Dining on Campus FAQs
Dining Facilities & Accommodations FAQs
There are lots of places to eat on campus. To view all dining locations, hours of operations, and menus, visit widener.campusdish.com.
At the Pride Café, students have the ability to choose from a variety of freshly prepared, made-to-order options. Whether you decide on hot pizza out of our wood-burning oven, fresh rotisserie meats, or chef-prepared meals, you will truly be in for a culinary adventure.
Pride Café’s True Balance station features menu items that are free from the seven most common food allergens. Please contact campusdining@widener.edu to set-up an appointment with the dining services team.
In addition to the Pride Café, there are many other eating establishments on campus to satisfy your wildest cravings. Check out Moe’s Southwest Grill, Auntie Annes, Cinnabon, Bento Sushi & Good Day in MacMorland Commons, Starbucks in University Center, Freshens in Freedom Hall and our 24 hour convenience store, The Lions' Den, located on the bottom floor of University Center.
For a complete list of up-to-date hours of operation, please visit https://widener.campusdish.com/LocationsAndMenus.
Meal Plan FAQs
Meal Plan Options
Dining on campus isn’t one size fits all. That’s why we’ve designed meal plans to fit every appetite.
On-Campus Residential Students
- First- and second-year students that live in residence halls, including those in Metropolitan and Harris Hall apartments, must purchase one of the three Unlimited Meal Plans, which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner on weekdays and brunch and dinner on weekends.
- Second-year students living in Metropolitan or Harris Hall apartments with full kitchens can purchase any of the Unlimited Meal Plans or the Weekday 15 Meal Plan.
- Second-year students living in spaces without full kitchens can purchase any of the Unlimited Meal Plans.
- Third-year and above students living on campus may select any meal plan, including block plans, or may opt out of selecting a meal plan.
- Block plans are only available to commuters, graduate students, and to students in their third year of study or above.
- Students with an Unlimited Plan may use two meal equivalencies per day.
Block meal plans must be used in the semester in which they are purchased. Dining dollars purchased through block plans do not carry forward to the next term.
View On-Campus/Residential Meal Plan Options
Commuter & Off-Campus Students
Commuters and off-campus students are offered a select group of meal plans specifically tailored with flexibility in mind.
Understanding Dining Dollars & Meal Exchanges
Students who purchase a meal plan must present their student ID card—the One Card— upon entering the Pride Café. Students who do not have their One Card with them in person must find their card, or can use cash, credit, or debit to gain access.
Students who are not on a meal plan can use cash or credit/debit to gain access to the Pride Café. Dining dollars cannot be used without purchasing a meal plan.
Dining Dollars
Dining Dollars are the additional money that comes with your chosen meal plan. They can only be used at on-campus food service locations.
- Dining Dollars CANNOT be used at Uno Pizzeria & Grill.
Meal Exchanges
Certain meal plans allow you to use a meal “swipe” at locations other than the Pride Café. We consider these transactions “meal exchanges”.
Weekly and Weekday plans include two meal exchange opportunities per day, which are meals that can be had at any on-campus food service location outside of the Pride Café.
Once the two meal exchanges are used, the meal exchange usage is blocked until the next day and Pride Café entrance is blocked until the next meal period begins. If you do not have any meal exchanges left for the day, you will need to use Dining Dollars. Students can also choose to pay for the extra meals by cash or credit card.
Log onto GET using your Widener login to review your meal plan balance and recent transactions.
The PRIDE Bucks program will be discontinued after the Spring 2025 semester. Please use any remaining PRIDE Bucks by the end of the semester.
If your balance is over $5 at the end of the semester, you can request a refund by submitting the PRIDE Bucks Request for Withdrawal form to the One Card Office via email at onecard@widener.edu or in person at Lipka Hall. Balances under $5 will not be refunded.
Please note that any remaining balances will first be applied to any outstanding financial obligations to Widener University before a refund can be processed.
For students who have used Pride Bucks to purchase additional printing funds, more information will be provided about the updated process for obtaining printing funds for Summer 2025.
We encourage you to check your Pride Bucks balance and use any remaining funds before the end of the Spring 2025 semester.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us at onecard@widener.edu or 610-499-4145.