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General Information


Using the Brown Card Value Center (CVC)


Please Note: CVC machines do not accept change, dispense cash or interface with bank ATM or credit cards.

View the Vending Stripe (Card) Balance
  • Press any of the red buttons at the top of the CVC to activate the CVC.
  • Select 'VIEW CARD BALANCE'
  • Insert your Brown Card face up and face first into the CVC.
  • The display will show your vending account balance.

View Your Declining Balance (Account) Balance
  • Press any of the red buttons at the top of the CVC to activate the CVC.
  • Select 'MORE OPTIONS'
  • Swipe Brown Card through the vertical swipe on the CVC with the wide magnetic stripe to the right.
  • The display will show your declining balance account balance.

Add Value to the Vending Account With Cash
  • Press any of the red buttons at the top of the CVC to activate the CVC.
  • Select 'ADD TO CARD'
  • Select 'WITH CASH'
  • Insert your Brown Card face up; face first into the CVC.
  • Insert any combination of bills into bill acceptor to increase vending value to a maximum of $50.00.
  • The CVC will ask if you require a receipt. ALWAYS accept the receipt of your transaction.

Add Value to the Vending Account From Your Declining Balance Account
  • Press any of the red Buttons at the top of the CVC to activate the CVC.
  • Select 'ADD TO CARD'
  • Select 'FROM ACCOUNT'
  • Swipe card through the vertical swipe on the CVC with the wide magnetic stripe to the right.
  • Insert your Brown Card face up; face first into the CVC.
  • The display will first show the VENDING account value presently on your card.
  • Then the display will show an open screen reading $000.00
  • Enter the amount you wish to transfer from your declining balance account to your vending stripe. (Maximum $20.00 per day to a total of $50.00 on the card)
  • The CVC will ask if you require a receipt. ALWAYS accept the receipt of your transaction.

Purchase a Vending Card With Cash ($1.00 for non-Brown card holders)
  • Press any of the red buttons at the top of the CVC to activate the CVC.
  • Select 'PURCHASE CARD'
  • Insert $1.00 into bill acceptor
  • Remove card from card dispenser

Add Value to the Declining Balance Account

Adding value to a declining balance account may only be done at the Cashier's Office located on the second floor of the Brown Office Building at 164 Angell Street or by mail to: Brown University Cashier's Office, Box 1911, Providence, RI 02912. You cannot add value to the declining balance account at a CVC machine.


CVC Locations

Emery Dorm, Brown Bookstore Lobby, Faunce House, Bears Lair, Sciences Library (2), Rockerfeller Library (2), and Bio Med Building

Please remember to safeguard your Brown Card and save your receipts.