Fall 2023 Frequently Asked Questions
Meal Plan Options 2023-2024:
All-Access & Meals Per Week Options:
All-Access Plan with 200 Flex Points
--First Year students are required to take this meal plan.
--14 meal exchange for use in retail locations available per week (Friday-Thursday)
--Grants full access to the Restaurants at Ben Franklin (Dining Hall) during normal operating hours
--Available to Sophomores, Juniors, & Seniors living on and off campus
Price: $3,177 per semester/$6,354 per year
15 Meals Per Week with 275 Flex Points
--Sophomores are required to take this plan- May upgrade to the All-Access Plan
--Required for Juniors & Seniors living on-campus- May upgrade to the All-Access Plan
--10 meal exchange for use in retail locations available per week (Friday-Thursday)
--Available to Juniors & Seniors living off-campus
Price: $3,114 per semester/$6,228 per year
10 Meals Per Week with 300 Flex Points
--Required for Sophomores living in a theme house with a kitchen.
--10 meal exchange for use in retail locations available per week (Friday-Thursday)
--Available to Juniors & Seniors living off-campus
Price: $2,833 per semester/$5,666 per year
Block Plans:
100 Meal Block Plan with 230 Flex Points
--Available to Juniors & Seniors living off-campus
--10 meal exchange for use in retail locations available per week (Friday-Thursday)
Price: $1,987 per semester/$3,974 per year
75 Meal Block Plan with 320 Flex Points
--Available to Juniors & Seniors living off-campus
--10 meal exchange for use in retail locations available per week (Friday-Thursday)
Price: $1,702 per semester/$3,404 per year
First Year and Sophomore students are required to purchase a meal plan unless they are commuting students. See above for the meal plans that are available to First Years and Sophomores. Please contact College House Administration to determine if a student is considered a commuter.
A meal plan is required for students living in traditional college residence halls. Juniors & Seniors in Roschel apartments are exempt.
If would like to purchase a meal plan or if you would like to make a change to the plan you have already selected, please contact the Housing Office.
If you are having issues with your current meal plan and need assistance, please see card services in Steinman College Center or contact Chelsea Sabol.
2023-2024 Rechargeable Meal Plan Options:
The dining hall in the front of house is not recycling nor composting, but we are composting food waste in the back of the house during food preparation. Diplomat Dining is working diligently with the college to compost as much as possible to decrease our carbon footprint and be in line with both the college and Sodexo's sustainability initiatives.
We do offer reusable to-go containers in the dining hall for those taking their meals to go ONLY.
If you plan on eating your meal inside the dining hall, we request that you use the plates, glasses, and silverware in the dining hall facility and only utilize to-go containers if you are grabbing your meal and immediately leaving.
To help better facilitate composting and sustainability initiatives moving forward, reusable containers will be available for students to purchase for $10 at the register. These containers will be replaced free of charge only if a student returns their previous container rinsed of all food residue to the dining hall and placed in the dish bins of the dish room.
Students who do not return containers, return them unrinsed, or with old food in the containers will not be allowed to purchase a new container and can result in the program being discontinued.