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Auburn University’s
New Required Participation Dining Plan
Auburn University implemented its Required Participation Dining Plan in the fall of 2008. The program will be phased in to all Auburn University main campus undergraduates over the next four academic years. The required participation dining program enables its participating students to purchase meals, food, beverage products and dining services utilizing their personal student photo-ID card, the TigerCard, at all on-campus dining venues up to the dollar level of their required contributions. Students residing in on campus residence halls will be required to participate at a minimum level of $995 per semester. Students residing off-campus will be required to participate at a minimum level of $300. Each participating student's University account will be assessed the appropriate level concurrently with the posting for the upcoming semester's tuition and fees. Each student's plan will activate for student use upon receipt of payment or no later than the day after the due date for tuition and fees. Once a student's incoming class participates in the program, the student is required to participate for every subsequent semester the student is enrolled at Auburn University.
Summer Terms and Roll-Overs within an Academic Year
Students attending a summer term are not assessed a required participation amount for summer. Funds from the minimum level not expended during a fall semester may be expended during the spring semester. Funds from the minimum level not expended during a fall or a spring semester may be expended during the summer term.
The minimum level of $995 is not anticipated to cover all meal costs an on-campus resident student may incur during a semester. Auburn University students occasionally skip meals, dine off campus, and frequently go home for weekends. A student resident is not penalized under this debit plan for meals that a student does not consume on campus (the notorious “missed meal factor”).
The minimum level of $300 for all other students is anticipated to cover on-campus between-classes meals and snacks throughout the semester. It is not designed to necessitate students residing off campus to return to campus in the evenings to expend those funds. Assuming a student is on campus only 56 of the 70-plus class days and exam days in a given semester, the student would have available an average of $5.36 per day for a meal or snacks while on campus.
Funds remaining in this plan at the end of summer term revert to the University.
Additional Deposited Funds
Funds deposited in excess of the minimum level should be deposited into a Tiger Dining Account.
Additional Questions
Questions concerning Auburn University’s new required participation incoming student dining program being unveiled for the Fall Semester 2008 should be directed to the TigerCard office, in the new Student Center, at 334-844-4507 or email the TigerCard office at tigercard@auburn.edu.
Read the Dining Plan FAQ.
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