Franklin Hall Dining Hall
The cost of meals is included in the College’s comprehensive fee for residential students. We offer “Meal Plan B” as our standard meal plan. This plan includes 15 meals per week in our dining hall and $150.00 in dining dollars to be used in the Dining Hall, Subway or the Black and Gold Grille per semester. All meal plans include three guest meals per semester.

Upon request, we offer “Meal Plan A” which includes 19 meals per week in our dining hall and $50.00 in dining dollars to be used in the Dining Hall, Subway or in the Black and Gold Grille per semester.

Exception: Resident students approved to live in Ferrum Village or Hillcrest Apartments have an additional option to the assigned Meal Plan B and the optional Meal Plan A. These students may request Meal Plan M (10 meals per week in our dining hall and $150/semester in dining dollars to be used in the Dining Hall, Subway or the Black and Gold Grille per semester) with a slight reduction in Room and Board fee.

Meals for the week begin on Sunday and end on Saturday. Dining Dollars are not carried over from one semester to another and must be used by the end of the semester they are issued. Meals are served to resident students upon presentation of a valid identification card.

Hours are as follows:

Monday – Thursday
Breakfast 7:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Light Breakfast 9:46 a.m. – 11:14 a.m.
Lunch 11:15 a.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Light Lunch 2:16 p.m. – 4:29 p.m.
Dinner 4:30 pm. – 7:00 p.m.

The dining hall will close at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.

Saturday – Sunday
Brunch 10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Dinner 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Shirts and shoes are required in the dining hall. After dining, all diners are requested to return trays to the dish room window.

Non-resident students have two options for purchasing meals. They may set up a debit card account in Franklin Hall’s Food Service Office to purchase meals (based on cash prices) in the Dining Hall, Subway or the Black and Gold Grille. Deposits to the debit card account must be in the form of cash or check. As a second option, non-resident students (who are approved to live off campus) may purchase a non-resident plan through Student Accounts.

Plan C – 5 meals per week, plus $50/semester in “Dining Dollars”.

Cash payments for individual meals are also accepted in the dining hall or at Subway.

The student I.D. is used as a student’s meal card/debit card. A student will not be allowed to complete meal transactions without his or her valid I.D.
There are limited options for students who forget to bring an I.D. for dining hall transactions:

1. Pay cash for the meal.
2. Have another student, who has a card with sufficient Dining Dollars, pay for the meal.
3. Retrieve the I.D. card from an on-campus location and return for dining hall entry.
4. Purchase a new Ferrum College identification card.

During inclement weather when classes are cancelled or delayed, the dining hall hours will be adjusted. If all classes are cancelled, the dining hall will open at 10:00 a.m. If classes are delayed, the dining hall will open one (1) hour prior to the start of classes. On days when classes are cancelled or delayed, the dining hall may close at 6:00 p.m. based on employee availability.

Subway – Franklin Hall (lower level)
Subway is owned and operated by the College. Cash, Dining Dollars, and debit cards (commuter students) are accepted. Hours are as follows:

Monday – Friday 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday 4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Subway will be open at 11:00 a.m. for special events on Saturday.