New students living on campus must complete their Meal Plan Contract through www.Welcome2ISU.ilstu.edu. The selection process for fall 2009 will become available on February 16.
All returning students living on campus need to complete their Meal Plan Contract through the contract renewal program accessible through www.housing.ilstu.edu from February 16 until April 17.
Off-Campus Students can purchase their fall 2009 Off-Campus Meal Plan here.
Your Redbird ID Card (University ID) is encoded with information regarding your meal plan. You must carry your Redbird ID Card with you in order to access the residential dining centers or use your Flex Dollars.
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There are three residential dining centers located on campus. You may use your meal plan in any of these locations: Watterson Food Court, Marketplace at Linkins Center, and Southside at Feeney. Flex Dollars may be used at all dining venues in Bone Student Center, Subway shops located on campus, sandwich shops located in the College of Business Building and Centennial Hall and vending machines in the residence halls.
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Yes,carry out is is available; however, disposable containers do not support campus sustainability efforts. Therefore, you are highly encouraged to dine in rather than carry out whenever possible.
Most meal plan options will allow you to carry out at each meal without limitation. However, the Unlimited Access Meal Plans allow a maximum of 3 carry out meals per day. A carry out meal is defined as one entrée, two side dishes, one dessert and one beverage.
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You may use Flex Dollars to pay for a guest meal. Door rates are $5.50 for breakfast, $7.75 for lunch, and $9.00 for dinner. State law requires that all guest meals be charged tax.
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If you need to make a change to your Fall 2009 Meal Plan selection you must do so by August 12 by using the Meal Plan Change Form.
Back to top As an off-campus student (a student not living in a residence hall), you must purchase your fall meal plan before September 10 in order to charge it to your student account. If you are purchasing a meal plan for the spring term, you must do so before February 10 in order to charge it to your student account. Any purchase after these dates must be charged to a credit card.
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You may add money to your Redbird Debit Account through the Redbird Card Office. All dining locations accept Redbird Debit.
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At the end of the fall semester, Flex Dollars roll over providing you have purchased a meal plan for the spring semester. Remaining fall Flex Dollars will expire at the end of the fall semester if you do not purchase a meal plan for the spring term. All Flex Dollars expire at the end of the spring semester and are non-refundable. Your spring meal plan must be purchased by January 6, 2010 in order for Flex Dollars to roll over from fall to spring.
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Fall 2009 meal plans are available as of Friday, August 14 and expire on Friday, December 11. Spring 2010 meal plans are available on Friday, January 8 and expire on Friday, May 7.
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Any access into the dining center is considered a meal whether you eat a bagel, a slice of pizza, a salad, a dessert or a beverage. In general, students on a block plan or traditional plan will not want to come into the dining center for a small snack or beverage since they have a limited number of meals they can eat in a semester or week. These students might prefer to purchase beverages and snacks from the vending machines in the residence halls using their Flex Dollars. Students on unlimited meal plans are allowed to enter the dining centers as often as they like, so they may choose to come in more frequently for a drink or snack between meals.
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