Ohio Dominican College students use the Panther Card to buy books, pay for meals, make copies, access campus information, open doors, or print a term paper.

Electronic commerce is coming of age. Soon, industry and government will electronically deliver a wide range of products and services to the public, confident that the transactions are safe and secure. With our state-of-the-art technological capabilities, innovative staff, and extensive project-management experience, Battelle is a key player in smart card systems, the technology of choice of pioneers in electronic commerce. Smart card systems, with embedded microprocessor technology, offer the high level of security critical to successful digital transaction systems. In addition, smart card systems cut across various industries with multiple-function capabilities. In 1996, Battelle, Sallie Mae, and The Huntington National Bank formed CyberMark, a for-profit company that will produce and market stored value cards and systems based on technology developed at Battelle. With an estimated market in the multibillions of dollars, the new venture's goal is to move information products quickly to the marketplace and provide leading-edge electronic commerce systems. In September 1996, CyberMark and Battelle engineers implemented a multifunctional smart card system at the Ohio Dominican College, an 1,800-student liberal arts college located in Columbus, Ohio.

Huntington Bancshares Executive Vice President Gerald Williams, Ohio Dominican College President Sister Mary Andrew Matesich, Battelle's Richard Darwin, and CyberMark Chairman and CEO James Graham meet at Ohio Dominican to discuss the success of their alliance, which produced a smart card system. The smart card system represents a vast network of merchandising opportunities.