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Exceptional, on-campus dining plus convenient cash-free spending via your MaineCard!
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How Dining Locations Differ
How Meal Plans Work
Meal Plan Options
Plan Requirements & How to Sign Up
Changing Your Meal Plan
Special Information for Commuter Students, Faculty and Staff
How Dining Locations Differ
Dining locations are set up in two styles in order to meet the varying needs of on-campus resident students, commuter students, faculty and staff.
UNLIMITED DINING
Hilltop | York | Wells Central
These locations are designed to be a "home away from home" for the resident populations they serve. Although non-resident customers are certainly welcome, these venues feature amenities designed to enhance the on-campus living experience:
extended hours
all-you-care-to-eat menus
special programming
A LA CARTE DINING
The Marketplace | Bear's Den | Bear Bites, Too | Oakes Room
These locations are designed to serve the greater campus community. Service styles and options are similar to public dining venues like restaurants:
a la carte dining
more take-out options
operating hours to match the busiest times on campus
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How Meal Plans Work
Resident students can choose from specific meal plan options based upon their year and where they live on campus. Commuter students, faculty and staff can also choose from various plan options.
"UNLIMITED DINING" PLANS
Enjoy unlimited dining in Hilltop, Wells Central and York — our residential all-you-care-to-eat facilities. Stop in as often as you’d like during operating hours for a full meal, quick snack or cup of coffee with friends! No keeping track of meals. No worrying about cash. Use your MaineCard for anytime access to regular meals, special events and theme dinners at any of these locations!
Guest Meals
Many Black Bear Meal Plans include six guest meal swipes per semester (see chart below). You may use these meal swipes to take a guest to an all-you-care-to-eat meal at Hilltop, Wells Central or York. You must accompany your guest into the dining facility and tell the cashier that you wish to use a meal swipe for that person's meal. At that time, two meals will be deducted from your account — one for you and one for your guest.
"FLEX DINING" PLANS
Meal plans designated as "Flex" include Dining Funds for occasional convenience dining in our a lá carte locations, like the Marketplace. Dining Funds operate as a declining balance (debit) account. Your Flex plan includes an initial amount of Dining Funds that are accessed via your MaineCard. Each time you make a purchase, you get a discount off of the regular cash price and the appropriate amount of Dining Funds are deducted from your account.
Dining Funds Specifics:
- Receive a 10 percent discount off of cash price of all-you-care-to-eat meals at Hilltop, Wells Central and York. (Please note that although you can use Dining Funds, your greatest value is with meal swipes.)
- Receive a 5 percent discount at our convenience markets, the Marketplace, Bear’s Den, Oakes Room Café, and Bear Bites, Too.
- You may load additional Dining Funds into your account in increments of $25 or more by visiting the MaineCard Service Center in the Memorial Union. Dining Funds may be charged to your Student Account.
- Dining Funds are non-refundable, but carry over from fall to spring semester.
- Dining Funds expire the day after commencement.
OTHER PLANS
A few plans provide for a specific number of visits to all-you-care-to-eat resident dining facilities each semester.
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Meal Plan Options
Resident students can choose from specific meal plan options based upon their year and where they live on campus. Commuter students, faculty and staff can also choose from various plan options. See the chart below for details.
2011-12 Black Bear Meal Plans
Descriptions are for ONE SEMESTER. |
Meal Plan |
Description |
Eligibility* |
Rate** |
Unlimited |
Unlimited Dining in Hilltop, York and Wells. No Dining Funds. Includes 6 guest meals. |
F, S, Jr, Sr. |
$2,050 |
Unlimited Flex |
Unlimited Dining in Hilltop, York and Wells. Plus, $150 in Dining Funds. Includes 6 guest meals. |
F, S, Jr, Sr. |
$2,200 |
Unlimited Flex Plus |
Unlimited Dining in Hilltop, York and Wells. Plus, $400 in Dining Funds. Includes 6 guest meals. |
F, S, Jr, Sr. |
$2,450 |
Junior-Senior 120 |
120 Visits to Hilltop, York and Wells. Plus, $1,000 in Dining Funds. Includes 6 guest meals. |
Jr. & Sr. |
$2,200 |
Senior Flex |
$2,200 in Dining Funds. |
Sr. |
$2,200 |
| The 25 |
25 Visits to Hilltop, York and Wells. |
DTAV/Patch |
$220 |
The 50 |
50 Visits to Hilltop, York and Wells. |
DTAV/Patch |
$440 |
| The 75 Flex |
75 Visits to Hilltop, York and Wells. Plus, $800 in Dining Funds. |
DTAV/Patch |
$1,460 |
*Eligibility Key:
F = First-Year Students
S = Sophomores
Jr = Juniors
Sr = Seniors
DTAV/Patch = residents of these two locations
Please note that commuter students, faculty and staff may purchase any of these plans.
** Rates are per semester and are subject to Board of Trustees approval. |
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Meal Plan Requirements and How to Sign Up
MEAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS
A meal plan:
- is required for all campus residents (except DTAV and Patch residents)
- is required for the entire academic year
- is payable in two installments
- first installment in July
- second installment in November
- change is allowed once during the first six weeks of each semester; please see below
HOW TO SIGN UP
On-campus resident students will be enrolled in a meal plan as part of their Academic Year Room and Board License. Please see details on the Housing website.
Commuter students, faculty and staff may sign up for a meal plan by submitting the Commuter Meal Plan Contract. Commuter students, faculty and staff may also sign up for a “Dining Funds only” or “Black Bear Bucks only” account. For details and a comparison, see the next section, “Special Information for Commuter Students, Faculty and Staff.”
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Changing Your Meal Plan
You may change your meal plan once during the first six weeks of each semester.
- Fall 2011: You have until October 7 to change your fall semester meal plan.
- Spring 2012: You have until February 17 to change your spring semester meal plan.
LOG ON HERE to change your plan.
Log on using your MaineStreet ID and password. Follow the instructions to change your meal plan. Once you modify your plan, the change will be effective the following Saturday. If you have questions, please contact us. We are here to help!
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Special Information for Commuter Students, Faculty and Staff
If you are student who lives off-campus, or a member of UMaine faculty or staff, you are welcome to participate in any Black Bear Meal Plan. Review the options in the meal plan chart above for more details.
You may also choose to load your MaineCard with either just Dining Funds or Black Bear Bucks. Both are declining balance accounts from which your purchases can be deducted.
| COMPARISON OF DECLINING BALANCE ACCOUNTS |
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10 percent discount off of cash price for all-you-care-to-eat meals at Hilltop, Wells Central and York |
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5 percent discount off of cash price for all-you-care-to-eat meals at Hilltop, Wells Central and York |
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5 percent discount at our convenience markets, the Marketplace, Bear’s Den, Oakes Room Café, and Bear Bites, Too |
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5 percent discount at our convenience markets, the Marketplace, Bear’s Den, Oakes Room Café, and Bear Bites, Too |
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can be used in on-campus dining facilities only |
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can be used on campus (Dining, Bookstore, MaineBound Adventure Center, and more) and off campus; see complete list of participating merchants |
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expire the day after commencement |
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are non-refundable, but carry over from fall to spring semester |
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can be refunded when you are no longer associated with the University |
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may be charged to your Student Account |
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may not be charged to a Student Account |
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You may open an account by visiting the MaineCard Service Center in Memorial Union. You may load additional Dining Funds into your account at any time in increments of $25 or more. |
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