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Meal Plan Accommodations

Dining and Meal Plan Accommodations and Special Requests

NC State Dining seeks to provide a safe, secure, and comfortable environment in which students can be academically successful, consume delicious, healthy foods and relax with friends. In order to do so, we understand that some students may need disability-related accommodations or special considerations to ensure a great experience while at NC State.

Whenever possible, NC State Dining works to accommodate residents’ needs in the dining halls. If you have a food allergy or require a special diet, NC State Dining’s registered dietitian can provide the resources and information to make healthy food choices. Foods served in the dining halls that contain potential allergens are labeled accordingly, and ingredient information is available upon request. For more information, call NC State Dining at 919.513.5310 or email wellfedwolfpack@ncsu.edu.

NC State University provides equal opportunity in all of its programs, activities, and services, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and other applicable laws. If you require accommodation for a disability, such as food allergies or chronic health conditions submit a request below.

Submitting your request

Students who have special dietary or meal plan requests based on religious reasons are encouraged to contact the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity through the form below.

Submitting your request

Students with short-term medical needs

NC State Dining also reviews special considerations that may not be covered by disability-related requests.  Some examples of special considerations might include consideration for temporary medical conditions, medical conditions that are not food allergies, etc.

Submitting your request

If you need more information or assistance regarding eating on campus because of special dietary needs, please contact our Nutrition Team at 919.513.5310 or email wellfedwolfpack@ncsu.edu.

First-year students living in on-campus housing are required to participate in an NC State Dining meal plan.  However, as a part of on-campus housing, Greek Village has in-house meal services as part of their Chapters’ residential experience. In recognition of this, a reduced NC State Dining meal plan requirement called “The Greek New Member Meal Plan” is available to First-year students who join a fraternity or sorority with a qualifying meal plan requirement. Qualifying chapter meal plans serve a minimum of 10 hot meals per week that meet menu and service criteria for sound nutrition, variety, convenience and cleanliness. Chapters typically provide two hot meals per weekday but do not have full service over weekends. 

The Greek New Member Meal Plan combined with a qualifying Chapter meal plan is designed to provide complete meal coverage. Beginning fall semester, any student who joins a Chapter with a qualifying meal plan will be enrolled in that Chapter’s meal plan and moved from their current NC State Dining meal plan to a Greek New Member Plan. This change will occur on Sept 15, but students can contact the Wolfpack One Card Office at any time if they want a meal plan offering more dining coverage.

For the spring semester, the above enrollment process will commence on Jan 25.  Fraternity and Sorority Life will provide a list of all new members with qualifying meal plans to NC State Dining for processing before the deadline each semester.

  • Greek New Member Plan (required): 850 Dining Points
  • Option to upgrade to other meal plans at a prorated cost:
    • Block 80 + 600 Dining Points
    • Block 120 + 500 Dining Points
    • Flex 500                
    • Flex 800

New members who purchase a non-qualifying meal plan from the chapter and are first-year students living in campus housing are required to maintain an NC State Dining meal plan from the roster of plans available to them, even if they add additional meals from the chapter.

Any first-year student living in on-campus housing who either has dietary needs that cannot be met by the chapter meal plan or severs their chapter membership with the chapter and thus ends their participation in the chapter meal plan, is no longer exempt from the requirement to participate in a campus meal plan. They must select a campus meal plan, which will be priced on a prorated basis.

Like NC State Dining meal plans, Chapter meal plans are billed through the University Cashier’s Office.  Credits received from changes to NC State Dining meal plan change will be applied to the student’s account as would charges for the Chapter meal plan and new Greek New Member or other NC State Dining plan.

If you have a financial hardship that is impacting your access to food, or you cannot afford your meal plan, the NC State Pack Essentials program is a source of multiple resources that can help.  Learn more at https://dasa.ncsu.edu/pack-essentials/

Additional questions?

If you have other questions or concerns you can also call our office at 919.515.3090 or simply visit the Wolfpack One counter in the Talley Student Union 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday thru Friday.