CI Food Service

On Campus Dining Venues:

Islands Café						Islands Café offers traditional dining with breakfast, lunch and dinner on weekdays, and brunch and dinner on the weekends.  This is considered the primary component of the resident meal plan program.
						Freudian Sip Coffee Shop offers the perfect ambiance for studying, socializing, drinking a cup of coffee with a delicious pastry, or enjoying a blended drink.  With one location in the Student Union and another in the library, Freudian Sip is conveniently located.
						Offering pizza, specialty salads, deli sandwiches, and hot dogs, the Lighthouse Café is the perfect spot to grab a bite without missing out on any of the action!  Meet your friends here and enjoy your lunch or dinner in the vibrant dining area or on the beautiful patio.  Located in the Student Union, very near the villages.
						A convenience store loaded with your favorite snacks inside the Student Union.
						Located in the University Glen Town Center, Juice It Up serves up fresh smoothies and juices while you wait.
						The franchise chain serves up fresh sandwiches and salads at it's University Glen Town Center location.
						Tortillas Grill & Cantina offers a special blend of traditional and contemporary Mexican dishes and a relaxing indoor/outdoor dining experience conveniently located adjacent to the Cove Bookstore in the University Glen Town Center.
						Frozen yogurt at its finest!  Located in the University Glen Town Center.

Meal Plan Options and Requirements:

We offer two plans for each Village; the basic and enhanced plans.  The basic plan is the minimum requirement for all residents.  This requirement insures that a reasonable amount of food service is available to meet the dietary needs of students who live on campus.  Residents interested in taking more of their meals on campus may upgrade to the enhanced meal plan.  Each of the plans includes flexible spending dollars for use at the various campus venues.  Additional dollars may be added to a resident's account at any time.

Requests for Exemption:

We recognize that there will be some students with strict dietary needs for medical or religious reasons.  We strive to provide sufficient variety to meet the dining needs of a wide range of tastes and requirements.  If you believe a meal plan exemption should be considered due to medical or religious reasons, please contact Rachel Tafoya in the Housing and Residential Education office to receive information on how to request an exemption.  In order for meal plan exemption requests to receive full consideration, they must be received no later than July 1 for fall semester and December 1 for spring semester.  Most requests initially presented for exemption are able to be accommodated by our food service program.  In rare cases, we are unable to meet some or all of an individual's needs; in those cases, we grant a full or partial meal plan exemption.

Meal Plan Limitations:

1. Non-Transferable:  In order to insure that each student who purchases a plan is able to obtain the expected benefit, meal plan credits and flexible spending dollars are not transferable to other students or visitors.  All campus dining venues provide cash options for visitors or CI community members who have not purchased a meal plan.
2. Meal Plan Expiration: We encourage students to use all their meal plan credits and flexible spending dollars during the academic year to maximize their dining plan.  Meal credits for Islands Café and flexible spending dollars do carry over from fall to spring semester, but expire at the end of the academic year.  Remaining credit at the end of the year cannot be refunded or carried forward to the next academic year.