Students were automatically assigned the meal plans for Fall 2026.  Eligible students may cancel or decrease their meal plan on or before Friday, September 04th, 2026 by emailing [email protected]. Students can purchase a higher meal plan or add additional meal plan to their account in MyHousing until September 04th, 2026, after that day, any new meal plan or upgrade purchases can be made by emailing [email protected]. 

Faculty and Staff members can purchase Faculty & Staff meal plans here. New meal plan purchases will be effective by 12:00 noon on the next business day.

If your meal plan did not work in any of the dining locations, please send your first and last names, Cardinal ID number, which dining location and when did the incident happen to [email protected]

If you need help with your Cardinal Card, please see this page. 

Students should immediately report a lost card to the Office of Parking and Transportation and plan to purchase a new card.  Please see more details here

There are 3 ways you can check your Meal Swipes and Dining Dollars balances:

• On your receipt after a purchase at any dining location
• Ask a cashier
• Log in to Cardinal Card Account Management

Fall 2026 Meal Plans

Residential Meal Plans

Open Access + 225 Dining Dollars
*1 meal swipe per hour at Garvey Dining Hall.
*2 Meal Deal swipes per day in the retail locations (Murphy's Grill, Pryz Food Court and The Pryz Market)

Weekly 7 or Weekly 14, + 400 Dining Dollars
7 or 14 meal swipes per week. No restrictions on daily use of meal swipes at Garvey Dining Hall. Weekly Meal Plans reset on Sunday at 3am. 

All Weekly Meal Plans expire at the end of each semester. Dining Dollars roll over from Fall to Spring when a meal plan is purchased, but expire at the end of the academic year.

Community Meal Plans: No restrictions on daily use of meal swipes. Meal Deal Swipe can be used in exchange for a meal swipe at the retail locations (Murphy's Grill, Pryz Food Court and The Pryz Market).  Community block plans roll over from the Fall to the Spring semester and expire at the end of the academic year.

For more information about student meal plans, meal deals, etc. please see this FAQs page.

Students are required to purchase meal plans through MyHousing or contact Housing Services at [email protected]. After September 04th, 2026, any new meal plan or upgrade purchases can be made by emailing [email protected].

Faculty & Staff Meal plans do not expire. Click here purchase.

Log in to the Cardinal Card Account Management. Check the number of meal swipes and dining dollars of your student meal plan purchased. 

Dining dollars can be purchased from the Cardinal Card Account Management.

Dining Dollars are associated with meal plans and can be used at on-campus dining service locations such as the Food Court, Murphy's Grill, The Pryz Market and Starbucks. They can also be used to make purchases at the Pryz Market. Additional funds can be added to Dining Dollars only by those students participating in student meal plans. All purchases made with Dining Dollars are exempt from sales tax. Dining Dollars rollover from fall to spring semester provided there is an active meal plan.  If there is not an active meal plan, the Dining Dollars will not roll over. All Dining Dollars expire at the end of the academic year. 

You can find all the dining outlets Hours of Operation here

Schedule an appointment with the Campus Dietitian, Juliana Sampaio for assistance. Useful information is also available under the "Wellness & Sustainability" tag under the three-line drop-down menu of the Dining Services website. 

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