SUMMER FAQSI’m living at Mirrielees this summer. Can I buy a meal plan? Why am I required to purchase a summer meal plan? MEAL PLAN FAQsWhere are R&DE Stanford Dining’s locations and hours of operation? Are there any locations open after regular meal hours? Why am I required to purchase a meal plan? What types of meal plans are available? Who do I contact to change my meal plan? What day does my meal plan cycle start and end each week? I do not have a meal plan. Am I still able to eat in a Dining Hall? Do I always need to eat in my residence hall? What if I am sick or I can’t come to the dining hall at the scheduled meal time? Meal Plan Dollars and Cardinal Dollars: What’s the difference? Can I buy gift cards with my Meal Plan Dollars? Can I use more than one meal swipe per meal period? Can I change my meal plan at any time? What happens to my meals and my Meal Plan Dollars when I do? How do I get a meal plan exemption? I was exempt from the meal plan, why do I have to pay an administrative overhead fee? I am allergic to peanuts. What can R&DE Stanford Dining do to help me? What is the alcohol policy in the dining halls? When are my meal plan and Meal Plan Dollars available for use? Do I need my Stanford ID card to eat and what do I do if I lose my Stanford ID Card? Is it generally possible to host political or religious events in the R&DE Stanford Dining Hall? Can I post a flier/poster, eblast, etc. with the R&DE Stanford Dining name or logo on it? What is the process for requesting approval for working on a class project? Can students or student groups post information on the student community boards? Will R&DE Stanford Dining sponsor our group's event fundraiser for a good cause? |
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SUMMER MEAL PLAN FAQI’m living at Mirrielees this summer. Can I buy a meal plan? The Apartment Meal Plan is a meal plan designed for substantial flexibility and convenience for those students living in apartments. Students have five all-you-care-to-eat meals to be used at Arrillaga Family Dining Commons, plus 39 to 50 Meal Plan Dollars, depending on the length of their housing contract (8 to 10 weeks), which may be used at Arrillaga Family Dining Commons or designated Stanford Hospitality & Auxiliary cafés. Students living in apartments may also purchase one of the Stanford Dining summer meal plans (19 meals/week, 14 meals/week, 12 meals/week + Meal Plan Dollars or 7 meals/week + Meal Plan Dollars). Why am I required to purchase a summer meal plan? R&DE Stanford Dining keeps two dining halls open during the summer for Stanford student use and provides meals for students living on campus. As a university department, R&DE Stanford Dining does not receive funding from the university for any of the costs related to operating the dining hall. These expenses are funded entirely by students living on campus, except for Mirrielees, which is an apartment complex. The dining halls are open for student use (not just dining) whether they eat there or not, whether they eat all of their meals or not, and regardless of what type of diner they are, including student athlete, vegetarian, vegan, halal or other religious or restrictive diets. Contributing to the cost of running the dining halls, that is separate from food, are items such as maintenance and facility renovations, utilities, debt service for renovations, building maintenance and grounds upkeep, management and administrative functions and university general support administration. These expenses exist regardless of whether a student eats any meals in the dining halls. The cost of food, often thought of as the largest expense, is minimal in comparison to the expenses related to staff compensation and benefits. This is essentially a fixed cost due to the hours of operation of the dining halls. R&DE Stanford Dining is a university department, but it does not receive a funding offset from the university if a student is exempt from the meal plan. To accommodate students working off campus during the summer, R&DE Stanford Dining does offer sack lunches, late plates and a reduced 7 meals/week plan. These additional meal services (sack lunch/late plate) can be ordered through the dining hall manager or chef. I am living on campus this summer and have been granted a religious/medical exemption from the meal plan. Why do I have to pay an administrative overhead fee? The dining halls are open for student use (not just dining) whether they eat there or not, whether they eat all of their meals or not, and regardless of what type of diner they are, including student athlete, vegetarian, vegan, halal or other religious or restrictive diets. Contributing to the cost of running the dining hall, that is separate from food, are items such as maintenance and facility renovations, utilities, debt service for renovations, building maintenance and grounds upkeep, management and administrative functions and university general support administration. These expenses exist regardless of whether a student eats any meals in the dining halls. The cost of food, often thought of as the largest expense, is minimal in comparison to the expenses related to staff compensation and benefits. This is essentially a fixed cost due to the hours of operation of the dining hall. As a university department, Stanford Dining does not receive funding from the university for any of the costs related to operating the dining halls. These expenses are funded entirely by students living on campus, except for Mirrielees, which is an apartment complex. R&DE Stanford Dining is a university department, but it does not receive a funding offset from the university if a student is exempt from the meal plan. |
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SUMMER MEAL PLANSAll undergraduates living on campus (with the exception of Mirrielees residents) are required to purchase a meal plan. Undergraduate students who do not select a meal plan will be assigned to the default plan, 14 meals per week. All meals during the summer will be served at Arrillaga Family Dining Commons or Lakeside Dining Hall. Residents of Mirrielees have the option of purchasing an Apartment Meal Plan, an R&DE Stanford Dining meal plan or Cardinal Dollars. During Summer Quarter, Arrillaga Family Dining Commons and Lakeside Dining serve 21 meals per week: breakfast, lunch and dinner daily. Meal plans re-set every Sunday morning, refreshing the "meals/week" provided with your meal plan. Each meal plan provides five guest meals; additional meals may be purchased with Cardinal Dollars or cash. The summer residential dining schedule begins Saturday, June 20, with dinner. Your dining contract is concurrent with the length of your housing contract. 2015 Summer Meal Plan Rates
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MEAL PLAN FAQSWhere are R&DE Stanford Dining and R&DE Stanford Hospitality & Auxiliaries' café R&DE Stanford Dining reserves the right to modify dining hall service days and/or hours of operation as needed and without prior notification. |
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Where can I use my meal plan? |
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Are there any locations open after regular meal hours? |
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Why am I required to purchase a meal plan? Mealtimes play a key role in helping to build a sense of community within a house and in promoting interaction between residents, faculty and guests. For this reason, all students living in an undergraduate residence must purchase the meal plan offered by their residence. In most cases, this is a R&DE Stanford Dining Meal Plan. In the Suites, students are required to belong to student-managed eating clubs that provide meals and plan social events. Student-managed houses (self-ops or co-ops) offer their own required meal plans. Students living in Escondido Village, Lyman, Mirrielees Apartments, Rains or Schwab have private kitchens, and thus no meal plan is required in those residences. Full meal plans, the Apartment Meal Plan or Cardinal Dollars are all popular choices. R&DE Stanford Dining meal plans are billed once each quarter during autumn, winter and spring. You will automatically be enrolled in the 14 meals plus meal plan dollars’ plan. You are required to pay for the meal plan for which you are billed, within the specified time, even if you later change your meal plan. Separate charges or credits resulting from such changes will appear on your statement after each change. |
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What types of meal plans are available? All-You-Care-To-Eat Meal Plans. R&DE Stanford Dining offers the following All-You-Care-To-Eat meal plan options: Open Kitchen. Children For more information, about meal plans, choices, and rates, please visit our Meal Plan page. Your plan card and privileges are nontransferable; you cannot use your plan to obtain food or drink for others, except when using your plan’s guest meal privileges for guests. |
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Who do I contact to change my meal plan? Students can change their meal plan by logging into their account using the My Account option on this website. |
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What day does my meal plan cycle start and end each week? |
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I do not have a meal plan. Am I still able to eat in a Dining Hall?
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Do I always need to eat in my residence hall? Each quarter, meal plan members can use their guest meal passes to purchase meals for guests accompanying the member. Guest meals cannot be used for your own meals. |
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What if I am sick or I can’t come to the dining hall at the scheduled meal time? Sick trays are available if you are ill and unable to come to a dining unit for a scheduled meal. Sick trays can be picked up in any residential meal plan dining room at breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Another student who is eligible for that meal can present your meal plan card (and his or her card) to the dining hall to pick up a sick tray meal for you. One meal will then be deducted from your plan’s weekly meal balance. |
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Meal Plan Dollars and Cardinal Dollars: What’s the difference? Meal Plan Dollars Up to fifty (50) total unused Meal Plan Dollars will transfer from quarter to quarter. All unused Meal Plan Dollars above 50 will expire at the close of each quarter. Please note that students will only be qualifiede for the rollover amount as long as they are enrolled in Stanford Dining meal plan in the following terms. Cardinal Dollars Enrolled students can purchase Cardinal Dollars by logging in to their account using the Manage Your Account option on this website (under the "Students" header). On-line orders are charged to your University bill. Students can also submit an order via email. Send the email from your SUNet account to diningplans@stanford.edu. Be sure to include your SUID number and how much you wish to purchase. Email orders are billed to your University bill. Anyone may purchase Cardinal Dollars with a credit card at the Cardinal Dollars page online, check or credit card by visiting the Meal Plan Customer Service Office on the first floor of Arrillaga Family Dining Commons, 489 Arguello Way, Stanford, CA 94305, by calling the Meal Plan Customer Service line at (650) 723-4751, or by email at diningplans@stanford.edu. |
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Can I buy gift cards with my Meal Plan Dollars? |
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Can I use more than one meal swipe per meal period? |
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Can I change my meal plan at any time? What happens to my meals and my Meal Plan Cardinal Dollars when I do? Students who live in Yost, Murray or EAST are required to maintain the meal plan designated specifically for those houses; no changes. |
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How do I get a meal plan exemption? Exemptions for medical reasons are approved by the Office of Accessible Education (OAE), and those for religious reasons are considered through the Stanford Office for Religious Life. If a student receives a meal plan exemption and lives in a residence that requires a meal plan, a general administrative (fixed-cost) overhead fee is assessed each quarter the meal plan exemption is in force. |
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I was exempt from the meal plan, why do I have to pay an administrative overhead fee? Contributing to the administrative cost of running the entire dining hall operation that are separate from food include items such as maintenance and facility renovations, utilities relating to keeping the dining halls open as dining and student study space, debt service for renovations, building maintenance and grounds upkeep, management and administrative functions and university general support administration. These expenses exist regardless of whether a student eats any meals in the dining halls. The cost of food is minimal in comparison to labor, the largest cost and essentially a fixed expense due to the extensive hours of operation. By living on campus and participating in the Residential Education experience and the on-campus community, students are a beneficiary of these programs and by default of living on campus in the overall facility administrative expenses. These operating costs are funded by each of the students living in all of the undergraduate residences (except Mirrielees) regardless of its inclusion in a R&DE Stanford Dining meal program. R&DE Stanford Dining is a university department, but it does not receive a funding offset from the university for the overhead of a meal plan or an exempted meal plan student. |
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I am allergic to peanuts. What can R&DE Stanford Dining do to help me? In response to a clear need for peanut allergy awareness in university dining services nationwide, R&DE Stanford Dining has made Ricker Dining the first on-campus dining facility in the country to designate itself a peanut-sensitive environment. R&DE Stanford Dining is paving the way for other institutions to follow in our footsteps, and we are proud to be able to meet such a pressing health need of our students. |
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What is the alcohol policy in the dining halls? |
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When are my Meal Plan and Meal Plan Dollars available for use?
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Do I need my Stanford ID card to eat and what do I do if I lose my Stanford ID Card? One meal, equivalent meal plan dollars or a guest meal will be deducted from your plan’s weekly meal balance upon each entry into a dining room. Without exception, meal plan members are required to present a valid card to gain entrance. R&DE Stanford Dining reserves the right to have an employee inspect ID cards at any time and to request other appropriate identification. |
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Is it generally possible to host political or religious events in the R&DE Stanford Dining Hall? |
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Can I post a flier/poster, eblast, etc. with the R&DE Stanford Dining name or logo on it? |
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What is the process for requesting approval for working on a class project? |
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Can students or student groups post information on the student community boards? |
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Will R&DE Stanford Dining sponsor our group's event fundraiser for a good cause? |
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Conditions of Meal Servings Policy The meal plan program features unlimited servings of all meals eaten in the residential meal plan dining rooms. It is your responsibility to take only what you can reasonably eat at each meal (All You Care to Eat policy). R&DE Stanford Dining reserves the right to limit the number of servings at special event meals. All food is intended for consumption in the dining hall premises. The food you select is to be consumed on the premises and not removed from the dining hall. Plates, trays, glassware and dishware are not to be removed from any of the dining room areas. R&DE Stanford Dining reserves the right to inspect any packages, coats, bags, purses, etc., brought into the dining areas. Meal plan students apprehended for theft of food or property, allowing another person to use their meal card, or any other attempt to defraud can be subject to Stanford University’s judicial system. |