Meal Plans - Academic Year 2008-09
Resident Dining Plan (South Congress Dollars)
Meal plans are required of all students living in a campus residence hall each semester. The purchase of a meal plan is a board payment and is used to support the campus dining service.
All freshmen and students with less than 31 hours earned at SEU, living in a residence hall must choose between the $1,400, or $1,500 meal plans.
Upperclassmen living in a residence hall that have successfully completed 31 SEU credit hours may opt for the $525, $1,400, or $1,550 meal plans.
Commuter students and SEU apartment dwellers may choose an optional $525 meal plan per semester. Commuters sign up for this plan in the Card Office MB 212. Apartment residents sign up in the Residence Life Office, Community Building #1.
The Meal Plan balances of any students who are dismissed from the University and who are not entitled to re-enroll will be forfeited at the time of the dismissal.
Your balance will be displayed each time you use your Hilltopper Card at the South Congress Market or the Meadows Coffeehouse.
South Congress Dollars can only be used at the following locations:
- South Congress Market
- Meadows Coffee House
Q. Can I change my meal plan?
A. Yes. Meal plan change requests must be submitted via email (from your SEU email account):
Q. Who is available to answer questions if I have a food allergy or require a special diet?
A. The Food Service Director (Hays Atkins at 637-1973) is available to offer assistance to anyone who may have temporary diet concerns. Students requiring long term special diets should contact Mike Stone, Director of Auxiliary Services (mikecs@admin.stedwards.edu) via email.
Q. Can I recieve meal plan refunds?
A. Cancellation of the meal plan is subject to the refund schedule for tuition set forth by the Office of Student Financial Services. Refunds apply only to unused portions. Current Refund Schedule Refunds of unused meal plan balances are not available to students who leave the University at the end of a semester.
Q. May I get an exemption from the meal plan?
A. Dining service staff welcomes opportunities to assist students in finding ways to meet their nutritional and dietary needs. However, if the dining staff is unable to support a medically necessary diet, the student may request an exemption from
the meal plan by submitting documentation from their physician to the Director of Auxiliary
Services. The Director of Auxiliary Services will notify the student whether their
exemption is approved or not. To access the
form go to http://www.stedwards.edu/auxservices/exempt.htm.
Q. Can I transfer money from the meal plan to topper tender?
A. As you are probably aware the University uses meal plans to provide funding for dining services on campus. Although different schools use different meal plan structures, they are still essentially the board portion of room and board payments. As a result, meal plan funds are not generally refundable.
Over the past two years we have allowed students to transfer a portion of their meal plan funds to Topper Tender. However, our experience has shown that these transfers have resulted in a shortfall in the funding available to support dining services. As a result, beginning in the fall semester of 2008 students will no longer be able to make such transfers.
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