NEW commuter/off-campus meal plans offered for 2011-2012
Dining's meal plans aren’t just for students living on campus. We also offer plans for commuters and off-campus students who want convenient, healthy, and tasty meals, or a wide variety of snacks and beverages. Plans are based on the number of meals you want to eat per year (in block plans) or per week (in Any 5 plan).
2011-12 Academic Year Plans:
| Meal Plan |
Meals |
Dining Plus* |
Price |
Meal Block 25 |
pick any 25 meals per year |
none |
$189 per academic year |
Meal Block 50 |
pick any 50 meals per year |
none |
$370 per academic year |
Meal Block 75 |
pick up to 75 meals per year |
none |
$544 per academic year |
Meal Block 100 |
pick any 100 meals per year |
none |
$710 per academic year |
Any 5 Meals Plan |
pick any 5 meals per week |
$50 Dining Plus per semester |
$606 per semester |
* Dining Plus provided with these plans expires at the end of the academic year; supplemental Dining Plus, discussed below, does not expire until you leave the university.
In these plans, you choose what combination of meals you want to eat. Each breakfast, lunch, and dinner meal has an assigned dollar amount called a meal card equivalency, and at each meal you may buy items that together total less than or equal to these amounts. If you go over the amount allotted, you may use Dining Plus or another form of payment to pay the difference. Any unused dollar value at a meal is lost; it does not roll over to the next meal period. You may only use one meal from your plan per meal time period. Meal equivalencies for the 2011-12 academic year are as follows:
- breakfast, $4.20
- lunch, $7.55
- dinner, $7.55
If your total exceeds the equivalency, you can use cash, Visa/MasterCard, Cardinal Cash, or Dining Plus to cover the difference. You can purchase
supplemental Dining Plus amounts to add to your plan at a significant discount.
Check out the
hours meals are offered to decide which plan is right for you. The weekly meal plans begin with the breakfast meal period on Sunday and extend to the dinner meal period on the following Saturday. These plans are not valid during university vacation periods.
Cancellations of all commuter/off-campus meal plans must be made in person at the Ball State Dining office in Carmichael Hall 140
. These plans cannot be canceled after purchase unless the student withdraws from the university.
Purchase your academic year commuter/off-campus meal plan using our online form.