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Meal Plans
Meal plan requirements
If you live on campus, you’ll be required to buy a meal plan. Off-campus students have the option of purchasing a commuter or on-campus meal plan. Plans are available for fall, spring and summer semesters.
How meal plans work
Your meal plan comes with two features: meal swipes and Dining Dollars (DD). You can access your meal swipes and Dining Dollars through your SFA ID card.
Meal swipes
Meal swipes are a certain amount of meals you can eat at either dining hall on campus. There are two dining halls on campus. The Student Center Dining Hall (SC) is located on the first floor of the Baker Pattillo Student Center. The East College Dining Hall (EC) is located across from Steen Hall on East College Street.
When you buy a meal plan, you’re pre-paying for the meals you’ll eat during one semester. Every time one of our dining cashiers swipes your dining card, one meal is deducted from your total.
Dining Dollars
Your plan will also include Dining Dollars (DD). You can use DD to eat at any on-campus retail location, such as Chick-fil-A or Starbucks. You can add additional DD to your plan at any time throughout the semester via your mySFA account. You can purchase additional DD in increments of $25 or $100. For every $100 you purchase in additional DD, you get $10 DD free!
Your Dining Dollars roll over from fall to spring semesters. Dining Dollars do not roll over from spring to summer semesters or from summer to fall semesters.
You can check your meal swipe and Dining Dollar balance online via your mySFA account. Dining information is available under the “Campus Life” tab.
On-campus meal plans
Lumberjacks can choose from a wide variety of meal plans. Feel free to explore our meal plan options below. For more information on these options and pricing, visit www.sfadining.com.
| Swipes | Dining Dollars | Roll Over | |
| On-Campus | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day 14 | 14 / week | $125 / semester | X |
| 7 Day 14 Premium | 14 / week | $350 / semester | X |
| All Access | Unlimited | $50 / semester | N/A |
| All Access Premium | Unlimited | $275 / semester | N/A |
| Off-Campus | |||
| 7 Day 5 | 5 / week | $100 / semester | X |
| 50 Block | 50 / semester | $100 / semester | ✔ |
| 25 Block | 25 / semester | $100 / semester | ✔ |
| $325 All Dining Dollars | N/A | $325 / semester | |
7 Day 14
If you plan to eat an average of 2 meals per day in either dining hall, this may be a good option for you. The plan includes:
- 14 meal swipes per week
- $125 Dining Dollars to use throughout the semester
Each week you get a new set of 14 meal swipes; they do not roll over from week to week.
7 Day 14 Premium
This is the default meal plan for on-campus students. If you would like a weekly meal plan structure with the option to dine more frequently at on-campus retail locations, this may be a good option for you. The plan includes:
- 14 meal swipes per week
- $350 Dining Dollars to use throughout the semester
Each week you get a new set of 14 meal swipes; they do not roll over from week to week.
All Access
If you plan to eat most or all of your meals on campus, this may be a good option for you. The plan includes:
- Unlimited meal swipes per week
- $50 Dining Dollars to use throughout the semester
Note that there is a 30-minute waiting period between meal swipes.
All Access Premium
If you plan to eat most or all of your meals on campus with the option to dine more frequently at on-campus retail locations, this may be a good option for you. The plan includes:
- Unlimited meal swipes per week
- $275 Dining Dollars to use throughout the semester
Note that there is a 30-minute waiting period between meal swipes.
Off-campus commuter meal plans
You don’t have to live on campus to dine on campus. These scaled-down versions of our on-campus meal plans give our commuting Lumberjacks access to meals in our dining halls, plus Dining Dollars to spend at places like Starbucks or Chick-fil-A.
7 Day 5
If you plan to eat an average of 5 meals per week in either dining hall, this may be a good option for you. The plan includes:
- 5 meal swipes per week
- $100 Dining Dollars to use throughout the semester
Each week you get a new set of 5 meal swipes; they do not roll over from week to week.
50 Block
If you plan to eat an average of 2-3 meals per week in either dining hall, this may be a good option for you. The plan includes:
- 50 meal swipes per semester
- $100 Dining Dollars to use throughout the semester
When you choose this plan, your meal swipes roll over from week to week until the end of the semester.
25 Block
If you plan to eat an average of 1-2 meals per week in either dining hall, this may be a good option for you. The plan includes:
- 25 meal swipes per semester
- $100 Dining Dollars to use throughout the semester
When you choose this plan, your meal swipes roll over from week to week until the end of the semester.
$325 All Dining Dollars Plan
The best value if you are on campus during 2-3 meal periods a week and plan to enjoy dining in on-campus food courts such as Chick-fil-A, Panda Express, etc. The plan includes:
- $325 Dining Dollars to use throughout the semester
On-campus resident summer meal plans
Summer 7 Day 14
The Summer 7 Day 14 plan gives you 14 meal swipes to use each week at the EC Dining Hall. The Summer 7 Day 14 plan comes with $75 Dining Dollars to use at retail locations open per summer semester.
Summer 7 Day 20
The Summer 7 Day 20 plan gives you 20 meal swipes to use each week at the EC Dining Hall. The Summer 7 Day 20 plan comes with $50 Dining Dollars to use at retail locations open per summer semester.
Off-campus commuter summer meal plans
Summer Block 25
The Summer Block 25 plan can only be purchased by students living off campus during the summer. The Summer Block 25 plan gives you 25 meal swipes to use per semester at the EC Dining Hall. The Summer Block 25 plan comes with $100 Dining Dollars to use at retail locations open per summer semester.
Summer Block 50
The Summer Block 50 plan can only be purchased by students living off campus during the summer. The Summer Block 50 plan gives you 50 meal swipes to use per semester at the EC Dining Hall. The Summer Block 50 plan comes with $50 Dining Dollars to use at retail locations open per summer semester.
Summer $325 All Dining Dollars
Includes $325 Dining Dollars to use at all on-campus retail locations open during summer I and summer II.
Faculty & staff meal plan
Faculty & Staff Block 45
The 45 block allows you 45 meal swipes into either dining hall throughout the semester. These meal swipes roll over from week to week until the end of summer II session. You can purchase this plan multiple times throughout the semester. Because this plan is a block meal plan, you can swipe your card for friends & family.
How to purchase a meal plan
You can sign up for a meal plan, or change your current meal plan, in a few easy steps:
- Log in to mySFA.
- Click the “Campus Life” tab.
- Go to “Other Information.”
- Click “Meal Plans – Sign Up or Change.”
After you make your selection, the cost of your meal plan will be added to your SFA eBill.
How to reload your Dining Dollars
- Log in to mySFA.
- Click the “Campus Life” tab.
- Go to “Other Information.”
- Click “Purchase Additional Dining Dollars.”
After your payment is processed, your Dining Dollars will be loaded onto your SFA ID card.