Meal Plans

Dining Procedures

One of our main goals is to provide a pleasant, clean, comfortable and satisfying dining experience. In order to meet this goal, we ask for your assistance with the following procedures:

Please bus your tray and disposables from your table when you have finished dining
Please refrain from taking food, dishes or utensils from the dining area.
Remember that Meal Cards are non-transferable. Meal cards cannot be used by anyone but the purchaser.

SECONDS POLICY

You never have to be too shy to ask for seconds with our Campus Dining Program. Our generous policy allows for a second helping of many menu favorites. All you have to do is ask! Please note, however, that Upper Class Dining Hall and West Dining Hall are an all you care to eat facility and we ask that food is not taken out of the dining hall.

DIETARY NEEDS

Do you have particular dietary needs? No problem! Our Campus Dining Services Program can accommodate your special dietary requirements. For more information, please contact Callie Stacey at staceyc@union.edu

In order to meet your campus dining needs, we have designed the following meal plans for the 2011-2012 academic year. If you need to purchase a meal plan, or if you would like to make a change to the plan you have already selected, simply contact us at udining@union.edu or drop into the Dining Services Office in Reamer 202 weekdays.

There is an old joke that accurately captures the "you can't please everyone" dilemma. Two disgruntled diners are commenting on a restaurant meal and one says to the other, "This food is terrible!" The other responds, "Yes, and the portions are too small." In contrast, Union students on the meal plan are generally very satisfied with the quality, selection and amount of food available.

All students living in campus housing are required to be on a meal plan; the meal plan is optional for all students living off campus or commuting. All Freshmen are required to be on the Freshmen 19 Plan for their first term, after which they may choose either the Freshman 15, Freshman 12 or Freshman 10 Plans. All meal plans can be changed during the first week of each term.

MEAL PLAN SELECTIONS

Freshmen 19 - Any 19 meals per week, includes $125 in declining balance.
Freshman 15 - Any 15 meals per week, includes $200 in declining balance (after 1st Term).
Freshman 12 - Any 12 meals per week, includes $235 in declining balance (after 1st Term).
Freshman 10 - Any 10 meals per week, includes $265 in declining balance (after 1st Term).
Upperclass 19 - Any 19 meals per week, includes $125 in declining balance.
Upperclass 15 - Any 15 meals per week, includes $200 in declining balance.
Upperclass 12 - Any 12 meals per week, includes $235 in declining balance.
Upperclass 10 - Any 10 meals per week, includes $265 in declining balance.
Upperclass 7 - Any 7 meals per week, includes $300 in declining balance.
Upperclass 5 - Any 5 meals per week, includes $325 in declining balance.

Upperclassmen living off campus may go on a Non-Resident plan which provides $200 in declining balance. Please stop into Reamer 202 and fill out a contract.

All of the above meal plans may be used at any dining facility, the Bookstore's Convenience Store, or in the soda and snack vending machines.

Click here for a Chart with info on our Mealplans

Meal Equivalency
The Upperclass 19, 15, 12, 10, 7 and 5 meal plans require that at least three meals be eaten in a Resident Dining Hall (ALL Freshmen receive only 2 meal equivalencies). The remaining balance may be used as meal equivalencies in the Rathskellar, with the value based on the meal plan level. A meal from the 19 Meal Plan is worth $3.15, a meal from the 15 Meal Plan is worth $3.50, from 12 Meal Plan is worth $3.75 and a meal from the 10 Meal Plan is worth $4.00. Meals from the 7 mealplan are worth $5.00 and from the 5 are worth $5.50.

Guest Meals
All On-Campus Student Mealplans include 4 Guest Meals per Term.

Replacing Lost Student ID Cards
The Campus Safety Office issues all meal cards and replacement cards. You must present you card to gain access to resident dining facilities, or to purchase items in our retail operations. You may also use the card to purchase items from numerous vending machines on campus. Never lend your card or leave it where it might be picked up and used by someone else. Protect yourself by taking care of your card as you would cash or credit cards, and reporting it's loss immediately to the Campus Safety Office. Your card, the services it entitles you to, and the food you receive from its use are non-transferable.

Changing Meal Plans
Any changes to the level of your meal plan must be made in the first week of the trimester. Please come to Room 202 in the Reamer Campus Center to fill out a mealplan contract or download here: Mealplan Contract.

Adding Cash to Declining Balance
You may increase the amount of money in your Declining Balance account at any time by simply stopping into our office, Reamer #202, and filling out a form. Your balance will carry over from the fall and winter to the spring term. However, all funds must be used by the end of June, or the balance will be forfeited.