What is a Vandal Card?
Your Vandal Card is your lifeline to campus. This card is your student ID, access to the hall or building where you live, meal ticket, library card, access to the Student Recreation Center and your ticket into sporting events. It also can be used as a debit card, and can be used at the bookstore, vending and laundry machines. Your flex dollars on your meal plan are placed on your Vandal Card, and you can use them to purchase food at all Campus Dining locations on campus, but your flex dollars (part of your meal plan) cannot be used on the vending machines, at the bookstore, the copy machines at the library or for laundry. You can add “Vandal Bucks” to your Vandal card for these types of purchases, and often you get a discount when you use your “Vandal Bucks.” For example, at the Bookstore you get a 5% discount on used textbooks when you use your Vandal Card, and you get a 20% discount on your laundry at University Housing when you use your Vandal Card, so instead of 50 cents for a wash
Your Vandal Card is your student ID card, and it can be very useful. Here’s what you can get with it: • Access to the University of Idaho Library • Access to athletic events (for students with 8 or more credits) • Access to ASUI productions • Access to discounts from Coeur d’Alene area merchants including: Riverstone 14 and Hayden Cinema 6 movie theaters, Senor Froggy’s restaurant, Schweitzer Ski Resort, Purcell Stoddard Moving company, etc. Please contact area merchants directly for discount information. The Vandal Card also can be used as a debit card at the University of Idaho Bookstore (5% discount on used books). Vandal Card deposits can be made online. Account balances roll forward each semester. Account withdrawals are only permitted at the end of the academic term or earlier if the cardholder ceases to be affiliated with the university. To get your Vandal Card, stop by our office during our regular business hours (Fall/Spring 8:00 – 5:00; Summer 7:30 – 4:30). The Vandal Card is
