Dining Services
1420 Knollview Drive
Big Rapids, MI 49307
Students dining together is an important part of the college experience by encouraging opportunities for social interactions and learning with others around the meal table.
All residence hall residing, incoming freshmen who are not 19 years old before September 1 of the current academic year are able to select from the following unlimited access Anytime Meal Plans. Many students elect to purchase an all you care to eat meal plan after their first year. Purchase your meal plan online though the Online Bulldog Service Center.
Crimson, Gold, and Platinum anytime meal plans allow students an unlimited number of meals, seven days a week, throughout the semester.
The 14 Traditional meal plan provides 14 meal swipes each week throughout the semester. Use them all in one day or ration them out, for example, using two meals a day seven days a week. Meals are reset each Sunday just after midnight.
Meal swipes can be used at the Quad Café, Grill Pit, and Ferris Outfitters. Meals are reset each Sunday at 3AM.
Meal Plan | Cost | Cost Per Meal |
---|---|---|
Summer Crimson |
$1987 | Unlimited Meals |
Summer 10 |
$935 | $7.19 |
Express Meals and Bulldog Bucks are designed to accommodate the needs of students living on or off campus. Express Meals can be used at the Rock Café, Quad Café, Grill Pit, Erbert & Gerbert’s, Bulldog Bites Food Truck, the Market, Ferris Outfitters, Brutus Bistro, Sports Complex Concessions, and Football Concessions. Any unused meals at the end of the academic year in spring will roll over to the following academic year. The more you purchase, the less you pay per meal!
Ferris employees can follow these steps to view faculty/staff meal plan options and select to pay via payroll deduction or credit card:
PURCHASE FACULTY/STAFF MEAL PLANS
Dining Dollars come with the Gold and Platinum Meal Plans. Dining Dollars can be used at all Ferris dining locations, Grubhub, vending machines, and at Ferris Outfitters for food and beverages. Dining Dollars are good for the entire academic year and expire at the end of spring semester. When you run out, purchase Bulldog Bucks which can be used at all the same locations in addition to Katke Golf Course, shopUICA at KCAD, all merchandise at Ferris Outfitters, and FSU Print Anywhere printers.
Add Bulldog Bucks for use at our dining and non-dining retail locations including:
Bulldog Bucks roll over from year to year.
Meal Exchange gives students who have a Platinum, Gold, or Crimson meal plan the option to use a meal swipe for a “meal to go” once a day at the Rock Café, Quad Café, Grill Pit, Ferris Outfitters, Erbert & Gerbert’s, the Market, Bulldog Bites Food Truck, Brutus Bistro, Sports Complex Concessions, and Football Concessions.
**Note: Dining Dollars are non-refundable and expire at the end of the academic year in the spring. Express Meals and Bulldog Bucks are non-refundable unless a student is graduating or withdrawing from Ferris, or an employee is ending employment with Ferris. An Express Meal account that is inactive for 365 days will result in unused meals expiring. Bulldog Bucks do not expire. However, a Bulldog Bucks account that is inactive for 365 days will be subject to a $2/month maintenance fee. If a person’s Bulldog Bucks balance is less than $2, the maintenance fee will match the balance. No one will not be assessed a fee greater than their balance.