In order to meet your campus dining needs, we have designed the following meal plans for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Required Meal Plans

• All students living in on-campus residence halls without kitchens in their rooms will have a $1,165 meal plan
  (Louisville Hall, Miller Hall,Center Hall, Unitas Hall, Community Park, Threlkeld Hall, Wellness Hall, West Hall, Kurz Hall.)

• All students living in on-campus residence halls with kitchens in their rooms will have a $745 meal plan
  (University Tower Apartments, Bettie Johnson Hall)

• All full-time commuter students* on the Belknap Campus will
  have a $175 meal plan
  
  *A full-time commuter student is defined as an undergraduate student who is not residing in university housing and is enrolled in 12 or more hours for the semester, of which 9 or more hours are on the Belknap Campus.

Faculty & Staff Meal Plans

• Save 6% on all purchases
• $25 or more starts an account
• Save time by staying on campus for lunch
• No fear of losing your parking space
• Support your campus community:
  Dine with a student today!

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Please keep this information in mind:

• Meal plan participants may carry over the balance on their meal cards to Spring 2010.
• Any carry over will be added to the spring charge and must be used before the end of the spring semester. Any balance remaining on the meal card at the end of the spring semester will be forfeited.
• Check your balance often at any food service register. Knowing your meal plan balance and planning ahead will decrease the chance you will forfeit any money.
• Residents, who feel the current meal plan does not meet their needs, may request a waiver from the plan. Waivers may be approved for medical or religious reasons, as well as, other extenuating circumstances where the food service is unable to meet an individual student's needs. To submit a waiver, complete a Waiver Request in the Housing Office. Students who applied for and received a waiver for fall will need to reapply for a spring waiver.

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Adding Value to Your Meal Plan:

If you are interested in adding value to your meal plan you can visit the Cardinal Card Office on the lower level of the Houchens Building or you can add value online at the Cardinal Card Online site.

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Meal Plan Waiver:

Policy: This policy establishes the guidelines and process for students requesting a waiver from the mandatory meal plans.  The policy covers meal plans for all students required to purchase a meal plan.

Procedures:

Students requesting a waiver from a meal plan must complete the Meal Plan Waiver Request form.  

Waiver requests will be accepted from August 1 each year until 4:00 PM on the second Friday of the fall semester for fall waivers and from December 1 each year until 4:00 PM on the second Friday of the spring semester for spring waivers.  Requests received prior to the first day to accept requests will be held and not reviewed by the Waiver Review Committee until after the first day to accept requests.  Waiver requests received after the last day to accept requests will be automatically denied. 

A student may submit a waiver request form and all supporting documents to University Contract Administration at 1900 Arthur Street, Louisville, Kentucky  40208-2768; or email requests to mealplanwaivers@louisville.edu or fax requests to (502) 852-0740. 

For more information visit: http://louisville.edu/dos/mealplan/mealplanwaiverpolicy.html