Undergraduate students are required to live on-campus during their freshman (first) and sophmore (second) years at Saint Mary's. All SMU residence halls have updated amenities to help you feel at home. Each dormitory includes cable television, extra-long twin beds, computer network connections, a telephone, and internet access. Residence halls include a television lounge, computer lounge, laundry facilities, vending machines and kitchen amenities. The university does not maintain family-style apartments.

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Chartwells Campus Dining is prepared to serve the Saint Mary’s community for all food service needs. As all resident students are required to have a meal plan, every effort is made to accommodate students with various nutritional and scheduling requirements as necessary.

Meal Plans

Saint Mary’s University, through Chartwells, provides six meal plan options:

• 21-Meal Plan: 21 meals per week in the Dining Hall
• 17-Meal Plan: 17 meals per week in the Dining Hall and $50 flex/per semester (Available to second semester freshmen only)
• 14-Meal Plan: 14 meals per week in the Dining Hall and $100 flex/per semester
• 10-Meal Plan: 10 meals per week in the Dining Hall and $125 flex/semester
• 7-Meal Plan: 7 meals per week in the Dining Hall and $225 flex/per semester
• 50-Block plan: 50 meals and $50 flex/semester (off campus students only)

Freshmen are required to participate in the 21-meal plan; a 17-meal plan and $50 in flex money is available to second semester freshmen only. Sophomores, juniors and seniors may choose any meal plan they desire. Students eligible to switch meal plans may do so within two weeks of the first meal plan day of each semester. Deadlines for changing meal plans will be posted at the beginning of each semester and any meal plan changes made after the deadlines will be prorated daily. Changes in meal plans can be done in the Chartwells office, while meal plan additions or exemptions can be handled through the Office of Student Development. Flex dollars may be used at the Cardinal Club, Cotter Cafe and the dining hall.

Special Dietary Needs

Chartwells and Saint Mary’s University student health services will work closely with each other to accommodate any special dietary requirements. If you have a specific dietary need, please make an appointment with the student health services director.

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The Writing Center provides individualized instruction in, and feedback on, students' writing at any stage of the writing process. This work is done in an atmosphere that promotes the tutoring process as a community experience where writers and tutors collaborate in a shared effort to make meaning.

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The Jay Johnson Wellness Center of Saint Mary's University of Minnesota promotes the development of the whole person and encourages a lifestyle in students and the university community which integrates emotional, intellectual, physical, social, spiritual and vocational well-being. Through a conscious, deliberate, professional, and caring process, the Wellness Center staff assists students in modifying or removing barriers to learning, and empowers them to discern and pursue their own personal mission. Student Health and Counseling staff embody the Lasallian charism and work as a team to fulfill this mission: responsively through a holistic approach to all dimensions of well-being, and proactively through educating, motivating and serving as liaisons for students among other university and community services.

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For your convenience, the university offers personal banking services from 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m., Monday through Friday. Commercial banks are located approximately three miles from campus. You may wire transfer money to Saint Mary’s University in advance of your arrival. Please contact the Center for International Students at US Phone: 1-507-457-1450 or email intlcenter@smumn.edu for directions on how to complete a wire transfer.