be too hard to reschedule it.
Student Diversity and Inclusion Council (SDIC) Representative Arin Young brought up concerns that the white nationalist posters have returned to campus. President Josh Darst said as long as racism is still an issue there will still be problems with the posters.
Longwood University Police Department (LUPD) Chief Robert Beach gave a comment on the matter saying LUPD is close to figuring out who is possibly responsible for hanging up the posters around campus.
Beach also gave a reminder that it is not a criminal offense to hang them up and to report any sightings to LUPD.
Executive Secretary Chyanne Correa gave concerns about there being a limited amount of security cameras on campus and there not being a blue phone on the walk from campus to the Landings.
Darst said the university is working to increase security camera usage on campus, and Chief Beach said the weakest coverage is on the northern end of campus.
Vice President Lucas Hobson reported three work orders have gone in to fix the lamp posts outside of the library. According to Hobson, the lamp posts not working are due to wiring issues created when Brock Hall was built.
During the president’s report, Darst said SGA is partnering with the Big Event to best serve the town in the potential aftermath Farmville could suffer from Hurricane Florence.
Rachel Cliborne was sworn in as the Graduate Student Association representative.
The next SGA meeting will be held on Sept. 18 at 3:50 p.m. in the Martinelli Board Room located in the Maugans Alumni Center.
Director of the Lancer Card Center Crissy Sampier went over the current services Lancer Card center provides as well as three new services in the works.
Longwood University Police Department Chief Col. Bob Beach reminded the SGA that posting white nationalist posters is not a criminal offense but rather violates the Longwood posting policy.
