Meal plans for 2024-25
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Meal plans are pre-paid accounts for your dining purchases. Plans are set up at the beginning of each academic term and are charged to your tuition bill.
Plans include a set number of meals and Viking Bucks, which are electronically loaded onto your student ID. Whenever the card is used (swiped), your meal plan account balance is automatically debited.
All first-year and sophomore students automatically are assigned the Any 15 Plan at the beginning of each semester. To change plans, log into the housing and dining portal. Stop by Dining Services office in the Gerber Center or contact Amy Roehrs at 309-794-7543 for help. Any changes must be made during the first two weeks of the semester.
Junior and senior students are not assigned meal plans. They can buy of the on-campus or off-campus meal plans at any time by logging into the housing and dining portal.
Meal plans can be used in Gerber Center Dining Room, Brew by the Slough, Gus' Snack Bar and the Westerlin Market. (One exception: Gerber Unlimited plans may only use meal swipes in the Gerber Center Dining Room.)
Meal plans are non-transferable and cannot be used by others. Meal plan holders are required to show photo ID upon entry or for purchase.
Viking Bucks
Viking Bucks may be used in any Augustana dining establishment on campus and concessions. Viking Bucks go on your student ID card. Swipes and purchases are deducted from your balance. Viking Bucks can be reloaded to any meal plan at a rate of dollar-for-dollar by contacting the dining office.
- Once Viking Bucks have been issued, they cannot be refunded or reduced.
- Unused Viking Bucks will roll over between terms but will expire on the Monday following Commencement.
- Viking Bucks can be used like cash in the Gerber Dining Center to purchase meals.
- If you purchase $500 or more Viking Bucks at a time, you will receive a 10% discount ($0.90 per Viking Buck).
Gerber Unlimited on-campus plan
This plan provides unlimited access to the all-you-care-to-eat Gerber Dining Center, seven days a week during operation hours, and $75 in Viking dollars per semester. Unlimited meal swipes must be taken in the Gerber Dining Center.
This plan carries 20 retail swipes. These are meal swipes that allow for a meal equivalency in the retail dining areas (C-store, Snack Bar, and Brew).
Any 19, Any 15, Any 12 on-campus plans and Any 10 off-campus plan
These plans offer a certain amount of meal swipes each week which can be used to purchase all-you-can-eat meals in the Gerber Center Dining Room, and also to-go meals and meal bundles from the Brew, Westerlin Market and Gus' Snack Bar. Up to four swipes can be used a day.
The meal week begins with breakfast on Sunday and ends with dinner on Saturday. Meals not used during the week are forfeited.
Any 10, Any 80 and Any 100 off-campus plans
These plans offer a certain amount of meal swipes for the semester or academic year and can be used at any time to purchase meals in the Gerber Center Dining Room, and also to-go meals and meal bundles from the Brew, Westerlin Market and Gus' Snack Bar. With each of these meal plans, up to four meal swipes can be used a day.
Meal swipes and Viking Bucks roll over term-to-term during the academic year. An additional block of 25 meal swipes can be purchased at any time for $275. Any meal swipes or Viking Bucks left at the end of the academic year (the Monday after commencement) will be forfeited.
Meal plans | Per semester | Per academic year |
|---|---|---|
| On-campus options (available to all students) | ||
| Gerber Unlimited Plus $75 Viking Bucks and 20 retail meal swipes* | $3,401 | $6,802 |
| Any 19 19 meals per week | $3,117 | $6,234 |
| Any 15** 15 meals per week plus $110 Viking bucks per semester | $3,117 | $6,234 |
| Any 12 12 meals per week plus $250 Viking bucks per semester | $3,117 | $6,234 |
| Off-campus options (available only to TLA residents and commuters) | ||
| Any 10 10 meals per week | $1,608 | $3,216 |
| Any 80*** 80 meals per term plus $235 Viking bucks | $1,154 | |
| Any 100*** 100 meals per term plus $50 Viking bucks | $1,154 | |
| Viking Bucks | $300 minimum purchase | |
| 25 meal swipes | $275 |
*The Gerber Unlimited plan provides unlimited access to the all-you-care-to-eat Gerber Dining Center, seven days a week during operation hours, and $75 in Viking Bucks per term. Unlimited meal swipes must be taken in the Gerber Dining Room. 20 retail swipes and Viking Bucks can be used at all other dining locations. Retail swipes are meal swipes associated with the Gerber Unlimited plan only. These allow for a meal equivalency swipe in the retail dining areas (C-store, Snack Bar, and Brew).
**All first-year and sophomore students are automatically assigned the Any 15 plan at the beginning of each semester. To change plans, log in to the housing and dining portal.
***The Any 100 and Any 80 meal swipes and Viking Bucks roll over term-to-term during the 2024-2025 academic year and are valid until used in full or at the end of the academic year. These meal plans can be purchased at any time during the year.
Notes:
- Students have the first two weeks of the term to make changes to their plan.
- An additional block of 25 meals may be purchased for $275.00 and added to any off-campus meal plan.