OSU Admissions Blog » Food http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog The blog of Oregon State University's Office of Admissions Thu, 16 May 2013 16:13:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Food@OSU introduces Orange Rewards http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2010/09/23/foodosu-introduces-orange-rewards/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2010/09/23/foodosu-introduces-orange-rewards/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:00:45 +0000 Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=2602 Check out this great new program from OSU University Housing and Dining. Anyone on the OSU campus with an OSU ID card who makes use of our excellent dining halls and coffee shops should look into this!

Food@OSU introduces Orange Rewards. Join the newly created Orange Rewards program and your OSU ID card will give you a 10% discount at all 28 campus restaurants, coffee shops, and markets. Get started by making an initial deposit of $100 on your OSU ID card account.

At first glance, this program may seem to make more sense for faculty and staff, and on campus residents are already part of the dining program. But here are some advantages for everyone!

  • Students can use Orange Rewards at any Food@OSU location on campus
  • Off-campus students, transfer students, non-traditional students, and those who split their time between LBCC and OSU could make excellent use of this program.

    • -JM

    ]]>     http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2010/09/23/foodosu-introduces-orange-rewards/feed/ 3     A Journey Though Culture and Food http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2010/03/01/a-journey-though-culture-and-food/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2010/03/01/a-journey-though-culture-and-food/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:53:13 +0000 Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2010/03/01/a-journey-though-culture-and-food/ As a college student cheap food becomes a necessity, so when the UHDS, University Housing and Dining Services, offered a meal for $8.00 some of floor mates and myself were a little wary. Yet, the only way to learn is through experience, so we all bought the tickets and hoped for the best. Before entering McNary, the groovy twang of a bass guitar could be heard causing us all to get excited for our dinner. Walking through the doors we were greeted by cocktail tables adorned in red and black. The walls and the normal tables were similarly covered, while a blues band, not a DJ, was playing southern style music. As we walked over to get our plates and food we all couldn’t help but feel that the eight dollars was money well spent.
    Ribs. That was the first thing we all saw and the first thing we went for. After the ribs were loaded onto our plates we scattered. Cajun catfish, southern fried chickens, rice, red beams, and beef brisket all made their way to my plate. We all left with heaping plates and headed over to the largest table we could find and at just the right distance from the music. As we settled we dug in with such ferocity it would seem that we had not eaten in weeks. There was no conversation as we ate like there was no tomorrow simply enjoying the tastes of the food and the blues music.
    As we finished out entrees we moved on to the dessert table and heaped ice cream with fried bananas, chocolate brownies, and sweet potatoes pie. As our plates became empty once again conversation began ranging from the delicious food to the amazing music. Eventually we became too drowsy to talk and decided it was time to retire to our rooms and digest. After such a meal we all hoped for meals like this and the UHDS has assured me that there will be other amazing dinners soon and I, for one, am looking forward to another amazing eight dollar meal.

    ]]>     http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2010/03/01/a-journey-though-culture-and-food/feed/ 2     OSU Housing and Dining wins award for Dining Excellence! http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2009/04/07/osu-housing-and-dining-wins-award-for-dining-excellence/ http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/2009/04/07/osu-housing-and-dining-wins-award-for-dining-excellence/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:17:28 +0000 Blake http://oregonstate.edu/admissions/blog/?p=1375 Courtesy of Life @ OSU

    Courtesy of Life @ OSU

    One of the most common questions I get from prospective students besides admission requirements and costs is: “how’s the food?” I’ve always known that the food at OSU is excellent but now UHDS boasts a very prestigious award to back up what our tastebuds have been telling us for years.

    From Life @ OSU:

    Housing and Dining has just been named this year’s Ivy Award Winner by Restaurants & Institutions Magazine for its demonstration of the highest standard of excellence in food, service and overall hospitality. The award places UHDS in the company of internationally recognized restaurants ranging from French Laundry to Le Cirque, and is one of the most prestigious awards in the industry.

    This is a huge honor for our Housing and Dining Services folks! There’s a ton of hard work that goes in to serving thousands of students, faculty and staff high quality, locally grown and delicious food every single day during the school year. More importantly, the Ivy Award rewards a tradition of dining excellence which has been passed on to the campus community…

    In other words, the food here is award winning!

    -jm

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