Meal Plans 101

A Meal Plan unlocks delicious meals, coffee, snacks, and more, at dining locations across campus. Your Meal Plan includes Meal Swipes and Patriot Bucks, conveniently loaded onto your FMU ID card. No need to carry additional cards or cash!

All Meal Plans (Meals Swipes & Patriot Bucks) are loaded to your Francis Marion ID, making it even easier to dine on campus. This includes physical IDs, virtual IDs, and digital meal passes for students, faculty, and staff. Meal Swipes give you access to our all-you-care-to-eat Ervin Dining Hall. Patriot Bucks may be used at any Francis Marion Dining location.

If you are looking to take your meal to-go from Ervin Dining Hall, simply request a to-go box from the cashier and learn more about to-go boxes. Dine in or take a meal to go, it’s your choice (one per meal period)! 

Information on meal plan changes and refunds, please see University Fees and Expenses. Cancellations may be permitted before the semester starts or during the first week of classes. Meal plans expire at the end of the semester. All Patriot Bucks (including those with meal plans) purchased during the Fall or Spring semesters must be spent by the conclusion of the Spring Semester (Graduation Day). Unspent Patriot Bucks will be forfeited at that time and will not carry over to the next year.