Faculty & Staff Dining Membership

Your Dining Membership will be active starting on Monday, August 26, at 7:00 a.m. for breakfast and the final meal for the Fall 2024 semester will be lunch on Friday, December 13, at 6:00 p.m.

There will be no meal plan for the break between semesters. Your membership will end for the fall semester and you will need to sign up again for the spring.

Dining Membership Terms and Conditions

• Any employee of ESU may purchase a meal plan.
• You are obligated to pay the meal plan fee each semester, through biweekly payroll deductions. Any questions about payroll deduction should be directed to the Payroll Office in Human Resource Management at payroll@esu.edu.
• Once enrolled, employees will not be able to cancel for the current semester.
• Your ID is required whenever you wish to enter Dansbury Commons or purchase food from any of our other locations on campus. Meals and ID cards are non-transferable and may not be used by any other person.
• If you lose/misplace your ID or it becomes damaged and our computer system can no longer read the magnetic strip, you will be required to obtain a new ID from the Campus Card Center on the lower level of the University Center.
• Block Meals are non-refundable, non-transferable, and do not rollover to the next semester. Any block meals remaining on an account on the last day of the fall semester will be forfeited.
• Dining Dollars are non-refundable, non-transferable, and do not rollover to the next academic year. Any Dining Dollar funds remaining on an account on the last day of the fall semester will be forfeited.
• A meal equivalency is accepted at all retail locations. The meal equivalency amount is $6.36 and is only accepted on food made in-house. All bottled, prepackaged foods are dining dollar, cash, E$ or credit only.
• Special dietary needs will require a meeting with ESU Dining Services. Please contact the ESU Dining Services Office at Dansbury Commons (570) 422-3200.