Dining and Meal Plans

Eating on Campus

The CCU Dining Commons, managed by Sodexho Inc., serves fifteen meals per week in the CCU Cafe, offers additional food and beverage options in the Cougar Den convenience store on campus, and provides meals for several special events each year

CCU Cafe

Serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner Monday through Friday, offering a variety of items in an all-you-can-eat format.
Lunch and dinner selections include home-style favorites, fresh pizza, pasta, made-to-order hot and cold sandwiches, fresh fruit, homemade desserts, a full salad and soup bar, and more.
Breakfast selections include made-to-order omelettes and waffles, fresh fruit, breads, cereals, and other favorites.
Students use their meal plan cards for meals in the CCU Cafe.

Cougar Den Convenience Store

This store, located in the middle of the residences, is open weekday evenings and weekends, to meet the dining needs of hungry college students.
Carrying all the right snacks and basic grocery and sundry items to meet your most immediate needs, the Cougar Den also serves many entrée items, including piping hot pizza, made-to-order hot and cold sandwiches, and salads.

Meal Plans

The following meal plan options are available to students. The meals may be used for any meal in the CCU Cafe, and expire at the end of each semester. The declining balance may be used to purchase extra meals for you or guests in the CCU Cafe, or to purchase items from the Cougar Den. Students may purchase additional declining balance dollars as desired. Unused meals and declining balances are not refundable, as they are a part of your contract meal plan and expire at the end of the semester. Meals and declining balances will not be transferred from fall to spring semester.

Certain plans are required for certain groups of resident students; requirements are described below. (Class standing requirements are for resident students only; off-campus students may choose any plan.) Meal plans may only be changed by the Add/Drop/100% Refund deadline (normally the second Wednesday of classes) of each semester.

Plan A: 12 meals per week and $300 declining balance per semester
Required for Freshmen (students in the first full year of college following high school graduation, regardless of the number of college credits completed)
Plan B Weekly Option: 7 set meals per week and $300 declining balance per semester
Minimum requirement for Sophomores (students with 30 - 60 credit hours or those students in their second full year of college following high school graduation)
Plan B Block Option: 100 meals and $300 declining balance per semester
Minimum requirement for Sophomores (students with 30 - 60 credit hours or those students in their second full year of college following high school graduation)
Plan C: 36 meals and $300 declining balance per semester
Available for Juniors and Seniors (students who have at least 60 college credits completed AND who are in their third full year of college following high school graduation)
No Meal Plan
Available for Juniors and Seniors (students who have at least 60 college credits completed AND who are in their third full year of college following high school graduation)

Special Diets

The variety of menu items available helps accommodate most special diet needs. If you are on a specific diet prescribed by a physician, you may request assistance from the Dining Services staff in the Dining Commons. Schedule an appointment and bring a copy of the diet prescription from your doctor.