Meal Plans
Common Meal Plan Terms
Unlimited Plan: Students on this plan have unlimited access to any of the University’s six all-you-care-to-eat dining centers. Students are allotted 10 guest meals per semester for friends and/or family.
Block Plan: Students on a block plan receive a designated number of meals to use at the six dining centers per semester. The plan resets at the beginning of each semester. Meals from the plan can be used as guest meals.
Meal Plan Dining Dollars: Meal Plan Dining Dollars are a supplemental declining balance that accompanies certain meal plans. Dining Dollars are reset each semester, they do not roll into future semesters. The only way a student can get Meal Plan Dining Dollars is to have a meal plan that comes with them. If a student would like to add more funds to use on campus after their Dining Dollars are depleted, they should add ’CUSE Cash. Check out the locations where Meal Plan Dining Dollars are accepted.
’CUSE Cash: ’CUSE Cash is a declining balance cash account that provides access to food, goods and services through the SUID card. This account is separate from the Meal Plan Dining Dollars account. While Meal Plan Dining Dollars may only be used for food purchases, ’CUSE Cash can be spent at nearly every point of sale on campus: Campus Dining locations, vending machines, campus convenience stores, concession stands in the JMA Wireless Dome and for all products in the Syracuse University Campus Store. ’CUSE Cash balances carry forward for students as long as they are actively enrolled at the University. Learn more about ’CUSE Cash.
Dining Centers: Ernie Davis, Shaw, Graham, Sadler, Orange and Brockway dining centers.
