Accounts
Bison One Card Accounts
The Bison One Card features several accounts. All cardholders have access to the Bison Bucks account. Please review the list below of each account.
Accounts accessible with your Bison One Card
Meals & Dining Dollars
Meals and Dining Dollars are accessible by Students who have a dining plan.
Meals can be used at the Blackburn Café and the Bethune Annex Café.
Dining Dollars can be used at HU Campus Dining locations, click here for more information.
Please login to Bison One Card Portal to view your Dining Plan (which is identified as a Board Plan).
Bison Bucks
Students, faculty and staff may load Bison Bucks to their Bison One Card and use the card like a declining balance debit card at various locations.
Bison Bucks are loadable funds available via your Bison One Card (not part of the student Dining Plans). Students, faculty and staff may load Bison Bucks to their Bison One Card to use like a debit card at various locations.
Summer program participants and summer stay guests can receive a Bison One Card and use Bison Bucks. At the end of your summer program or stay, your Bison Bucks will be disabled, and any unused Bison Bucks will be forfeited and or non-refundable. For more information regarding Summer Program use of the BisonCard, contact the Bison One Card Office.
Note: Discover, MasterCard, Visa, and American Express cards are the only acceptable methods of payment.
How to add funds to Bison Bucks:
1. Login to the Bison One Card Portal or use the Atrium Campus App.
2. Click on Make a Bison Bucks Deposit on the left side of the screen.
3. Choose amount to be deposited.
4. Continue to Payment.
5. You will be redirected to a secure payment processor to complete the transaction.
Click here to login to the Bison One Card Portal
Guest Deposit
Guests can add funds directly to a Bison Bucks account.
Note: Discover, MasterCard, Visa, and American Express cards are the only acceptable methods of payment.
How can a parent, relative or friend make a deposit into your Bison Bucks account?
1. You must grant guest access to deposit funds into your account.
2. Login to the Bison One Card Portal
3. Click Personalize / Grant Guest Access.
4. Click "Add" to add your guest. You can have maximum 10 guest.
5. Provide the guest's email and select the permission(s) you want them to have (*Guest
Access)
Bison Bucks Accepted Here
When shopping off-campus, look for the “Bison Bucks Accepted Here” sign.
Laundry Points
Resident students* receive an allocation of laundry points for each semester. Laundry points is a stored value account. If you use all laundry points provided before the end of the semester, you will have to use your Bison Bucks to pay for laundry services. You can add money to your Bison Bucks account with a credit card by logging into the Bison One Card Portal and clicking on Make a Bison Bucks Deposit.
Students must use the Speed Queen app to access the laundry machines.
Mobile Apps | Office of Auxiliary Enterprises (howard.edu)
Each residence hall has a laundry room, for the purposes of washing and drying clothes.
Resident students who live in these residence halls will receive Laundry Points:
- Axis
- Bethune Annex
- College Hall South
- College Hall North
- Cook Hall
- Drew Hall
- Tubman Quad
- Baldwin
- Crandall
- Frazier
- Truth
- Wheatley
Athletic Book Voucher
Student athletes with a book scholarship can make purchases at the Howard University Bookstore with your Athletic Book Voucher account.
Your Athletic Book Voucher account is accessible via your Bison One Card.
The Bison One Card Office and Athletics coordinate the deposit of funds into Athletic Book Voucher accounts.
Note: Student athletes are provided designated date(s) and time(s) for the purchase of books with their Athletic Book Voucher account.
Dental Book Voucher
Dentistry students can make their dentistry books and instruments purchases at the Howard University Bookstore with your Dental Book Voucher account.
Your Dental Book Voucher account is accessible via your Bison One Card.
The Bison One Card Office and Dentistry coordinate the deposit of funds into Dental Book Voucher accounts.
Note: Dentistry students are provided a designated date(s) and time(s) for the purchase of dentistry books and instruments with their Dental Book Voucher account.
HUH Function
HUH Function is a stored value account which the Howard University Hospital manages.
For more information, please visit the HUH cafeteria on the 2nd floor of the Hospital.