Campus Dining has resumed dining services at the Top of the University Center. Meals will be served Monday through Friday as follows: Breakfast 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Lunch 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Dinner 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. While menu options are scaled back for the summer, allergen-free selections and vegan or vegetarian entrees will still be offered at lunch and dinner.

For additional information on summer dining options, please contact Rose Benedict, Campus Dining Marketing Manager, at 540-654-2169 or rbenedic@umw.edu.

Campus Dining will be hosting “Exam Cram,” a free late-night breakfast for all UMW students on Monday, April 29th from 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Over 700 students are expected to attend and volunteer servers are greatly needed. The event is very casual and lots of fun. Volunteers get free breakfast, too!

Volunteers are asked to arrive at 9:45 p.m. and serve until about 11 p.m. Anyone interested in participating should contact Rose Benedict at rbenedic@umw.edu or 540-654-2169.

Breakfast Options: On Commencement day (Saturday, May 11), Campus Dining will be offering “Grab & Go” breakfast items from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Qdoba dining area of the University Center.  Coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and bottled water, juice and sodas will be available along with bagels, pastries, muffins, hot breakfast sandwiches and other snacks.

There will be four serving lines to help expedite service: (1) Express Drinks Line, accepting cash payments only; (2) Express Drinks and Pastry Line, accepting cash payments only; (3) Full menu accepting cash and credit; and (4) Full menu plus smoothies, accepting cash and credit.

Commencement Luncheon: A buffet lunch featuring hot Southern Fried Chicken, Mac & Cheese, a Vegetable & Quinoa Casserole, plus a variety of salads and desserts will be served from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Chandler Ballroom of the University Center.  Members of the UMW faculty and staff who have received e-mail tickets are asked to bring print-outs of the tickets with them to the luncheon.  If you do not have a hard copy of your ticket you will be asked to show your e-mail on your smart phone to the buffet hosts.

Anyone wishing to bring friends or family members to the luncheon will need to purchase tickets for them at the “Will Call” desk located in the second floor lobby of the University Center.  Tickets will be available for purchase on Saturday between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. at a cost of $13.75 plus tax for adults and $7.50 plus tax for children aged eleven or under. For additional information contact Rose Benedict at 540-654-2169 or rbenedic@umw.edu.

This week the Underground Cafe rolled out a new Mediterranean menu featuring “Build Your Own” entrees with Beef, Chicken, Veggie or Falafel Kabobs along with a wide array of salads, appetizers and sides.  The menu will still include Red Pepper Gouda Soup on Wednesdays, as well as fruit and yogurt smoothies and assorted desserts daily.  Blackstone coffee has now been added to the menu, and beer on tap is available after 5 p.m.

Campus Dining invites UMW faculty, staff, and students to stop in for some free samples of the new Mediterranean dishes between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday, December 7th.  For more information contact Rose Benedict at 540-654-2169.