Summer Meal Plan

All traditional undergraduate students in summer housing are required to enroll in the summer meal plan. Ada Comstock Scholars and graduate students may request access to the meal plan at the room and board rate listed or may opt out of the meal plan option.

What’s Included?

Meals are provided Monday through Friday (holidays and weekends excluded).

Breakfast & Lunch

Dining dollars can be used for breakfast and lunch at the Campus Center (CC) Café*. There is a weekly Dining Dollars allotment, and it must be used within the week (no rollover)—leftover Dining Dollars can be used to purchase grab and go sandwiches and snacks for the weekend. Gluten-free bread, vegan protein alternatives, and halal meats are available.

A variety of delicious options are offered, including:

Breakfast

Egg sandwiches, breakfast burrito, ham and cheddar croissant melt, French toast sticks, muffins, fresh fruit salad, cereal cups, and vegan alternatives.

Lunch

Salads with choose-your-own meat or plant-based protein, pizza, items from the deli (build your own grilled cheese, wraps, quesadillas, etc.) and options from the grill like burgers, hot dogs, and chicken tenders.

Dinner

Buffet-style at a residential dining location.*

*Dining locations are subject to change.

Requesting a Summer Meal Plan Exemption

Undergraduate students will be considered for an exemption only if the summer meal plan does not meed the student’s need for the following reasons:

Medical needs: Contact the Accessibility Resource Center
Dining plan is unable to meet the student’s nutrition needs (for example, due to vegan or religious diet): Contact the manager of nutrition services

Important notes: Residence Life cannot grant exemptions. Exemptions are not granted based on financial need. Requests for non-medical reasons cannot be approved after May 15.

Important Deadlines

For your bill to be adjusted, requests must be received by the ARC or the manager of nutrition services no later than May 1 to allow for time to complete the process prior to the May 15 deadline.

After May 1, requests received:

will only be considered for future housing blocks
must be related to a medical need
must be processed through ARC

Frequently Asked Questions

I follow a vegan or halal diet. Will I have anything to eat?
Vegan diet:

Breakfast: Just Egg sandwich, Just Egg breakfast burrito, bagel, egg-free French toast sticks, cereal, fresh fruit cup, meatless breakfast patty, etc.
Lunch: salad with the option of adding a vegan protein source (roasted chickpeas, tofu, hummus), falafel balls, vegan grilled cheese, Beyond burgers (option of vegan cheese), fries, etc.
Dinner: a vegan protein option is also available at the residential dining location at dinner.

Halal diet:

Cheese and chicken quesadilla, chicken salad sandwich, grilled chicken wrap, and a variety of vegan and vegetarian options are available at lunch. There are also halal options at the residential dining location at dinner.

If you do not feel that the options available will meet your needs, please contact the manager of nutrition services as soon as possible to determine in a meal plan exemption or dining accommodation is right for you. Requests for non-medical reasons received after May 1 cannot be considered for an exemption.

I have a food allergy/celiac disease. Will the meal plan meet my needs?
Contact ARC to discuss if a meal plan exemption is appropriate for you.

Food allergies: While we make every effort to avoid allergen cross-contact, there is the potential for cross-contact with other allergen-containing food items at the Campus Center.
Celiac: Dining Services cannot guarantee avoidance of cross-contact with gluten. If a student has a gluten sensitivity and cannot tolerate cross-contact with gluten, the Campus Center does offer gluten-free food options.

Can I be exempt from the meal plan for financial reasons?
Meal plan exemptions will not be granted based on financial need.