Dining Services - Meal Plans

• Option from three (3) meal pans
  
  • 10-meal plan (weekend option)--any ten meals from Monday breakfast through Friday dinner with a weekend option (available at a higher rate than above plan).
    
  • 15-meal plan--any fifteen meals from Sunday continental breakfast through Saturday dinner.
    
  • 19-meal plan--all regular meals served from Sunday continental breakfast through Saturday dinner.
    
• Three meals served daily, Monday through Friday. Two meals are served on Saturday, brunch from 11:30am until 1:00pm and the evening meal. Two meals are served on Sunday, brunch from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and evening transfer from 5:00 to 9:00 pm.
  
• Special meals, "monotony breakers," are scheduled throughout the year. A holiday dinner, luaus or a picnic is offered at least once a month. A "steak night" meal is offered once a month. At least six (6) meals featuring a smorgasbord, will be offered during the academic year in lieu of the normal evening meal.
  
• Unlimited servings will be available for all food and beverage except the premium entrees; however, food must be consumed in the dining room.
  
• Guests are welcome to dine with students and may pay at the door. Students without a meal plan have the same opportunity. No one will be allowed in the dining room without a valid ID card or without having paid the guest meal price.
  
• Meal plans begin with Tuesday breakfast for all students living in the residence hall who are not taking part in the Freshman Orientation program. When recesses occur during the term, the last meal before the break is the noon lunch on the last day of classes (if recess begins when classes are over Thursday, the last meal will be the noon lunch on Thursday). The first meal following the recess is breakfast on the day students return to class. The last meal during a semester is the noon lunch on the day of final class meetings. Exception: The regular meal schedule is followed during Labor Day recess.
  
• Meal plan options may be used ONLY by the person to whom they are issued.
  
• A Food Court area is operated in the lower level of the Student Center and features delicatessen items, pizza, light lunches, and Taco Bell Express.
  
• A Food Service Committee composed of students meets regularly with food service staff to discuss the food, plan special meals, and to make recommendations.
  
• Why the difference in cost between the different meal plans? Meal plan costs are based on the percentage of possible meals actually eaten. Students on a ten meal plan actually eat about 100% of the possible meals; a similar ratio appears for students on the 15-meal plan. However, students on a 19-meal plan actually eat about 16 meals per week. Again this is the reason that students may not let non-participants use their meal tickets when they cannot eat a meal.

We are not recommending one plan over another. The reason for selecting a plan may need to be based upon the minimum cost rather than the economical approach. We want the students to understand the Food Service Program before selecting a meal plan.

Selecting Your Meal Plan and Obtaining Meal Tickets
Students will select a meal plan when registering for the semester. There is an opportunity to change from one meal plan to another prior to the fourth day of the term.

he students will be charged the semester rate for the meal plan they had as of this date. STUDENTS MAY NOT CHANGE MEAL PLANS DURING THE SEMESTER.