Dining and Catering Services
As part of your group's meal plan, your conference attendees will enjoy UNL's exemplary dining program in one of our four dining centers. Meals are buffet style and all you care to eat complimented by an abundant salad bar, sandwich station, and bakery-fresh desserts. If you would like to incorporate special catered meals in to your program, our professional catering team is at your service. You can choose from a wide variety of menu options to fit any budget, including themed buffets and working lunches to elegant hors d'oeuvres, receptions, or formal banquets.
Dining Halls
Our comfortable and air-conditioned dining halls are located in each of the residence hall complexes and are in easy walking distance of both campus facilities and downtown attractions. Recent renovations in Harper and Selleck dining centers include market-style dining and display cooking, expanded seating, and contemporary design.
Harper Dining Center |
CPN Dining Center |
Selleck Dining Center |
Abel/Sandoz Dining Center |
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Dining Services Policies
Meal Service - Group meal service begins with breakfast on Monday, May 17, 2010 and ends with lunch on Thursday, August 12, 2010. Each group will be assigned a dining hall based on the number of people in the group and the number of other people eating at the dining halls during the group's stay. All dining services will be closed from May 29-31 and will offer limited service July 3-5.
Meal Tag - A meal tag will be issued upon group check-in. Guests must present their meal tag to be scanned whenever they enter the dining hall. If a meal tag is lost, guests should go to the check stand of their assigned dining hall for a replacement tag.
Commuter Meal Package - A commuter meal package can be provided to nonresidential guests who you would like to eat meals in the dining service with residential guests. We can design specific commuter meal packages to meet your group needs (i.e. a daily "breakfast/lunch" package, "lunch/dinner" package, or a "lunch only" package). To maintain a high level of service, nonresidential participants are not able to purchase individual meals in the dining halls.
VIP Meal Passes - We offer VIP meal passes for a single meal for a special guest (presenter, keynote speaker, visiting coach, etc.). Groups can request a maximum of 20 VIP meal passes per week. Groups will be billed for the number of VIP meal passes used. VIP meal passes cannot be used by participants or for eating meals on a regular basis, only special guests.
Meal Exemption - A meal exemption from University Dining Service can be selected for any one meal per week. Meal exemptions must be arranged at least 10 business days prior to the requested date. All other meals will be billed at the guarantee number or actually number, whichever is greater.
Removing Food from Dining Center - Only ice cream cones and beverage containers (16 oz. or less) can be taken out of the dining hall.
Valentino's Pizza Party - A Valentino's pizza party is available as a direct substitute for any lunch or dinner at the same cost as a regular cafeteria meal. A pizza party lunch includes an assortment of single-topping pizzas, assorted sodas and your choice of one of the following: salad, garlic breadsticks, or cinnamon breadsticks. The pizza party dinner comes with your choice of two of those items.
Catering Services
From black tie to barbecues and everything in between, University Catering can do it all! We offer an extensive selection of culinary choices, ranging from refreshment breaks and outdoor barbecues to themed banquets and elegant receptions. Our catering managers are experienced in planning customized events for your group in either on- or off-campus venues.
- Savor the Summer menu (pdf)
- Full Catering menu (pdf)
