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Meal Plans

Providence

All students, staff, and faculty are welcome to purchase any meal plan!

There are various meal plan options depending on where a student chooses to live on campus.

Selecting a plan

Resident Students
You will select your meal plan for the academic year when you select your room, in the housing portal.

Select from a range of meal plan options, with flex dollars, based on the hall you choose.

The cost will be applied to your student account.

Commuter Student
All new undergraduate commuter students starting in Fall 2025 and thereafter will be automatically enrolled in the Commuter Meal Plan.
New undergraduate commuter students wish to apply for a hardship exemption, please fill out this form.

Additional meals and flex dollars can be added throughout the academic year. Wildcat Meals are recommended and are available to purchase in blocks.

These are unlike a traditional meal plan as they are valid for the entire academic year.

Meal Plan Options

Chart comparing different Wildcat Meal Plan options

First-Year Students in Traditional Halls

  • Gold Plan
    • Access Snowden or Harborside Cafe (All You Care to Eat Locations) anytime from open to close!
    • 8 Bonus Meals a Week. Use them at any of our retail locations!
    • $200 annual flex dollars 

Returning and Transfer Students in Traditional Halls

  • Gold Plan
  • Silver Plan
  • Blue Plan

Returning and Transfer Students in Apartment Style Halls

  • Gold Plan
  • Silver Plan
  • Blue Plan
  • Wildcat 115
Purchase a Meal Plan  View Tuition & Fees

*Please note that Residential Students select meal plans through the housing portal.
This link is for non-residential students, residential students who reside in a building that does not require meal plans, or any member of the JWU community who would like to purchase extra meals and flex dollars. 

Change your Plan

If you are a resident student who wants to change the meal plan selection BEFORE the year starts, contact Residential Life.

Additional Meal Plan Info

Wildcat Meal Blocks of 10, 25, 50
All meals must be used before the end of the academic year in which they are purchased.

Sunday Starts
Swipes start for the week on Sunday mornings.

Use at all Locations
One meal swipe can be used for a meal combo at all our locations, or entry to our "All You Care to Eat" locations, Snowden and Harborside Cafe.

Flex Dollars

Every plan offers "flex dollars" or cash value.

You can make smaller purchases instead of a full meal swipe (i.e. a coffee at Starbucks).

Flex dollars are loaded onto the your JWU ID card.

The balance will decline as flex dollars are used.

Flex dollars can be used at any JWU dining location.

Flex dollars cannot be carried over from term to term.

Dining Home

 

Food Allergies or Dietary Concerns?

If you have food allergies and/or dietary restrictions, please email us!