Card Services
Public Safety Building, 580 Snake Road
Card Services issues and manages BUID cards for students, faculty, staff and friends of the University. Your BUID is one card that lets you accomplish many common tasks of campus life: It's your key to your residence hall, your ticket to free events and the way you pay for meals on your meal plan. You can also use it check out materials from the library, do your laundry and even shop in downtown Lewisburg. Please contact us if you have any issues with your card or need a replacement.
How You Can Use Your BUID
Meal Plan Purchases
Your BUID can be used to either "swipe in" at Bostwick Marketplace, or to purchase à la carte food from other venues with Dining Dollars or Plus Dollars. Simply hand the cashier your BUID card to have your meal account debited.
Learn more about meal plan options
Campus Dollars and Plus Dollars Purchases
Your Campus Dollars account is a prepaid flexible spending account that turns your BUID into a debit card. Simply deposit money into a special account linked to your BUID card, and then you can use your card on campus and off to pay for laundry, groceries, dining and golf course expenses. Campus Dollars are refundable, any remaining balance will be applied to your student billing account when you graduate or if you separate from the University.
You can use Campus Dollars on campus at:
- All dining venues
- All laundry facilities
- Many beverage machines
- Copiers
- Bucknell Golf Club
- Student tables in the ELC Mall
Local merchants that accept Campus Dollars include:
- Amami
- Applebee's
- Barnes & Noble at Bucknell University Bookstore
- Bucknell Golf Club
- The Campus Theatre
- CVS at Penn House Commons
- Giant Food Store
- Moe's Southwest Grill
- Pizza Phi
- Sheetz
- Weis Markets
Your Plus Dollars account is a prepaid flexible spending account for dining purchases both on campus and at participating off-campus eateries. Plus Dollars are included in the purchase of certain meal plans. Plus Dollars are non-refundable. Any Plus Dollars remaining on your account will carry over from the fall to the spring semester but will expire at the end of the academic year
Local merchants that accept Plus Dollars include:
- Amami
- Applebee's
- Bucknell Golf Club
- CVS at Penn House Commons
- Giant Food Store
- Moe's Southwest Grill
- Pizza Phi
- Sheetz
- Weis Markets
Copier Access
There are multiple locations on campus available for copying and printing. Black and white copies are available at no charge for student and departmental work. The cost for color copies or prints is 25 cents per page when using Campus Dollars.
Faculty and staff can make personal copies or prints using their Campus Dollars account. For more information, contact:
Publications, Print & Mail
570-577-3757
Charges to Your B-Bill Account
You can also charge expenses to your B-Bill account at campus locations including the Campus Box Office, the Office of Publications, Print & Mail, the 7th Street Studio, the Barnes & Noble at Bucknell University bookstore and many other venues.
Questions About Your BUID
For questions about your card and replacements:
Card Services
580 Snake Road
570-577-1953
cardservices@bucknell.edu
For questions about Dining Dollars, Campus Dollars, Plus Dollars and BUID card charging privileges:
Bursar Services
108 Marts Hall
570-577-3733
bursar@bucknell.edu
For information about merchant participation:
Lori Wilson, executive director, business services
lwilson@bucknell.edu