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Dining at Smith combines many unique traditions with a relaxed, accommodating atmosphere. All meals are prepared on-site by staff employed by the college. The department’s goal is to provide students with excellent food and customer service. All residential students are on a full board plan, which entitles them to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Friday afternoon tea is a popular way to end the week and tea is served in each house.
Under Smith’s dining system, students have the flexibility to choose to eat any meal in any of the dining locations. They may opt to eat at a location more convenient to their classes or with a menu more to their liking. Menus vary by location for lunch and dinner, offering students several options from which to choose and a great salad bar at each location (www.smith.edu/diningservices). Several of the larger dining locations offer specialties, such as Asian, vegan, kosher, halal and Healthy Options. A “grab and go” feature is provided at Chapin and Hubbard and this provides students with more flexibility so that they can get to their student job, attend meetings, student teaching requirements, etc., by obtaining a “portable” lunch. For access to dining rooms, students must present their Smith Onecard.
The Dining Services department makes every effort to accommodate various dietary requirements and has had long standing success in working with students with medically related dietary intolerances and/or allergies. If you are a student with medically related dietary intolerances and/or allergies, please contact Kathy Zieja, Director (kzieja@smith.edu) to discuss your special dietary requirements.
Meals are served in the dining rooms in accordance with published hours which vary depending on location. Because of safety and sanitation concerns, students do not have free access to kitchens or pantries. To maintain an adequate supply of dishes at mealtime, students may not remove dishes or silverware from the dining facilities. Students must provide their own utensils for use in the residential kitchenettes. To support the college’s sustainable efforts, we encourage students not to waste paper products and recycle items whenever possible. Individuals or houses will be charged for missing china/silverware in excess of normal breakage.
All meals are served buffet-style to accommodate busy student schedules. Students who invite non-board-paying guests to dinner are charged for the guest’s meal at the dining room door. (Guest meal prices are posted in the dining rooms.) Additionally, students receive eight free guest meal credits on their Onecard that may be used during the academic year (September 4, 2008 - May 9, 2009) and $25 on their Onecard. These are “Café Dollars” that may be used at the Campus Center Café.
Due to limited seating, large meetings should not be scheduled in the dining rooms. Student groups may reserve space for the Duckett House special dining rooms by calling the college events coordinator, extension 2162. Dining services has many jobs in their dining operations and students interested in work or dining careers should contact the Dining Service office, extension 2300.
If board paying students are attending classes or any activity at one of the other Five College campuses, they may obtain an authorization slip by contacting the dining services office (eherring@smith.edu) to enable them to eat at that campus. More information is available on the Dining Service website: (www.smith.edu/diningservices).
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