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Dining

Meal Plan Options

The meal plan at Â鶹´«Ã½ is an "a la carte" structure, meaning you pay for what you eat. Your meal plan will be loaded onto your Â鶹´«Ã½ ID card at the beginning of the semester, and you will use your ID card, like a debit card at any dining center, convenience store, or retail location on campus.

Meal Plan Rates

Rates for all plans can be found on our Rates page for a breakdown of all room and board rates for Plans W - A.

Adding Money to your Meal Plan

You can always add money to your meal plan by billing your account. To add money to your meal plan or to purchase a meal plan, visit "UHDS Add Meal Plan Money . . ." from the drop-down menu.

Non-Residential Meal Plan

A unique dining meal plan designed for off-campus & commuting students who do not reside on campus, but still want to enjoy the variety of on-campus dining options available to them. A minimum first time buy-in of $100 each year is required. As you need to add more funds, a range of $10 to $250 may be added at any time. You can add money to your meal plan by billing your account. You do not need to prepay.

Log-on to and select "Meal Plan Money and Rocky Dollars" from the Housing/Dining drop-down menu.

How do the plans work?

Every student living on campus is required to have a meal plan. Plans are billed at a rate dependent on the guaranteed rate assigned at the point of acceptance to the university (i.e. Plan R, S, T, etc). A fixed amount for food purchases is loaded on to the student ID card each semester to be spent in the dining centers. Students purchase individual food items (a la carte style) in the dining centers and are only charged for what they eat. The prices of the food items are deducted from their ID card. A student can check their meal plan balance at any time on .

Our students are able to eat wherever they want on our campus. They are able to use their meal plan in any food establishments on campus i.e. the University Union Food Court, all Â鶹´«Ã½ Dining Centers and Convenience Stores. Discount pricing is not available at retail locations (i.e. Qdoba, Chick-fil-A, and Dividends).

Rocky Dollars

Rocky Dollars is a debit-like account in which students can add money via a credit or debit card at STARS or in person via cash, check, credit, or debit card at the UHDS office in Seal Hall. For both on and off-campus students, Rocky Dollars can be used at any dining location on campus, in vending machines, for printing and copying, the Student Recreation Center, and at the University Union Bookstore.

Special Dietary Needs?

We are here to help! We want to meet one-on-one with anyone who has individual dining needs to ensure that your dining experience is safe, delicious, and social. For students with medical conditions that impact their ability to dine well on campus, we strongly encourage a conversation with our Registered Dietitian, Executive Chef, Operations Manager and/or General Manager. In many instances, our dining team can easily assist with special needs.

Please contact Colby Rhodd, General Manager, at Colby.Rhodd@sodexo.com or Justin Uy, Operations Manager, at Justin.Uy@sodexo.com.

Occasionally, Dining Services cannot meet a student’s medical needs within normal service. We may require additional medical documentation to enable us to develop a more specific meal plan accommodation. In this situation, please email UHDS@wiu.edu for details and instructions on how to submit a meal plan accommodation request. This process is for those with medically documented diagnosis/-es that need to request special dining accommodations or have medically prescribed diet plans for the treatment of a medical condition. Together, our departments work to serve our students with medical needs related to dining on campus.