2025 - 2026 Meal Plan Options
Refer to the symbols to understand which plan you are eligible for:
First year students (for first two semesters living on campus)
Returning students (who have lived on campus for two semesters)
Returning students or transfer students. (who have fulfilled their residency requirement, meaning they have lived on campus a total of 4 semesters)
Returning students who commute, live off campus, or who have met the Residency Requirement AND live in a townhouse or Lehman Apartment.
Residential Meal Plans are made up of a weekly allotment of meal swipes, a semester’s worth of flex spending, and five guest passes for use per semester.
Meal swipes – Meal swipes reset every Sunday at 2 a.m. PACES doesn’t use meal periods, so you can use your meal swipe at whatever time you want and as often in a day as you’d like during the week. A meal swipe is an all at once value of $7.50 at most retail dining locations and a single swipe at the All You Care to Eat “Bear Cave”. Meals do not roll over from week to week. Unused meals cannot be credited or refunded.
Meal swipes are pro-rated when PACES operations are not open for the full week. These weeks include opening, closing, Thanksgiving, and Spring Break. Pro-rated means you will have a different allotment of weekly meal swipes based on how many days locations are open. The semester is approximately 16 weeks long and there are 110 “feeding days” during the semester.
Flex – is intended to be used for grab and go items, extra meals, beverages, and snacks. Flex may be used at any of the on-campus dining facilities. Flex does not roll over from semester to semester. Unused flex cannot be credited or refunded. Money can be added to Flex at any time at any Dining Services' cash register, at the PACES/Card office in Merritt Hall, or online via BearPAWS.
All First year students must choose either 19/100 or 14/600
$3,370-19 Meal Swipes/100 Flex
- Provides 19 meals per week, 304 meals a semester. A meal is an all at once credit of $7.50 for food purchased in most any campus restaurant.
- 100 Flex Dining Credits for use at any of our dining units. (ideal usage of Flex Dining Credits per week is $6.25)
$3,370-14 Meal/600 Flex
- Provides 14 meals per week, 224 meals a semester. A meal is an all at once credit of $7.50 for food purchased in most any campus restaurant.
- 600 Flex Dining Credits for use at any of our dining units. (ideal usage of Flex Dining Credits per week is $37.50)
$3,037-9 Meal/750 Flex
- Provides 144 meals a semester. A meal is an all at once credit of $7.50 for food purchased in most any campus restaurant.
- 750 Flex Dining Credits for use at any of our dining units. (ideal usage of Flex Dining Credits per week is $46.88)
Commuter Plans
Commuter Plans are a great way for convenience and nourishment for non-resident students while they attend classes throughout the day. Flex can be used at all Dining locations on campus.
To be eligible for these plans a student must:
- Live off campus
- If living on campus you must have met the residency requirement AND live in a Townhouse or Lehman Apartment.
$750- 75 Block/100 Flex/Free Reusable to-go Container
This plan offers 75 meal swipes per semester. A meal is one entry at Bear Cave (for an all-you-care-to-eat meal) or an all at once credit of $7.50 for food purchased in most any campus restaurant.
100 Flex for use at any of our dining units. Ideal usage of Flex spending per week is $6.25.
$1,500 – 1500 Flex/Free Reusable to-go Container
- 1500 Flex for use at any of our dining units. Ideal usage of Flex spending per week is $93.75.
$1,000 - 1000 Flex/Free Reusable to-go Container
- 1000 Flex for use at any of our dining units. Ideal usage of Flex spending per week is $62.50.
$500 - 500 Flex/Free Reusable to-go Container
- 500 Flex for use at any of our dining units. Ideal usage of Flex spending per week is $31.25.
$300 – 300 Flex/Free Reusable to-go Container
- 300 Flex for use at any of our dining units. Ideal usage of Flex spending per week is $18.75.