Stop Hunger Food Drive

Campus Dining invites you to join with us and the UMW Athletic Department in supporting Sodexo’s annual STOP Hunger Food Drive.  We will be collecting non-perishable foods for donation to the Fredericksburg Area Food Bank through Friday, Nov. 14.  Collection bins are located in all dining facilities and will soon be available in the Simpson Library, UMW Bookstore, and other campus locations. You might want to gather canned goods in your offices or departments over the next couple of weeks, and then drop them off during our curb-side collection event between 2 and 5 p.m. on Nov. 14. You will be able to drive up and drop off your donations on College Avenue right in front of Seacobeck Hall near the FRED bus stop.  All donations not only help feed the hungry in our community, but will also count toward helping our Athletic Department win the conference food drive competition. For more information please call Heather Hosey or Rose Benedict at 540-654-2169, or e-mail us at dining@umw.edu.

Wednesday, Oct. 15
1940’s Dinner
Seacobeck Hall

Celebrate Seacobeck 1940’s Dinner

Campus Dining invites everyone to join in the fun of a 1940’s themed dinner at Seacobeck Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 15. The menu will include foods typical of the period, plus an ice cream soda bar! Dinner service is in the Washington Diner from 5 to 8 p.m.  Reservations are not required.  Cost for Faculty and Staff is $5.  For additional information contact Rose Benedict at 540-654-2169 or rbenedic@umw.edu.

Fall Break Dining

The Faculty and Staff Dining Room at Seacobeck will serve lunch through Friday, Oct. 10. It will be closed for Fall Break until Wednesday, Oct. 15. For the complete schedule of dining services Oct. 10 – 15, please check out the schedule posted on our website at The Faculty and Staff Dining Room at Seacobeck will serve lunch through Friday, October 10th. It will be closed for Fall Break until Wednesday, October 15th. For the complete schedule of dining services October 10th through the 15th, please check out the schedule posted on our web site at umwdining.com.

Campus Dining is taking reservations for VIP seating for the “Celebrate Seacobeck” dinner on Wednesday, Sept. 24.  This will be the first of eight monthly events celebrating Seacobeck’s eight decades as a student dining facility. For this event we’ll be featuring foods and music popular in the 1930’s, along with photo and memorabilia displays of Seacobeck’s early years. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and dinner service will begin immediately after President Hurley’s opening remarks at 5:30 p.m.  All dining rooms will be open, but seating in the Smart Market Dining Room with President Hurley’s party, will be by reservation only. To make a reservation e-mail Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu by Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Campus Dining is launching our “Celebrate Seacobeck” dinner series on Wednesday, September 24 at 5:30 p.m. at Seacobeck.   Following a few opening remarks by President Hurley, everyone will enjoy a menu and music reminiscent of the 1930s as we commemorate Seacobeck’s first decade as a resident dining hall. Photo displays of Seacobeck from the early years will also be on display in the Dome Room.

The cost of dinner for faculty and staff is $5 and doors will open at 5 p.m. All dining rooms will be open (and all tables set with white linens!), but seating in the Smart Market will be by reservation only. To make a reservation please contact Rose Benedict at (540) 654-2169 or rbenedic@umw.edu by September 22.

Every month Campus Dining will host a “Celebrate Seacobeck” dining event featuring the cuisine and music of each of Seacobeck’s eight decades. Watch for our 1940s swing time dinner coming in October!

Seacobeck Hall will reopen for meal service beginning Thursday, August 14.   Meals will be served Monday through Friday in the Washington Diner through August 22nd according to the following schedule:

Breakfast:  7:30 – 9 a.m.        Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.       Dinner: 5 – 6:30 p.m.

On Saturdays and Sundays brunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and dinner will be served from 5 – 6:30 p.m.  The Faculty and Staff Dining Room will reopen at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, August 25th.    All of our dining facilities will also resume their regular operating hours on August 25th.  For additional information about Campus Dining please contact Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu or at 540-654-2169.

As part of our New Student Orientation program, Campus Dining will serve lunch in both the Washington Diner and the Smart Market on Thursday, June 19 and Monday through Thursday of next week (June 23 – 26).  We hope you will enjoy the additional menu options that will be available due to this change. Our lunch serving times will remain 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Please check the Campus Dining web site (www.umwdining.com) periodically for updates on our serving times and locations, or call Rose Benedict at 540-654-2169 if you have questions.

Campus Dining Serving Schedule:

As we approach the end of the school year Campus Dining facilities will begin closing for the summer. The Faculty and Staff Dining Room will remain open through Friday, May 2. However, other dining rooms at Seacobeck will close earlier in the week. For details on the closing schedules of other Seacobeck dining rooms and our retail dining facilities, please check the dining website at www.umwdining.com.

Have a Heart to Stop Hunger:

The “Have A Heart, Stop Hunger” campaign is currently being sponsored by Campus Dining through May 2. Dining guests are invited to make donations to the Sodexo Foundation to help fight hunger in the United States. One hundred percent of your donations go directly to programs that help feed children and families – no administration fees! For every dollar you donate we will post a heart in our dining facilities with your name on it. If you wish your donation to be tax deductible, you may make your donation by check, made payable to the Sodexo Foundation. Help us plaster the walls with hearts and feed lots of children! Donation boxes are at campus dining cashiers. For more information contact Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu.

Volunteer for Midnight Breakfast:

Campus Dining is seeking volunteers to assist in serving a free breakfast to students on Monday, April 28, the first night of exams. Although it is popularly known as the “Midnight Breakfast”, it is actually served between 11 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., with door prize drawings occurring at 11:30 p.m. and midnight. Students love seeing their professors and administrators behind the serving line in chefs’ hats and aprons dishing up scrambled eggs, and it’s a lot of fun for everyone. To volunteer please contact Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu by noon on Monday, April 28.