Auxiliary services adds new items to the menu

     This fall Sodexho added Dining Dollars and changed CatCash, bringing about confusion to students around campus. Students are stumped as to the significance of these changes.
     Every student has the option of buying one of five meal plans each semester. With that meal plan comes Dining Dollars, previously known as CatCash.
     Last January, Auxiliary Services brought up the idea whether another type of account should be organized for the students wanting to dine off campus where Dining Dollars could not go, altering the use of CatCash.
     “We needed an elaborate plan to make it all work successfully,” Executive Director of Auxiliary Services, Kyle Cullars, said.
     On a specifically chosen Meal Plan there comes a certain amount of Dining Dollars. With those Dining Dollars a student can eat at all on campus facilities. These facilities include: MSU Dining Hall, Chick-fil-a, Books & Brew Starbucks Café, Grill 155, The Village Market, The Ice Box, and Einstein Bros. Bagels.
     The amount of Dining Dollars available to each student depends on the Meal Plan purchased.
     CatCash is all money personally deposited to a cardholder’s Bobcat Card that is not associated with the meal plan. CatCash can be used at over 20 different locations. It can be used at Subway, Chili’s, IHOP, Luigi’s Pizza, Domino’s Pizza, CVS Pharmacy, Cuts by Angels Hair Salon, Zaxby’s, Laundry machines in Residence Halls, Copy Vending in the Library, Barberito’s, Printing in Computer Lab, and all dining establishments on campus.
     CatCash can serve as an substitute for Dining Dollars on campus. However, Dining Dollars cannot substitute for CatCash.
     “The easiest way to remember the difference between the two is that Dining Dollars is only for your Meal Plan on campus,” Cullars explained.
     If at any time a student needs to add money to their CatCash account they can go to the Bobcat Card Office, the GCSU Business Office, the Online Card Office (www.gcsu.edu/bobcatcard), or any value transfer station on campus. Dining Dollars and CatCash act as debit cards.
Also, all Dining Dollars and CatCash funds roll forward indefinitely. Therefore any left over money will remain in the account for the next semester. Upon graduation, or withdrawal from the university, students will be refunded for balances above $20. For additional questions call 478-445-CARD.
      “I was really confused about the difference between CatCash and Dining Dollars when I first came to GCSU,” freshman Melanie Wooten said. “But now that I understand the system I find it meets all my needs.”
     Overall, the system was designed to allow students to have control. CatCash is a voluntary account and easy to manage. With a buffet of meal plans and a useful system for all other dining- What else could students possibly need?

Cat Cash

• Subway
• Chili’s
• IHOP
• Luigi’s Pizza
• Domino’s Pizza
• CVS Pharmacy
• Cuts by Angels Hair Salon
• Zaxby’s
• Laundry machines in Residence Halls
• Copy Vending in the Library
• Barberito’s
• Printing in Computer Lab

Dinning Dollars

• MSU Dining Hall
• Chick-fil-a
• Blimpie
• Books & Brew  Starbucks Café
• Grill 155
• The Village Market
• The Ice Box
• Einstein Bros. Bagels

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