TowerCard - The official ID for UW-La Crosse!

You will need to go to the TowerCard Office at 223 Cartwright to start the process for ordering your ID.  We will need you to bring with you your Driver's License, Passport or some other form of a Government issued ID.  TowerCards are provided to registered students and also our Faculty/Staff here at UW-L. This ID serves as your official UW-La Crosse form of identification. For students, this card will be valid any term you are enrolled. You do not receive a new ID every year so don't throw it away.  You may be requested to present your ID to University officials, so having an official  ID is mandatory.

   What is the TowerCard?

       The TowerCard provides numerous benefits, both to the university and to you.

• Your Official Student ID -- There are many uses with your ID.  A few examples uses are; access to residence halls if living on campus, other buildings, dining services, laundry and vending if you add money to your Tower Tender Acct.

• Tower Tender -- Campus Cash -- Use the cash you deposit either on-line or at the TowerCard/Meal Plan Office to do laundry, retrieve items from select vending machines on campus, meals, the Bookstore, and more.  (Campus Use Only)  

• OneAccount -- Optional Master Card Debit Account -- If you choose to open a OneAccount, you can use your ID card as a debit card off campus wherever MasterCard is accepted.  See below for more information on the Tower OneAccount.

• Financial Aid Change Checks -- HigherOne, the vendor for the OneAccount, will distribute financial aid change checks to you.  You can choose to have the funds deposited to a free OneAccount checking account, transferred to another bank account, or have a paper check mailed to you.  You can learn more about what's changing with financial aid change checks on this Web site.

    Which Account do I deposit money into?  There's a difference!!

MasterCard Debit Option	Cash for Campus
Debit Account Options Free, no minimum checking Use anywhere MC is accepted Use designated ATM machines    on campus to get fast cash Request friends and family to    send money to your OneAccount	Campus Cash Options Use for LAUNDRY, vending machines, and copy machines Purchase food at any UW-L dining services area on campus Buy things from the bookstore NO ACCOUNT TO OPEN - you already have the privilege on    your ID - just simply deposit money on it