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Welcome to Tufts!

Here's some helpful info about eating with Tufts Dining during Early Arrival/Pre-O/or Orientation.

  • Fall 2024 meal plans do NOT begin until breakfast Sunday, September 1, 2024.
  • During Pre-O/Orientation you are on an Orientation meal plan.
  • Early Arrival/Pre-Orientation/Orientation meal plans have different rules than our Fall/Spring meal plans.
  • Only one meal swipe per meal period is allowed. The Pre-O/Orientation meal periods are defined as:  Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
  • Pre/Orientation meal swipes are only used at Carm & Dewick Dining Centers.
  • No meal equivalency in retail locations is allowed.
  • No guest meals are included with the Pre-O/Orientation meal plans. If you want a second meal, or to bring in a guest, purchase that meal with JumboCash, cash, or credit card. Exception: During the 8/23 Pre-O arrival and 8/28 Orientation arrival, we invite arriving students and their families to enjoy a free breakfast or lunch in one of our dining centers.
  • IMPORTANT: If your group is hosting a picnic/meal not at a Tufts Dining location, and you choose to dine with Tufts Dining instead, you will be charged for that meal (if your program has not covered it). Please check with your group leader for the group's schedule.

Pre-Orientation Program arrivals

Friday, August 23rd, Pre-O arrival

Arriving early to participate in a Pre-O program? The Pre-O meal plan includes one meal swipe per meal period that can be used at either of our two campus dining centers – Fresh at Carmichael and Dewick-MacPhie. Students may bring family members to eat free of charge for breakfast or lunch during Pre-O arrival. Students are required to use their Tufts ID to enter the dining centers and must accompany their guests. 

IMPORTANT: If your Pre-O program is hosting a picnic/meal not at a Tufts Dining location, and you choose to dine with Tufts Dining instead, you will be charged for that meal (if your program has not covered it). Please check with your program leader for their dining schedule.

Fresh at Carmichael & Dewick-MacPhie Dining Centers

  • Breakfast 7am – 10am
  • Lunch 11am – 3pm
  • Dinner 5pm – 8pm
  • Please note: our dining centers close between meal periods during Pre-Orientation/Orientation.

Hotung Café in the Mayer Campus Center will be open 8am – 3pm accepting MasterCard/Visa/Discover, cash, or JumboCash. Hotung Café offers specialty Starbucks coffee and tea drinks, acai bowls, breakfast sandwiches, avocado toast, bagels, craft pizza and more.

Orientation Program arrivals

Wednesday, August 28th, Orientation arrival

The Orientation meal plan includes one meal swipe per meal period that can be used at either of our two campus dining centers – Fresh at Carmichael and Dewick-MacPhie. Students may bring family members to eat free of charge for breakfast or lunch during Orientation arrival. Students are required to use their Tufts ID to enter the dining centers and must accompany their guests.

Fresh at Carmichael & Dewick-MacPhie Dining Centers

  • Breakfast 7am – 10am
  • Lunch 11am – 3pm
  • Dinner 4:30pm – 8pm
  • Please note: our dining centers close between meal periods during Pre-Orientation/Orientation.

Hotung Café in the Mayer Campus Center will be open 8am – 3pm accepting MasterCard/Visa/Discover, cash, or JumboCash. Hotung Café offers specialty Starbucks coffee and tea drinks, acai bowls. breakfast sandwiches, avocado toast, bagels, craft pizza, and more.

First-Year Food Fair

Friday, August 30, First-Year Food Fair

Join us for our First-Year Food Fair on Friday, August 30 on the uphill Res Quad from 5:15-7:00pm! Enter with the wristband you received in your orientation packet. We'll have tents set up on the res quad lawn where our units will showcase delicious options from their menus. See you there!