Dining Services

Dining Services
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5409 USA
(269) 387-4844

Dining Dollars

Student handing Bronco Card to a cashier at a Campus Cafe

Dining Dollars are a prepaid declining balance account that is loaded onto your Bronco Card. Dining Dollars can be used at any of the Campus Cafés, Retail Operations on the 1st Floor of the Student Center (except for Starbucks) or to buy a meal in Dining Centers. 

To access your account, present your WMU Bronco Card to the cashier and ask to use Dining Dollars. You can purchase Dining Dollars online, and it will be immediately available for use!

Directions for adding Dining Dollars

  • Login with your Bronco NetID and password.
  • Create an account and add the dollar value you want.
  • The purchase can be added to your WMU student account, or can be charged to a credit card. Please review your payment options carefully to avoid service fees.
  • Unused dining dollars can be refunded, upon request, when you leave the University
  • Eligible for the Faculty/Staff Dining Dollars Discount program when used at Dining Centers.
  • Login with your Bronco NetID and password.
  • Create your account and add the dollar value you want.
  • Charge your purchase to a credit card.

A gift of Dining Dollars is a great way for parents to add money to a student's account.

Add Dollars

  • Login with the student's last name and WIN number.
  • Indicate the amount of Dining Dollars you would like to gift.
  • Charge the gift purchase to a credit card for payment.

Credit Card Payments

Students, faculty and staff members can pay for Dining Dollars using a credit card online. Staff and faculty are eligible for the Faculty/Staff Dining Dollars meal discount.

WMU uses a third party credit card processor, Touchnet, to process credit and debit card payments. Touchnet accepts American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. A convenience fee of 2.75% or $3, whichever is larger is charged by Touchnet to process the transaction. Credit or debit payments on student accounts can only be made online. Please review the WMU Accounts Receivable website for payment questions.

WMU Student Accounts

Dining Dollars purchases can be applied to a WMU student account. When applied to a student account, WMU will accept payments by electronic checking or savings online. Credit or debit card payments applied to a student account can only be made online and are subject to a convenience fee.