{"id":98,"date":"2025-04-09T15:33:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/residencelife\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T19:37:10","slug":"meal-plan-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/residencelife\/current-returning-students\/housing-procedures\/meal-plan-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Meal Plan Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><section class=\"wp-block-umw-hero alignfull umw-custom-block umw-hero umw-hero--dark-text umw-hero--white umw-hero--with-no-media umw-hero--with-no-content\"><div class=\"umw-hero__inner\"><div class=\"umw-hero__media\"><\/div><div class=\"umw-hero__title\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"umw-hero__title__wrapper\"><div class=\"umw-hero__eyebrow\">Residence Life and Housing<\/div><h1 class=\"umw-hero__title__header\">Meal Plan Information<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meal-plan-information\">Meal Plan Information<\/h2><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Available Meal Plans<\/h3><p>View detailed information on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umw.sodexomyway.com\/my-meal-plan\">available meal plans<\/a>.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Off-Campus Students<\/h3><p>Commuter students may select a meal plan by submitting a Off-Campus Meal Plan Agreement application.&nbsp; To select a meal plan log in and access the application through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/umw.starrezhousing.com\/StarRezPortal\/F8B0E82A\/1\/1\/Home-Home\">the Housing Portal<\/a>.&nbsp; If the application is not available after logging in, please <a href=\"https:\/\/umw.edu\/residencelife\/contact\">contact Residence Life and Housing<\/a>.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Residential Students<\/h3><p>All residential students must have a meal plan.&nbsp; Residential students select their meal plan through the Housing and Dining Services Agreement application process in the <a href=\"https:\/\/umw.starrezhousing.com\/starrezportal\">Housing Portal<\/a>.&nbsp; Residential students wishing to be exempt from having a meal plan may submit a Request for Meal Plan Reduction or Exemption in the <a href=\"https:\/\/umw.starrezhousing.com\/starrezportal\">Housing Portal<\/a>.  Exemption and reduction requests for medical reasons will be referred to the Office of Disability Resources.<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changes to Meal Plans<\/h3><p>All changes in meal plans, meaning increases or decreases, must be requested by the Friday of the first week of classes.&nbsp; Any requests submitted after the first week of classes will be automatically denied unless the student moved from Eagle Landing or the UMW Apartments into a traditional residence hall.&nbsp; In such cases the student will be assigned the smallest meal plan for traditional housing, unless otherwise indicated.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Note<\/strong>:&nbsp; First time students on the Eagle&nbsp;Plan are not allowed to change their meal plan during the first academic year regardless of where they live.<\/p><p>If a student runs out of meals before the semester has concluded, the student needs to contact Residence Life and Housing to review their options.<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meal Plan Change Instructions:<\/h4><p>To change a meal plan, students must go into the meal plan application where they selected their meal plan and choose a different plan. Choices are limited to what they are eligible to select. Changes to meal plans during the first week of classes must be done manually by Residence Life and Housing.<\/p><p><strong>Off-Campus Meal Plan Cancellation<\/strong><\/p><p>Off-Campus meal plans are selected for both Fall and Spring semesters.&nbsp; If an off-campus student decides they want to cancel the meal plan for the Spring semester, they must request the cancellation by completing the Residence Life and Housing <a href=\"https:\/\/umw.edu\/residencelife\/contact\">&ldquo;Contact Us&rdquo; form<\/a>.  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