Top Ten Reasons to be on the meal plan

  1. Flexibility / 1 plan = 3 choices - Whether you will be commuting to campus, living in a residential hall, going home every weekend, or staying around for the fun activities on campus, this plan is just right for whatever schedule you live by. 
  2. Outstanding Value - Where else can you get 3 hot meals for an average of $8 per day?  
  3. Wide Variety of Menu Selections - There is something different everyday to suit your taste buds! With the recent addition of the diverse menu offered at Café Belvin, you should seldom get bored. If you do, let us know! 
  4. Specials: Premium Entrees & Theme Meals - Add a little fun into your dining style with Premium Entrees and Themed Meals (i.e. Thanksgiving, Valentines, Mardi Gras, etc.) 
  5. Save Time: No More Grocery Shopping - How much time would it take to go grocery shopping, cook your meal, eat, and clean your dishes? Let SH Dining Services take care of that for you! 
  6. Convenient - Meal Service available 14 1/2 hours a day, Monday through Thursday from 6:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
  7. Social Atmosphere - Meet a friend or two…or three…or how ever many you like!  
  8. No Cleanup - Again, let us handle it! Just take your tray to the designated area.  
  9. Friendly Service, dine-in or take out - Whatever the day brings for you, we are always ready to meet your needs.  
  10. Balanced Meals - Take a break from the chains of fast food for a change! Have a helping or two of the healthy food offered in Café Belvin (Remember meals at grandmas?).  

Mandatory Meal Plans

Price - $1312.00

While all beginning freshman attending Sam Houston State University take part in this meal plan, some 700 to 800 upperclassmen voluntarily sign up each year. This plan offers students 3 choices that are designed to better fit various student's needs.

Each choice covers the 16 weeks of a semester.

  • Choice 1 = 7 days • 20 Meals + $100 Bearkat Bucks
    Meets the needs of students that will spend most weekends on campus or just miss very few dinner bells, this option provides an opportunity to eat at every meal except Sunday night.

    "This is my first year, I have to get adjusted to school and roommates and worry about homework or tests. Who needs the hassle of keeping count of how many meals I have left."
    "Last semester I ran out a day early twice on the 15 plan. Never again!"
  • Choice 2 = 7 days • 15 Meals + $175 Bearkat Bucks
    Meets the needs of students that will miss most weekends, or breakfast, this option provides the student with the opportunity to eat at 15 of our 20 meal periods, plus gives them $175 in bonus Bearkat Bucks for use in our food court at their convenience.

    "It's perfect for me: 1) I sleep through breakfast, or 2) I work nights, or 3) I go home on the weekends and I really like the convenience of the Paw Print Food Court."
  • Choice 3 = 160 Meal Block + $150 Bearkat Bucks
    Meets the needs of students who want flexibility and control of when and who eats on their meal card. The block plan can provide 10 meals per week for the 16 weeks in the semester. However, students may enter multiple times in one meal period, may bring a friend in on one of their block meals, and all uneaten meals rollover to the following week. This plan is ideal for students who can and will manage their meal block throughout the semester. It is possible a distracted student could easily run out of the block meals weeks before the end of the semester.

    "It is nice to buy my friend lunch on occasion. It is also nice to know if I miss some meals this week, I can use them next week."