AU will offer more swipes and new meal plan options next school year.
According to Chris Moody, AU’s assistant vice president for Housing and Dining Programs, the changes include:
- Adding 25 meal swipes to every plan with no price increase
- Introducing a 50-meal block plan and a 250-meal block plan
AU students will now have eight options for meal plans, instead of six. In addition to 200 Eaglebucks and Dining Dollars, they will pick from a 50, 75, 100,150, 200, 250 or unlimited meal swipe plan.
Adding 25 swipes to every plan will make the overall cost of each swipe decrease.
The Dining Services Project Team, a group of AU students, faculty and staff, studied opinions of current meal plans and requested next year’s meal plans focus on late night options, more meal-swipe flexibility and cheaper plans overall, Moody said.
“The Dining Services program is hopeful that these changes… will entice students to opt to stay on a meal plan and participate in AU’s dining program throughout their years as a student, not just the years when they live on-campus,” Moody said.
