Dining Services

Centre Dining Services provides the central dining service to the College community and is managed by Parkhurst Dining, considered by the industry as the leading college dining service provider. Three meals are served daily.  In addition to normal meal service, there are special meals and events offered for the student body throughout the academic year.

Centre Dining will provide Parkhurst Dining’s own award-winning dining program, ensuring individual servings of restaurant style menus and dining for our students. This program will provide a wide array of fresh food choices at each meal. Vegetarian and vegan offerings will be available at one or more food stations at every meal. Centre Dining will also provide special services to student groups for meetings and special events. Arrangements for these services should be made with Centre Dining Catering Director.

There are four meal plan options available for 2023-2024: (1) Anytime Access.  With this plan student have access to Cowan by swiping in as many times as desired within open operating hours, and has $200 Flex Dollars per year.  This plan has an additional $225 charge per semester; (2) 12 inclining meals per week with $500 Flex Dollars.  Inclining meals means students are given a weekly allotment of meals, however unused meals in a given week are carried over to the following week and unused meals continue to accrue until the end of the semester at which time they are forfeited ; (3) 8 inclining meals per week with $900 Flex Dollars; and (4) 5 inclining meals per week with $1400 Flex Dollars. Flex Dollar availability is split 45% for fall term, 10% for CentreTerm, and 45% for spring term. Flex Dollars not spent in a semester will be carried over to the next semester but any Flex Dollars not spent by the end of the academic year will be forfeited. Additional Dining Dollars may be purchased at the main dining hall, online at any time during the year, or by using the GET MOBILE APP.

On each meal plan, any meal eaten over the plan limit requires cash payment or Flex Dollars.  Students may change their meal plans only during the first two weeks of the Fall and Spring terms. Students with any of the meal plan options must have a valid Centre I.D. card to enter the main dining hall during meal times and this card must be scanned at each meal. The I.D. card must also be used to make purchases with Flex Dollars at campus retail dining locations listed below.

Hall of Fame Café is located on the second floor of Sutcliffe Hall. The Hall of Fame Café will feature Starbucks “We Proudly Serve”. Students will have a wide variety of choices that will feature premium quality, health-conscious items like flat break pizza, salads, and more. Starbucks will have a selection of coffees featuring espressos, cappuccinos, and frozen drinks. Fair trade whole bean coffee is available also. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 8:00 pm.

The Flame Café located on the first floor of the Campus Center in being renovated and will open in Spring 2023.  Hours of operation will be 7 days a week 10:00 am - 9:00 pm and 9:00 pm – 12:00 midnight for mobile order/pick-up only.

Einstein Brothers Bagels – located in the Grace Doherty Library offers a variety of bagels, cream cheeses, sandwiches, salads, coffee and specialty drinks.  Hours of Operation are Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, closed Saturday and Sunday.

Cowan Dining Commons is open every day of the week.  Regular hours of operation for Monday-Friday are:

Cowan Dining Commons hours for Saturday and Sunday are: