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Student Meal Plans

The Dining Services of Whitworth University staff has worked hard to design a meal program guaranteed to meet your individual needs. To read more about each meal plan and what they offer, click here.

More often than not, we recommend that students new to Whitworth choose Traditional A or Traditional B for at least their first semester. The traditional meal plans allow a student to determine his or her eating habits without running the risk of exhausting the meal plan.

Notes about meal plans:

• Fall meal plans are intended to last through mid-January, when the spring meal plan is scheduled to begin.
• If a student runs out of Block Meals or Flex Dollars before the official start of the spring meal plan, the university can start the spring meal plan early. E-mail housing@whitworth.edu to request an early start to a spring plan.
• Any remaining fall Block Meals and Flex Dollars will automatically be credited toward a spring meal plan (if the student is registered for one). All Block Meals and Flex Dollars zero out at the end of spring semester.
• Flex Dollars versus Pirate Bucs:
  • Flex Dollars are part of every meal plan. They can be used for all purchases in the Café, Food Court , Mind and Hearth, and Café a la Cart. Once all the Flex Dollars are spent, no more can be added to an account.
  • Pirate Bucs are similar to Flex Dollars in all ways, but can be added to an account at any time in any dollar amount. Pirate Bucs do not expire at the end of spring semester; as long as a student is enrolled at Whitworth, his or her Pirate Bucs will remain active. Pirate Bucs may be added to an account at the HUB Information Desk or at Sodexo's offices in the HUB. Pirate Bucs are convenient because students need not carry cash -- just the same I.D. cards they are already using -- to get in to the different eateries. Additionally, an extra 10 percent bonus is given with any Pirate Bucs purchase. For example, when a student purchases $100 in Pirate Bucs, Sodexo will give him or her an extra $10 in bonus Pirate Bucs.
• To change or cancel a meal plan, click here.

Budgeting Your Meal Plan

Below is a week-by-week listing of how many meals and flex dollars we recommend you have in your account at the beginning of each week in order to budget your plan evenly throughout a semester. Both fall and spring semesters are typically 17 weeks long (15 weeks for the regular semester plus two weeks (half of Jan Term). Ask any cashier for a copy of your receipt to determine your current balance.