BCPass is your card for easy access to campus dining, the Library, off-campus merchants and other amenities such as vending machines, photocopies and laundry services.
Your BCPass is the easy way to swipe and go! Access your accounts for:
- BCBucks – personal funds added by you or your family members
- BCFlex – meal plans for residents with campus dining services
Your BCPass card is required to access all campus services. You must register your card at bcpass.campuscardcenter.com to add funds and check your balance for BCBucks, check your balance for BCFlex and adjust your account as needed.
Location and Hours
BCPass desk (ID Center)
185 Liberty Street
Monday – Friday
9am – 5pm
bcpass@bloomfield.edu
1-888-989-3534
BCPass Account Management
You are in total control of your BCBucks account 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the BCPass Account Management Center. Registering is quick and easy! Just have your BC Pass card handy. Once you do so, you will be able to conveniently manage your accounts whenever you want. Here is a summary of what you can do:
- Account Information & Settings: View and update personal information, contact information, communications preferences, stored payment methods, and more!
- Add value: Use American Express, MasterCard or Visa to add value to your BCBucks account. Make a one-time deposit or establish an automatic recurring allowance (PDF). Create a deposit schedule that works for you and your family. Choose a dollar amount, the day of the week, and frequency of deposit and it will automatically happen. It’s a convenient budgeting tool for both students and parents! Just set up your parent as a Guest User (PDF).
- Request funds: Use this web-based tool to request funds from family and friends. It allows you to send a customized email with a convenient link so they can easily use American Express, MasterCard or Visa to add value to your BCBucks account!
- Account Activity: Enables you to review your activity for any of your BCPass accounts including recent deposits, expenditures, and your current account balance. Learn more about how to use the prepaid accounts on your BCPass card.
- Cancel BCBucks Account: If you lose your BCPass card you can protect your cash by canceling your card immediately.
Registering for online account access is quick and easy! Just have your BCPass card handy and follow the step-by-step instructions (PDF).
Using Accounts on Your BCPass Card
The BC Pass card enables students to access three separate accounts: BCBucks, BCFlex and BCBooks. Each account must be funded prior to use and has unique rules for acceptance and the rollover of funds.
- BCBucks: A pre-paid spending account designed to eliminate the need to carry cash for all students and employees to make purchases on campus. Students, parents, and/or employees must add value to BC Bucks before using it for purchases. On campus, BCBucks is accepted as a form of payment at locations around campus. For non-residential students, BCBucks is a convenient way to pay for things around campus. Value in BCBucks rolls over every semester and year, as long as you are a member of the Bloomfield College community.
- BCFlex: All registered resident students have a dining plan. Presentation of the BC Pass Card is required to access Schweitzer Cafeteria for all meals. All resident students also have a BC Flex account that allows them to purchase food at Deacon’s Den. Only resident students will see BC Flex on their account.
- BCBooks: Those students who receive financial aid to purchase books will see a BCBooks account on their BCPass card.
BCPass Identity Verification Policy
The BCPass card is the College’s official means of identification, enabling students, faculty, and staff to access essential services and facilities on campus, including dining halls, libraries, events, recreation centers, campus building access and more. As an official ID card, the BCPass card will also be accepted by Bloomfield College to verify your identification when conducting personal business with the College where personal and confidential information will be exchanged. The BCPass card is also used for monetary transactions for BC Flex, BC Bucks, and BC Books.
Bloomfield College has a responsibility to protect the identity of its students, faculty, and staff and must ensure the personal information is not shared unless appropriate identification is provided. As an institution, Bloomfield College is bound by Federal FERPA (Family Educational Rights Privacy Act) regulations that are intended to protect the privacy of students’ education records and Federal HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) regulations that are intended to protect the privacy of health records. Therefore, the identification verification process required to issuance of the BCPass ID card requires official forms of identification as outlined in this policy.
Students, Faculty and Staff who are obtaining a BC Pass ID Card for the first time must show one form of government-issued photo ID such as:
- United States issued driver’s license
- Passport (any country)
- Alien Registration Card
- State ID
- Military ID
- Non-Driver ID
Students, Faculty and Staff who require a replacement ID (i.e. damaged, lost, stolen) require the following ID:
- Receipt from Office of Student Financial Services Office showing $25 payment for the cost of the replacement BCPass ID Card; and
- One piece of government-issued photo ID such as those indicated above; or two pieces of ID from the following list:
- High School photo ID, Employer photo ID or other college photo ID
- Bloomfield College Statement of Account addressed to the home
- Official birth certificate
- Official marriage license
- Official social security card
- Credit Card
- ATM Card
- Bank statement or record
- Health or dental insurance card or prescription card
We know that protection of your identity is important to you and it is important to Bloomfield College too. Thank you for participating with us in protecting your identity.
How to Report a Lost BCPass Card
Immediately report a lost or stolen card to the BC Office of Security to file a Security Report of a lost or missing card.
Suspend your BCPass by logging into the Account Management Center or by calling the Bloomfield College BCPass Service Center at 888-989-3534, Monday through Friday between 8 am and 6 pm Eastern Time.
Replacement cards are issued at the ID Card Center located near the Information Technology Help Desk at 185 Liberty Street. A $25 fee must be paid prior to obtaining your replacement card. The fee is paid at the Office of Student Financial Services, located in Knox Hall, and a receipt is issued to you. You must present your receipt at the ID Card Center before a new card will be issued. You must also bring appropriate identification. Please refer to the BCPass Identity Verification Policy before going to the ID Card Center.
What if I find my reported lost BC Pass Card?
If you find your ID Card after it has been reported lost, you may re-activate the Campus Cash (BC Bucks) account if (i) the re-activate request is received within two days of the card being suspended and (ii) a new card has not been issued. You can re-activate Your Campus Cash account at the Account Management Center or by calling the Bloomfield College BCPass Service Center at 888-989-3534, Monday through Friday between 8 am and 6 pm Eastern Time.
Frequently Asked Questions
The BC Pass Card is the official identification (ID) card of Bloomfield College. It is issued to all members of the College Community and is required for identification and access to essential campus services such as borrowing Library books, reserving Library study rooms, screening media in the Media Center, and entrance to the dining cafeteria. The photo taken for your BC Pass card will not only be printed on your BC Pass card but will also be loaded into your electronic student (or faculty/staff) record. The BC Pass offers users the ability to add monetary funds to a convenient pre-paid account, called BCBucks, for making purchases on campus. All active students, faculty, and staff at Bloomfield College are currently eligible to receive a BC Pass Card.
All registered students and active employees are issued a BC Pass Card via the ID Card Center located near the Information Technology Help Desk at 185 Liberty Street. The hours of operation are listed above. Be sure to bring appropriate identification as indicated in the BCPass Identity Verification Policy.
Registering your BC Pass Card online will provide you with the only way to suspend your card if it is lost or stolen after school business hours and when the College is closed. Although there are safeguards against fraudulent use, users are responsible for the monetary funds placed on their BC Pass card.
If you find someone else’s card, be sure to return it to the BC Office of Security located at 225 Liberty Street, Lower Level. Attempting to use a lost and/or stolen card for any purpose is considered theft and can result in College sanctions for any user (i.e., student or employee).
Please do not punch a hole in your BC Pass Card. Because of the technology used to make the card work, it is easy to ruin the card by punching a hole or altering it in any way. We recommend using a card holder with a key hook if you want to attach to your keys.
If you damage to your card by breaking it in half, bending it, or washing it, etc. and the card no longer is functional, you will need to replace your card. Replacement cards are issued at the ID Card Center located near the Information Technology Help Desk at 185 Liberty Street. A $25 fee must be paid prior to obtaining your replacement card. The fee is paid at the Office of Student Financial Services, located in Knox Hall, and a receipt is issued to you. You must present your receipt at the ID Card Center plus appropriate identification before a new card will be issued. Refer to the BCPass Identity Verification Policy to determine what is appropriate identification.
No, your rights and privileges associated with the card are non-transferable. College personnel and off-campus vendors have been instructed to check the picture on the BC Pass card to ensure user authenticity.
Your Student ID Number is located on the front of your BC Pass Card. It is not your social security number, but a unique number that is 7 digits in length.
Your 16-digit BC Bucks number is located on the front of your BC Pass Card and uniquely identifies your prepaid spending account.
Both accounts are accessed by your BC Pass Card. All registered resident students have a dining plan. Presentation of the BC Pass Card is required to access Schweitzer Cafeteria for all meals. All resident students also have a BC Flex account that allows them to purchase food at the Liberty Street Pizza & Grill. Only resident students will see BC Flex on their account. BC Bucks is a pre-paid spending account offering a safe and convenient way for all students and employees to make purchases on and around campus. It is designed to eliminate the need to carry cash. Students, parents, and/or employees must add value to BC Bucks before using it for purchases. The value in BC Bucks rolls over from semester to semester and from year to year. This feature is open to anyone with a valid and active BC Pass card.
Students who receive financial aid to purchase books will see a BC Books account on their BC Pass Card. These funds are used at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore at Bloomfield College for course text books and educational supplies as described under the terms and conditions of the financial aid package.
BC Bucks is a cashless, prepaid spending account on your BC Pass Card that is accepted on the Bloomfield College campus. You must add value to your account before using BC Bucks to make purchases and have sufficient value available in your account to pay for each transaction. Every time you use your BC Bucks account, the amount of the transaction will be deducted from your account and you may not spend more value than you have. Unused balances roll over semester to semester and year to year.
Funds transferred by debit/credit card are available instantly. Check and money order deposits are available on the business day received. If a check is returned to us by your financial institution for insufficient funds, the deposit will be reversed from your BCBucks account and a Returned Payment/Check fee of $35 will be assessed. If the Returned Payment/Check fee creates a negative balance in your account, you will be contacted to make another payment to the account.
Currently, BC Bucks can be used at campus locations such as campus dining facilities.
BC Bucks works much like a debit or credit card. Just present your BC Card for payment to the attendant at the register. Your card will be swiped in a terminal and the transaction authorized. You will need to sign a printed receipt of the approved transaction. At self-service locations, simply insert your card in the terminal.
Go to BC Pass Cardholder Account Center online and click ‘Forgot your username or password?’ under the Login button.
Yes, it is secured via 128 Bit SSL Encryption so you can manage your account with confidence.
The Terms and Conditions outline program policies and terms of use for the BC Bucks account. They are available for review as a PDF download.
You may receive a refund of your BC Bucks account balance when you graduate, withdraw or leave Bloomfield College. Proof of withdrawal or dismissal is required. Refund requests must be submitted to the Office of Student Financial Services in writing. Please see Section 20: Account Refunds in the Terms & Conditions.
Any information that will be sent to you from Bloomfield College will be forwarded to you via your Bloomfield College e-mail account. Please check your BC e-mail account on a frequent basis.
You can call the Bloomfield College BCPass Service Center, Monday through Friday between 8 am and 6 pm Eastern Time at 888-989-3534 or e-mail your question to bcpass@bloomfield.edu