Meal Plan
We have designed the following meal plans to meet your campus dining needs.
Meal Prices:
Breakfast = 1 Meal Swipe or $9.25 (plus tax) Cash, Commons Cash, Debit or Credit Cards.
Brunch = 1 Meal Swipe or $12.75 (plus tax) Cash, Commons Cash, Debit or Credit Cards.
Lunch = 1 Meal Swipe or $12.75 (plus tax) Cash, Commons Cash, Debit or Credit Cards
Dinner = 1 Meal Swipe or $14.00 (plus tax) Cash, Commons Cash, Debit or Credit Cards
Students are tax-exempt.
Starting August 14, 2024
Faculty and Staff all-you-care-to-eat Thursday price $9.00 plus tax.
How does my plan work?
Your ISU Student ID works as a debit card for your meal plan. Meal plans have two essential components accessible with your ID: Meal Swipes & Commons Cash.
**Meal Swipes: **the main meal plan currency
Meal Swipes can be used anytime at Sycamore Dining Hall, our AYCE (All You Care to Eat) student restaurant.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are each just one meal swipe.
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Commons Cash: just like cash
Declining Balanceaccount that may be spent at any ISU Dining location on campus (including Sycamore Dining) with a dollar-for-dollar value.
Where can I use my plan? Meal Swipes may be used in Sycamore Dining Hall. You can eat in, or if you are in a hurry, choose from our Sycamore To Go program selections next to the cashier stations. Meal Exchanges may also be redeemed at all locations in the HMSU Commons from 2 pm until close on Sunday, except for the Campus Cupboard, Starbucks, and George's Café.
Commons Cash is accepted as payment at all campus restaurants.
Where can I purchase more Commons Cash?
Visit the ISU Dining Services Office, call (812)237-4138, or visit shop-indstate.sodexomayway.com/dining-plans
See indstate.sodexomyway.com for complete details.
Contacts
- Resident Meal Plans: Residential Life at (812) 237-3993. 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday
- Commuter Meal Plans: Dining Services at (812) 237-4138 - 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday.
Resident
Chosen with Housing, not available for purchase on eCommerce.
Meal swipes are the currency used at the Sycamore Dining Hall and on Sundays after 2:00 p.m. in the HMSU Commons at select locations. In the Dining Hall, students pay one price at the door and can eat all they like during that meal.
Commons Cash is the currency that can be used at all ISU Dining campus locations. It has a dollar-for-dollar value.
Standard 12 Plan
Twelve meals per week in Sycamore Dining Hall seven days a week and in select HMSU retail locations after 2 p.m. on Sundays, $170 in Commons Cash, and five guest meals per semester.
All Access Plan
Unlimited daily access to Sycamore Dining Hall with Retail Exchange Meals available Sunday after 2:00 pm (limited to two exchange per day), plus $102 Commons Cash and five (5) guest meals per semester.
Resident Rollover to Qualifying Meal Plan: Commons Cash balances roll over from the Fall to the Spring semester.
**UA/500 Plan **Five meals a week for $102 in Commons Cash per semester. This plan is available for students living in the University Apartments or at 500 Wabash.
Upper-Class Building Plan 7 Meals a week plus $204 per semester in Commons Cash per semester, and five (5) guest meals per semester. This plan is only available for upper-class students living in Hines Hall, Reeve Hall, or Erickson Hall.
Plan details:
Meals expire on Saturdays at midnight. They may be used in Sycamore Dining, the Cup & Chaucer (Cunningham Memorial Library), Executive Express (Scott College of Business), or the Campus Cupboard and Sycamore Sliders (HMSU Commons). Residents in these buildings may upgrade to any offered on-campus meal plan.
Commuter - 2025/2026 Meal Plans Available Now
Sam’s Plan
30 Meals plus
$40 in Commons Cash
Sycamore Plan
50 Meals plus
$40 in Commons Cash
Commuter Meal Plans Terms and Conditions
Meals may be redeemed during operational hours at Sycamore Dining, Campus Cupboard, Sycamore Sliders, and the Cup and Chaucer in the Cunningham Memorial Library. Meal exchange details for the Cup and Chaucer, Sycamore Sliders, and Campus Cupboard are available at each location.
Meal swipes may be used in Sycamore Dining and Sycamore To Go carryout. Retail Meal Exchanges may also be redeemed at all locations in the HMSU Commons from 2 pm until close on Sunday, except at the Campus Cupboard, Starbucks, and George's Café.
Commons Cash is accepted at all campus restaurants.
Entry into Sycamore Dining for the Forest Plan and ISU Ultimate Plan is as follows:
One (1) meal swipe for any meal period.
Entry into Sycamore Dining for Sam’s Plan and the Sycamore Plan is as follows:
One (1) meal swipe for any meal period.
Additional Commons Cash may be purchased for a dollar for dollar value.
All commuter meal plans expire at the end of each semester.
All commuter meal plans expire at the end of each semester.
SYCAMORE Plan
50 Meals Per Semester Plus $40 in Commons Cash Price: $425.00
Sams Plan
30 Meals Per Semester Plus $40 in Commons Cash
Price: $280.00
Add-Ons
Commons Cash
A defined amount of declining balance dollars for use at anycampus dining location.
10 Commuter Meal Swipes
10 Meal Swipes for Sam's or Sycamore Commuter Meal Plans
Faculty / Staff
Faculty and Staff Meal Plan 12 meals at Sycamore Dining Hall
Faculty and Staff 9 Meal Plan + Commons Cash 9 meals at Sycamore Dining Hall & $20 Commons Cash