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Student Meal Plans

We generally recommend that students new to Whitworth choose the Traditional A or Traditional B plan for at least their first semester. The traditional 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, assuming the student has a spring meal plan as well.
  • Fall block meals and flex dollars will NOT remain available for use during the spring semester if no spring meal plan is assigned.
  • The only exception to the above applies to students who lived off campus fall semester and purchased a meal plan. These students' meal plan balances will remain active through the spring even if no meal plan is assigned for the spring. However, the student must speak directly with Sodexo, requesting the account to remain active after canceling AND must add $25 to his or her Sodexo account.
• 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 & 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 they 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 from any Sodexo cashier station. 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, add, or cancel a meal plan, click here.

Comparing Meal Plans

Budgeting Your Meal Plan