Meal Plans

The Advantage Plan provides dining services for the typical student. The Advantage Plan is based on 77 Credits per week and $6.00 per week in Commons Cash. The Advantage Plan is required of all residence hall students. In the Sycamore and Lincoln Resident Dining Halls each meal has an "admission price." Present your ID to the checker and your account is reduced by the number of Campus Credits for the meal.

• Admission Prices
  Breakfast 6 Credits | Lunch 8 Credits | Dinner 11 Credits

In the Commons, you present your card at the cash register. The cashier will total your purchases and deduct that amount from your Commons cash account. On the weekend, you have the option to use your Credits at all locations except Mark Pi, Georges, Campus Cupboard, and Coffee Grounds. Simply tell the cashier that you wish to use Credits and the cash register will change your dollar total to a Credit total. A credit, used for weekend purchases, is equivalent to approximately $.50.

Campus Credit and Commons Cash balance are always available from the checker or cashier.

Advantages to this plan

• Excess Campus Credits convert to Commons Cash (at .17 per credit).
• Campus Credits and Commons Cash balances carry over from year to year as long as you continue to live on campus and complete and submit to the University, prior to the last day of Spring finals, a Residence Hall Contract Addendum and a Housing Survey form, indicating an intent to reside in University residence halls during the following semester.

There are three add-on options, which may be purchased before the semester begins. The add-ons are not required as part of the basic Advantage Plan. They are designed for students who eat more than the average number of meals, or who use their meal card to purchase snacks in the commons instead of paying with cash. The three options are:

Changing the Advantage Meal Options
The advantage options are contracted for the entire academic year, but, like the Credits and Commons Cash, are only billed and posted to the Student’s account by the semester. If a student wishes to discontinue his option for the Spring Semester, he/she may fill out a request to change the option at the Dining Services Office located adjacent to Residential Life in the lower level of Mills Hall. This request must be completed by the Friday of Fall Semester finals.

Individuals may add an advantage option for the Spring Semester at the Residential Life office. This must be done before the beginning of the Spring Semester Classes.

We have the commuter plan for you… Indiana State Dining Services is famous for providing quality, Variety & Value to the campus dining community. We’ve designed a meal plan with commuters in mind and called it the Sycamore Meal Plan. All you have to do is sign up for one of the meal plans and you’ll be ready to present your ID card to the cashier (at any Commons location) or checker (at any Resident Dining location).

All Sycamore plans will revert to the basic meal plan (Commons Cash only) at the end of each semester. At that time, remaining Credits will be converted to Commons Cash @ $.17 per Credit. You may renew your Sycamore plan at the start of the new semester. To obtain additional information, please feel free to call Kim Zerrusen at 812.237.4138 from 9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.