All residential students are provided a meal plan as part of "room and board" costs. Food service is directed by Sodexo in the Corner Café dining hall and the Hive. The dining hall is open during the Fall Break and on Thanksgiving weekend, but is closed during the Christmas vacation, Spring Break, and between semesters.
- Corner Café
- The Hive & Common Grounds
- Meal Plan Options
The Corner Café dining hall offers an "All You Care to Eat" format, which allows students to pick and choose what they want to eat for each meal. Multiple stations are set up throughout the serving area, including hot entrees, grill items, international dishes, deli favorites, salad bar and desserts.
The Simple Servings station provides safe and appetizing food choices for those with food allergies, gluten intolerance, and those who prefer simple food. All foods served at this station are prepared with ingredients that do not contain milk, eggs, wheat, soy, shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, or gluten. The station uses separate equipment, utensils, preparation areas, and storage areas to minimize the potential of allergens or gluten in our Simple Servings foods. The menu rotates daily and includes a variety of proteins such as chicken, beef, and lentils, vegetables like broccoli, carrots, and green beans, and starches including rice, potato, and quinoa.
HOURS OF OPERATION
The Corner Cafe is pleased to serve the campus community by offering continuous dining. Meals are available any time during operating hours:
- Monday-Friday 7:30am - 8:00pm
- Weekends 11:30am - 7:00pm
The Hive, located in the Allen Family Student Center, offers an à la carte dining format, which will allow students to select what, how much, and when they choose to eat. Service options include: Grab-n-Go offerings of salads, sandwiches, and the like; new and rotating food concept options such as Fry Factory, a Gourmet Burger Concept, Taqueria, and Pasta Stations; and campus favorites such as brick oven pizza, a grill, and frozen dessert options. Students may also choose from a full array of fine coffee, espresso, tea and more complimented by fresh pastries, cookies, bars and bottled and fountain drinks.
HOURS OF OPERATION
- Monday-Thursday: 6:30am-9:00pm
- Friday: 6:30am-7:00pm
- Weekends: Closed
There are three primary meal plan options to serve the needs of our students. "Meals" can be used at the "all you care to eat" Corner Cafe and for specific exchange meals at the Hive (a quick service, a la carte dining option). "Flex Money" can be used in the Hive or the Cafe if needed there. The first three plans provide roughly equivalent levels of plans with varying flexibility. The Block plan provides the opportunity to use more than one meal per meal period. Each of these plans are the same cost.
- Cafe19 - 19 meals per week + $75 Flex for the semester
- Flex15 - 15 meals per week + $250 Flex for the semester
- Flex10 - 10 meals per week + $500 Flex for the semester
For students with special food needs (food allergies, etc.) the Sodexo staff is happy to help them find the right food choices for their dietary needs.
For more information on food services, please see the Student Handbook.
