Meal Plans for the 2008-2009 School Year
Instructions for Meal Plan sign up (Current Students)
Instructions for Meal Plan Sign Up (Accepted Students)
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 the semester the meal plan is being purchased for. 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 and guest meals 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
Meal Plan Agreement is for the Academic School Year
Cost is per semester
| Meal Plan Type | Meals/Semester | Flex Dollars | Plan Cost | Guest Meals |
First Year Students
|
Without Limits Ultra 210 Meals/200 Flex |
$100.00 $200.00
|
$1795.00 $1795.00 |
10
|
| Sophomore Students | Without Limits Ultra 210 Meals/200 Flex |
$100.00 $200.00 |
$1795.00 $1795.00 |
10
|
| Junior & Senior Students |
Without Limits Ultra 210 Meals/200 Flex |
$100.00 $200.00 |
$1795.00 $1795.00 |
10
|
* 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 sophomore, junior and senior student customers more flexibility in their meal plan choices. Please note that not all plans are available to sophomore students. The 175 plan and 210 plan provide fixed meals which can be eaten in the Lottie Nelson dining room. The 75 and 125 plans will provide fixed meals which can be used in any increment, but must be used in the Lottie Nelson dining room. These fixed or block 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. Flex dollars and block meals do not carry over from semester to semester.
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.
For this academic year, 2008-2009, 1st year students will be entitled to choose the Without Limits Ultra or 210/200 meal plan. Sophomore students will also have the option to also choose the 175/250 Block plan. Juniors and Seniors will have the same options plus the 125/300 Block plan or the 75/550 Block plan. 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.
* To better facilitate use of traditional plans by sophomores, juniors and seniors, these meals can be used to bring friends and family to your meal as guests (Lottie Nelson Dining Room Only). The only parameter is that the meal cardholder must accompany the guests and eat the meal with them.
Meal Buy Up Plans (Block Plans Only)
These plans are available for students on block plans in the event that additional meals are needed throughout the semester.
| Meal Plan Type | Meals/Semester | Flex Dollars | Plan Cost | Guest Meals |
Buy Up Plans
|
25 Meals 50 Meals |
N/A N/A
|
$165.00 $320.00 |
|
Guest Meal Prices for Lottie Nelson Continental Breakfast ..............$2.90 |
Cancellation: See the annual meal plan agreement.
Exemptions/considerations are:
- Medical -- Doctor certification of condition that cannot be accomodated by Dining Services
- Student teaching -- Requires notification from academic advisor
- Full-time internship -- Requires notification from academic advisor and away for 3+ full business days per week
Apartment and Off-Campus Dining Plans
A la 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 a la carte plans listed below. A la 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.
| A la Carte Plan | Spendable Flex Dollars | A la Carte Plan Cost |
| Gold | $1020.00 | $1000.00 |
| Silver | $760.00 | $750.00 |
| Bronze | $505.00 | $500.00 |
A la Carte Plans:
These plans allow you the convenience of eating anywhere on campus that you choose, at any time the retail 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.
Commuter Plan
This plan is available to student commuters 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 | Guest Meals |
Commuters - Off Campus
|
50 Meals/150 Flex
|
$150.00
|
$635.00
|
N/A
|
* 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 Sudexo. 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 Lottie Nelson Dining Room; Falcon Express; C-Store; Union Cafe; selected campus vending machines; College Bookstore; copier use in the Murray Library, Campus Center, Frey Hall; Falcon Telephone Services (to pay your phone bill); and campus laundry locations. The "Falcon Dollars" plan is offered to all campus customers, including students, administrators, faculty, and staff. An initial deposit to your "Falcon Dollars" account is all you need to be on your way to flexibility. Deposits can be made at the Business Office window, the Meal Plan & ID Office (located outside the main dining room) and 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. Once an account is open, additional deposits can be made at any time. There are no transfers of Flex dollars or Ala Carte dollars to Falcon dollar accounts and Falcon dollars may not be transferred to Flex or ala Carte dollar accounts.
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 $470.00 for 50 meals.
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