Meal Swipes give you access to any of our all-you-care-to-eat dining hall, Towers Café. A Warrior Pass plan comes with unlimited meal swipes, a Weekly plan includes 15 meal swipes per week that reload every Monday morning at breakfast, and a Block plan comes with an allotted amount of meal swipes that expire at the end of each semester. Meal swipes included in Create-Your-Own plans roll over from fall semester to winter semester, but will expire at midnight on the last day of final exams during the winter semester. Meal swipes included in all other plans do not roll over from semester to semester.

All freshmen are required to have a meal plan and must choose from select meal plans. All residents living in Atchison Hall, Ghafari Hall, Chatsworth Suites, and The Towers Residential Suites, regardless of classification, are required to have a meal plan. Transfer and Upperclassmen living in The Thompson Home are not required to have a meal plan. For more information, visit: https://housing.wayne.edu/live/mealplans.

Yes, there are several Commuter Meal Plans available designed to offer added convenience and value. For more information, check out our Commuter Meal plans here.

Yes.

Your meal plan is active on the first day of residential housing move-in. Check out what is open and updated hours of operation.

Warrior Dollars can be used at all Wayne State University dining locations. Adding Warrior Dollars is a great way to add flexibility and variety to your plan. Warrior Dollars roll over from Fall semester to Winter semester but will expire at midnight on the last day of final exams during the Winter semester.

Guest Meals can be used to treat friends or family to a meal in the dining hall.

Yes – we offer to-go packaging at all our dining locations.

The meal plan change period occurs twice per license period. See below:

• Fall Term Meal Plan Change Period: Ends June 30 (each license period)
• Winter Term Meal Plan Change Period: November-December (each license period)

Use the Meal Plan Accommodation Request Form located on the Office of Housing & Residential Life website to request an exemption or modification of a required meal plan. Please note that meal plan holders will be required to share documentation supporting the request being made. Requests cannot be considered until documentation is received. Submitting a request form does not guarantee that your request will be approved. Visit the Office of Housing & Residential Life in the Student Center, contact Housing@wayne.edu or call 313-577-2116 if there are any comments or questions.

Visit the OneCard office in the Welcome Center, or contact at onecard@wayne.edu or 313-577-CARD.

Adding on Warrior Dollars is a great way to add flexibility and variety to your plan. You can purchase additional dollars online or at the OneCard office in the Welcome Center.

There are three ways you can check your Meal Swipes and Warrior Dollars balance

1. On the Wayne State app

2. Ask the cashier after a purchase at any dining location

3. Visit the OneCard office in the Welcome Center, or contact at onecard@wayne.edu or 313-577-CARD

No, there is a slight difference. Warrior Dollars can only be used at all on campus dining locations. One Card Dollars can also be used at other on and off campus services in addition to all dining locations.

Warrior Dollars roll over from Fall semester to Winter semester, but will expire at midnight on the last day of final exams during the Winter semester.

Visit the Housing & Res Life Office in the Student Center, contact Housing@wayne.edu or call 313-577-2116.

Meal exchanges are swipes normally used in Towers Cafe that can be used at Warrior Eats restaurants around campus. Students can use one swipe per day to provide variety to their meal plan. Meal swipes at the various locations are a set menu with limited options.

Taco Bell, Choolaah, Erbert and Gerberts, and Shake Smart.

Mandatory meal plans are for residents living in Towers Residential Suites, Ghafari Hall, Atchison Hall and The Thompson. They are selected via the Housing portal during sign-up to live on campus. Email housing@wayne.edu for all inquiries about mandatory meal plans. Voluntary meal plans are for commuters and those who live at Anthony Wayne Drive Apartments, University Tower, or upperclassmen/transfer students living in The Thompson Home. Meal plans are purchased on a voluntary basis.

WSU allergen-friendly station designed to avoid the top 9 allergens and reduce cross-contact through dedicated prep areas, cookware, and labeling.

WSU Halal friendly station inspired by Detroit/Cass Corridor flavors. It usually serves grill items, comfort foods and rotating specials.

All block plans, Warrior Dollars, and OneCard Dollars roll over from Fall semester to the Winter semester.