Meal Plans

Current dining plans for the 2024-2025 Academic Year

Students (residents and commuters) can select or change their dining plan in our online system, The Housing Director (THD). Click here to get to THD Self-Service. Your username and password are the same as they are for all other WNE systems. Once you've logged in to THD Self-Service, select Dining on the left-hand menu, make sure you are in the correct semester and then you can select a plan. For Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 respectively, students have until September 6, 2024 and January 31, 2025 to change or cancel dining plans, after which point no changes can be made to the plan or billing.

In addition to the standard dining plans, students may also purchase Bear Bucks that they can use to make purchases at any dining location on campus, as well as at Domino's Pizza. Bear Bucks cannot be purchased through THD, but can be purchased through Enrollment Services.

The University hopes to reduce the stress of college by making the dining process as easy as possible. Once a student has purchased a dining plan, they have access to the dining hall from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on weekdays and 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on weekends. To learn more about the different plans we offer, please see below

For students living in:

residence halls (Quad including Windham, Commonwealth, and LaRiviere) must be on a meal plan either 12-day or 7-day All Access.
apartments/townhouses (Gateway Village, Evergreen Village, and Southwood) have a choice to be on a meal plan.

7 Day All Access ($4,030 per semester) – Unlimited access to the dining hall 7 days a week during operating hours. Also includes Bear Swipe access to retail locations, up to 19 times per week. Includes 10 Spirit Meals and $150 Bear Bucks.

Weekly 12 Meal Plan ($3,500 per semester) – 12 Bear Swipes per week in the dining hall or retail locations during operating hours. Includes 10 Spirit Meals and $50 Bear Bucks.

125 Meal Plan ($2,460 per semester) – 125 Bear Swipes in the dining hall or retail locations which can be used at any time during the semester. Includes 5 Spirit Meals and $500 Bear Bucks

100 Meal Plan ($1,905 per semester) – 100 Bear Swipes in the dining hall or retail locations which can be used at any time during the semester. Includes 5 Spirit Meals and $350 Bear Bucks.

85 Meal Plan ($1,755 per semester) – 85 Bear Swipes in the dining hall or retail locations which can be used at any time during the semester. Includes 5 Spirit Meals and $300 Bear Bucks.

55 Meal Plan ($1,125 per semester) – 55 Bear Swipes in the dining hall or retail locations which can be used at any time during the semester. Includes 5 Spirit Meals and $150 Bear Bucks.

Note: Bear Swipes can be used at all retail locations for an equivalent meal (typically, entrée, bag of chips, and fountain beverage). The 7 Day All Access Plan allows up to 19 swipes per week at retail locations.

Beginning with the Fall Semester (2023) and thereafter, students residing on campus must select a dining plan.

QUAD (BERKSHIRE, FRANKLIN, HAMPDEN), WINDHAM, COMMONWEALTH, AND LARIVIERE

7 Day All Access – Unlimited access to the dining hall 7 days a week during operating hours. Also includes Bear Swipe access to retail locations, up to 19 times per week. Includes 10 Spirit Meals and $300 Bear Bucks.

Weekly 12 Meal Plan – 12 Bear Swipes per week in the dining hall or retail locations during operating hours. Includes 10 Spirit Meals and $400 Bear Bucks.

GATEWAY, EVERGREEN, AND SOUTHWOOD

125 Meal Plan – 125 Bear Swipes in the dining hall or retail locations which can be used at any time during the semester. Includes 5 Spirit Meals and $550 Bear Bucks

100 Meal Plan – 100 Bear Swipes in the dining hall or retail locations which can be used at any time during the semester. Includes 5 Spirit Meals and $600 Bear Bucks.

85 Meal Plan – 85 Bear Swipes in the dining hall or retail locations which can be used at any time during the semester. Includes 5 Spirit Meals and $650 Bear Bucks.

Note: Residents in Gateway, Evergreen, and Southwood can elect the 7 Day All Access or Weekly 12 Meal Plan at an additional cost.

What are Spirit Meals?

Spirit Meals are extra meals that you can use to scan a visitor or a friend without a meal plan into the dining hall so that a guest can eat with you without you having your use your Bear Bucks.

Parents/Guardians

Parents and guardians can eat for free in the dining hall when accompanied by their student.