The policies linked on these pages apply to Housing & Dining contracts beginning Summer 2026 and beyond. For policies in effect for contracts from August 2025 through May 2026, please review the 2025-26 Housing & Dining Policies.
All students living on campus must have a meal plan except for students living in apartment-style spaces.
Weekly Meal Plans (Premium, Big Red, Platinum, Diamond, and Sapphire):
- Fall Meal Plan: Starts the first day of the housing contract, Ends the Saturday after finals
- Spring Meal Plan: Starts on spring move-in day, Ends the Saturday after finals
- There is a limit of two (2) Meal Swipes per meal period at any combination of restaurants.
- Meal swipes refresh weekly on Sunday morning.
- Meal swipes do not carry over from week to week or from fall to spring semester.
- Dining Dollars with Weekly Meal Plans
- Unused Dining Dollars from the Fall semester expire the day before the Spring meal plan begins.
- Unused Dining Dollars from the Spring semester expire the day the Spring meal plan ends.
- Meal swipes and dining dollars are not refundable.
- If a student is on-campus over the winter break period, options include:
- Credit/Debit Card
- Utilize remaining Fall semester dining dollars or purchase a dining dollar reload
- Use NCard to charge to the centralized student bill
- Purchase a Herbie add on meal pack
Unlimited All-You-Care-To-Enjoy Meal Plan (Unlimited AYCTE):
- Fall Meal Plan: Starts the first day of the housing contract, Ends the Saturday after finals
- Spring Meal Plan: Starts on spring move-in day, Ends the Saturday after finals
- This meal plan provides multiple meal swipes for each meal period offered.
- This meal plan does not include Dining Dollars. However, students on this meal plan may add dining dollars at an additional cost.
- Meal swipes are not refundable.
- If a student is on-campus over the winter break period, options include:
- Credit/Debit Card
- Use NCard to charge to the centralized student bill
- Purchase a Herbie add on meal pack or dining dollars
Block Meal Plans (Gold, Silver, and Bronze):
- Meal Plan: Starts the first day of the housing contract, Ends the Saturday after spring finals
- There is a limit of two (2) Meal Swipes per meal period at any combination of restaurants.
- For Block Meal Plans: Unused meal swipes and Dining Dollars from Fall semester carry over to the Spring semester with a valid meal plan for the duration. All meal swipes and Dining Dollars expire the day the Spring meal plan ends.
- Meal swipes and dining dollars are not refundable.
- If a student is on-campus over the winter break period, options include:
- Credit/Debit Card
- Utilize remaining dining dollars or purchase a dining dollar reload
- Use NCard to charge to the centralized student bill
- Purchase a Herbie add on meal pack
Policy last modified November 12, 2025