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Miami of Ohio University
Miami University recently undertook a large-scale project to overhaul security technology in its residence halls. Rather than a typical phased approach in which buildings are updated over time, the university wanted to provide all students living on campus the same level of safety and security in a single, carefully coordinated step. The resulting implementation proved to be one of the largest access control installations of its kind, with an ambitious implementation timeframe.  Access control history was recently made at Miami University with one of the largest access control installations of its kind on a college campus. In just three months, more than 4,300 doors were secured with online, electronic access control.
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UNC Wilmington Re-Keys for Higher Security
As the traditional security system at UNCW expanded with campus growth, it became more difficult for key control to keep pace. Concerns that the existing key system was running out of key changes, coupled with the loss of several grand master keys, led to a program of re-keying all campus buildings with a system offering greater security.
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UNC Chapel Hill Keys in Higher Security
Maintaining building security for the University of North Carolina’s historic Chapel Hill campus requires continuous planning. To provide a higher level of access control for the 350 buildings supported by its Facilities Services/Life Safety Services staff, UNC-CH recently began upgrading to a proprietary key system that eliminates the possibility of unauthorized key duplication, and is simultaneously installing new policies to ensure proper tracking of all keys.
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Security Goes According to Plan at Kutztown University
By developing a comprehensive access control plan that addresses its evolving needs, Kutztown University
has been able to move successfully from improving key control through integrating electronic access control
with its one card program.
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Grand Valley State University Tackles Security from the Outside In
To provide greater security in its dormitories and other buildings, Grand Valley State University began upgrading access control on exterior doors by moving to a combination of hard-wired, wireless, and standalone electronic access control. New construction is taking security to the next level with the installation of standalone devices on interior residence doors.
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Securing the New “Green” Ohlone College Campus
Ohlone College’s new Center for Health Sciences and Technology Campus is the nation’s first entirely “green” community college campus.  In the process of designing the Center from the ground up for minimal environmental
impact, administrators turned to Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies for a campus security system designed to maximize convenience while providing a compatible level of protection.
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Ingersoll Rand Biometric Hand Readers Increase Security at University of Central Florida Sororities
Two sorority houses at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando have installed Schlage biometric hand readers to heighten security for 200 sorority sister residents and staff. Hand readers automatically take a three-dimensional reading of the size and shape of a person’s hand and verify an identity in less than one second. Because they operate outdoors, hand readers were selected over fingerprint readers.
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Security is in the Cards for Skidmore College
By converting the access control of its residence halls and academic buildings from keys to cards, Skidmore College is increasing the safety of its campus, simplifying access control management and reducing staff workload for lockouts and rekeying. In addition, the latest door hardware can be changed easily between many different configurations and functions to meet changing requirements without replacement.
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California State University Library Provides Security for Contents & Occupants
At the new Tanimura and Antle Family Memorial Library, located on California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB) campus, a variety of door hardware solutions provides security for the building’s contents and occupants as well as a high degree of flexibility for its users. While the library was designed to provide an open and effective environment that supports and enriches student life, it also needed to be secure without being inconvenient.
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Grand Rapids Community College gets the upper hand on security
Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) serves nearly 22,000 full- and part-time students in an eight-block campus located in the heart of the city’s downtown. With the challenges presented by a metropolitan location, complex demographics, a large number of public buildings and a high level of movement, security is a natural and ongoing area of concern for the college community.
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University of Texas - Arlington’s One-Card System Does It All
One example of the successful implementation of this kind of solution is the University of Texas at Arlington’s one-card system. It is the cumulation of 15 years of updates and added functionality, resulting in a system that addresses the needs of students, faculty, staff and university guests.
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Mississippi State Goes Wireless
To achieve their goal of keeping their students safe, Wireless Integrated Locks from Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies were installed on all 223 interior doors leading into students’ rooms.
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Diablo Valley College Goes Wireless to Integrate with Network Security
When Diablo Valley College converted an existing building to an advanced technology center, it upgraded the building’s security with wireless electronic locks that are integrated into its security network without the need for hard wiring. The Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies solution also makes it easier to install locks on additional doors quickly and inexpensively.
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University of Virginia Protects Students and Prepares for the Future with CS Gold and the AD-Series
The University of Virginia ID card is distributed to all students and staff to provide identification as well as access to a host of privileges, facilities, and convenient purchases.