Meal Plans
2012-2013 School Year
Instructions for Meal Plan sign up (Current Students)
Instructions for Meal Plan Sign Up (Accepted Students)
Dining Services Meal Exchange Policy
All students who live in traditional dormitory housing, excluding college apartments, are required to purchase a traditional meal plan. Meal plans are selected by academic status at the beginning of each semester . The meal plan entitles you to eat in the "all-you-care-to-eat" venue of the Lottie Nelson Dining Hall. Your meal plan includes flex dollars which can be used for retail purchases, or to treat family and friends.
You may select from a variety of flexible meal plans to suit your specific dining needs.
Traditional Meal Plans
The Meal Plan Agreement is a per semester contract. You will have the option to change for the spring semester (which includes J-Term) by logging into housebook and following the instructions provided.
Please see the Semester Meal Plan Agreement for more details.
***Cost is per semester***
| Meal Plan Type | Meals/Semester | Flex Dollars | Plan Cost |
First Year Students |
Without Limits Ultra (includes 10 guest meals) 210 Meals/200 Flex |
$100.00 $200.00 |
$2060.00 $2060.00 |
| Sophomore Students | Without Limits Ultra (includes 10 guest meals) 210 Meals/200 Flex |
$100.00 $200.00 |
$2060.00 $2060.00 |
| Junior & Senior Students | Without Limits Ultra (includes 10 guest meals) 210 Meals/200 Flex |
$100.00 $200.00 |
$2060.00 $2060.00 |
*** ALL STUDENTS ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENT. ACTIVATION AND/OR USE OF ANY DINING SERVICES MEAL PLAN IMPLIES AND INITIATES AGREEMENT.***
Without Limits Ultra
This plan gives student customers unlimited access to Lottie Nelson Dining Room seven days per week, 7:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. daily. Students may visit this all-you-care-to-eat establishment as often as they want throughout the day.
This plan gives students $100 in Flex Dollars that can be spent like cash at any dining facility and debit equipped vending machines on campus.
This plan includes 10 guest meals, which can be used to treat friends/family to meals in Lottie Nelson dining room.
Block Plans
These plans allow student customers more flexibility in their meal plan choices. Please note that not all plans are available to sophomore students. The Block Plans provide fixed meals which must be eaten in the Lottie Nelson dining room. These meals can be used to treat friends and family. The Flex Dollars that are issued with each plan may be used in any dining location in the same way you would use cash. There is no carry over of unused flex dollars or guest meals from semester-to-semester. Balances are cleared at the end of every semester. Flex dollars are non-transferable and non-refundable.
210 Meals/Semester
This plan gives student customers 210 Fixed Meals in the Lottie Nelson dining room and $200 Flex dollars that can be spent like cash at any dining facility or debit equipped vending machine on campus.
175 Meals/Semester
This plan gives student customers 175 Fixed Meals in the Lottie Nelson dining room and $250 Flex dollars that can be spent like cash at any dining facility or debit equipped vending machine on campus.
125 Meals/Semester
This plan gives student customers 125 Fixed Meals in the Lottie Nelson dining room and $300 Flex dollars that can be spent like cash at any dining facility or debit equipped vending machine on campus.
75 Meals/Semester
This plan gives student customers 75 Fixed Meals in the Lottie Nelson dining room and $550 Flex dollars that can be spent like cash at any dining facility or debit equipped vending machine on campus.
Meal Buy Up Plans (Block Plans Only)
These plans are available for students on block plans only in the event that additional meals are needed throughout the semester.
| Meal Plan Type | Meals/Semester | Flex Dollars | Plan Cost |
Buy Up Plans |
25 Meals 50 Meals |
N/A N/A
|
$195.00 $365.00 |
Guest Meal Prices for Lottie Nelson Breakfast .....................................$4.45
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Guest Meal Prices for Lottie Nelson Breakfast .....................................$4.65
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Cancellation / Agreement Adjustments: See the Semester Meal Plan Agreement Form. **
Apartment and Off-Campus Dining Plans
Ala Carte Plans
Students living in apartments or off-campus may purchase any of the meal plans shown above plus have the option of purchasing the ala carte plans listed below. Ala carte plans give the flexibility and convenience of eating in any of the campus locations that you choose. You use your plan just like cash on a debit card. These plans may also be used in any of the campus debit equipped vending machines.
**No flex or ala carte dollars will carry over from semester to semester. Any unused funds at the end of the academic school year will be forfeited.**
| Ala Carte Plan | Spendable Flex Dollars | Ala Carte Plan Cost |
| Gold | $1020.00 | $1000.00 |
| Silver | $760.00 | $750.00 |
| Bronze | $505.00 | $500.00 |
Ala Carte Plans:
These plans allow you the convenience of eating anywhere on campus that you choose, at any time the dining areas are open, including delivery service at the Union Cafe. You use your plan just like cash. Ala Carte dollars are non-transferable and non-refundable. No unused ala carte dollars will carry over from semester to semester. Any unused funds will be forfeited.
Commuter Plan
This plan is available to student commuters only and allows you the convenience of dining in Lottie Nelson Dining Hall and the option to use flex dollars at the retail locations on campus.
| Meal Plan Type | Meals/Semester | Flex Dollars | Plan Cost |
Commuters - Off Campus |
50 Meals/150 Flex |
$150.00 |
$725.00 |
* Traditional plans may also be purchased by apartment, off-campus and commuter students.
Philadelphia Campus plan
This plan offers a traditional dinner meal option that will be programmed on selected days during the week at the Messiah Campus. This will provide the important community-building component of our urban campus. For other meals during the week and on the weekends students will have a choice of the meal plans available to the Temple students at the agreed upon price with the meal provider Sodexo. These meals are eaten on the Temple campus either in the residential dining facility directly across Broad Street from the Messiah campus or in the retail food facilities throughout the Temple campus. More details will be made available when students get their residential information from the Philadelphia Campus. If you have further questions please feel free to contact the Philly Campus at x7400 or at (215) 684-7400.
Falcon Dollars Debit Plan
"Falcon Dollars" are a declining balance plan that works like a debit card. Simply deposit money into your "Falcon Dollars" account and you can spend it like cash at participating locations. "Falcon Dollars" can be used in the all of our Dining locations. All credit card deposits to falcon dollars should be made online at Messiah's CASHNet site. To make a deposit, log onto CASHNet at CASHNet using the PIN and password that your student has established for you. Click to make a payment, and Falcon dollars will be one of your options. Just add the deposit to your shopping cart and proceed to checkout. Deposits can also be made at at Value Transfer Stations (VTS) located in the commons of the Campus Center and outside of Lottie Nelson Dining Room, the main lobby of Grantham Hall, the main lobby of Mountain View, and the copy center in Murray Library.
If you need help, please contact the business office at (717)691-6004.
Summer Meal Plan
This plan offers students who are on campus for summer classes the option to purchase meals. The cost of this plan is $555 for 50 meals.
