Dining Services
1420 Knollview Drive
Big Rapids, MI 49307
(231) 591-2210
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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.
Dining Plans | 14 Traditional | Crimson | Gold | Platinum |
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Semester Cost | $2,206 | $2,409 | $2,569 | $2,755 |
Dining Dollars | n/a | n/a | $175 | $350 |
Guest Meals | n/a | n/a | 8 | 12 |
For summer students, Ferris also offers a Traditional 10 which offers students 10 meals a week to spend whenever they want.
Meal Plan | Cost | Cost Per Meal |
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Traditional 10 |
$890 | $6.85 |
Express Meals and Bulldog Bucks are designed to accommodate the needs of students living on or off campus. Express Meals can be used at Rock Café, Quad Café, Snack Shack, Erbert & Gerbert’s, Bulldog Bites Food Truck, Grill Pit, and the Market. Any unused express 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.
Options | 25 Meals | 50 Meals | 75 Meals | 125 Meals |
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Total cost | $222 | $412 | $567 | $915 |
Per Meal cost | $8.88 | $8.24 | $7.56 | $7.32 |
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 and can be used at any Ferris dining location, including Grubhub and vending machines. 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 as well as Ferris Outfitters, Katke Golf Course, and shopUICA at KCAD.
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 an anytime meal plan the option to use a meal swipe for a meal to go at the Snack Shack, Erbert & Gerbert’s, Bulldog Bites Food Truck, the Grill Pit, or the Market.
Note: Dining Dollars are non-refundable. 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.