Most meal plans are made up of four components. The dining hall “meal swipes”, Tiger Meals, guest swipes, and Dining Dollars.
1. Meal Swipes: When a student enters a dining hall, the cashier will swipe their OneCard to access their meal plan and grant them entry into the dining hall. Once inside, all three of TU’s residential dining halls are “all-you-care-to-eat" style dining. With an all-access meal plan students have an unlimited number of swipe entries to use at the dining halls. This means students do not need to track their visits per week or day.
2. Tiger Meals: Tiger Meals are available at our on-campus retail dining locations. View the full list of locations online. Tiger Meals are a combo meal option determined by each location. Most plans have a quantity of Tiger Meals per week, resetting every Friday morning. View the full Tiger Meal menu online.
3. Dining Dollars: Dining Dollars are used at on-campus retail dining locations as a method of payment to purchase items smaller than a Tiger Meal (for example, an iced coffee) or to purchase menu items not included in the Tiger Meal selection. Dining Dollars is a debit account stored on a student’s OneCard. They are tax-exempt, granting savings of 6%. Dining Dollars can be replenished via the OneCard portal and will carryover on your student’s account until their separation from the University. Dining Dollars that have been carried over from prior semesters or were added to your student’s OneCard account will show up in the Carryover Dining Dollars account.
4. Guest Swipes: All meal plans include three guest swipes per semester. These are used by the meal plan holder to bring a friend or family member to eat in one of the dining halls.
In summary, “meal swipes” are utilized in the dining halls. Tiger Meals and Dining Dollars are utilized outside of the dining halls, at on-campus retail dining locations.
For meal plan assistance, please contact the Auxiliary Services Business Office by emailing onecard@towson.edu or calling 410-704-2284
For all other dining related inquiries please contact dining@towson.edu
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