Yes. A minimum of $100 is required per plan (including Independence and Patriot Plans). Liberty Plans have fixed amounts assigned to them. However, additional Dining Dollars are not required if a second Patriot Plan is purchased within the same semester.
Note: The average student selects $350 of Dining Dollars.
Log on to the Online Mason Card Office with your Mason NetID.
Click “Buy/Change your Meal Plan” on the navigation menu and follow the prompts to complete the meal plan selection.
Once completed, the meal plan will be activated immediately during the semester.
You can add or upgrade your meal plan anytime during the semester. To add more Dining Dollars, select the next level up of the Dining Dollar amount. For more information on meal plan management, please visit the Mason Card Office.
Dining Dollars may be added in one of four increments: $100, $200, $350, or $500 at any point during the year. To add Dining Dollars:
Log on to the Online Mason Card Office with your Mason NetID
Click “Buy/Change your Meal Plan” on the navigation menu
Select the next level up of the Dining Dollar amount. For example, if you have an Independence 200 plan, you would select the Independence 350 to add additional $150 Dining Dollars. The $150 difference will be billed to your Student Account for payment.
If you have further questions, please email masonid@gmu.edu
Remember: Dining Dollars will roll over into the Spring semester as a courtesy, but they become non-refundable at the end of the Spring Semester.
Mason Money is separate from your meal plan, and you can use it at a variety of places such as dining, book store, print shop, parking services. Mason Money is taxable.
Remember: Dining Dollars offer Dollar-For-Dollar Tax-Exempt (6% savings) at all dining venues on all campuses; Mason Money is not tax-exempt.On campus students who live in apartment-style-halls (Rogers, Townhouses, Northern Neck, Liberty Square, Potomac Heights) are not required to have a meal plan. However, all meal plans are available to off campus students. Take this short quiz to find out your perfect match.
Starship delivery robots are our little helpers that deliver food and snack to you and your friends on campus. They are contactless, low cost, fast and friendly.
You can use Dining Dollars or Mason Money as well as credit/debit card to pay small delivery fee. Experience the future today: https://get.starshipdeliveries.com/u/patriots
Each dining hall has Simple Servings station. All foods served at this station are prepared exclusively with ingredients that do not contain the following food allergens: Milk, Eggs, Wheat, Soy, Tree Nuts, Shellfish, Gluten, Peanuts. All staff working at that station are AllerTrain certified.
If you have allergy or dietary concern, we encourage you to set up a FREE appointment with our Registered Dietitian Brooke Tresch (brooke.tresch@sodexo.com).
- Southside and Ike's Dining Halls - Simple Servings station. In the event that non-halal items are the only option, halal entrée will still be available upon request.
- The Globe Dining Hall - halal options are available upon request.