FEAST Frequently Asked Questions
Faculty members who supervise TFs or PTAIs during the current term are eligible to enroll in the Free Eating Attracts Students & Teachers (FEAST) meal program, offering faculty up to four meal swipes per student to host them to lunch. Below are commonly asked questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
At the beginning of each term, a message is sent out to qualifying faculty members to enroll in the meal program.
Facilitating swipes is a large task that involves coordinating with many operational units. It is much more efficient to process swipes at one time, and for this reason we will not allow enrollments after the deadline.
FEAST participants receive four swipes per TF per term.
After swiping for yourself, inform the desk attendant that you will use "Dining Points" for your TF. If eating at a residential college or at Commons, and you are on a meal plan, your swipe will be deducted from your meal plan first.
To view the remaining personal and TF FEAST meals you have remaining on your ID visit the Yale ID Card Services page. Click on Student/Staff Login link in the left column to access your meal plan account. Please note, only meal plans on Yale IDs are viewable, not meal voucher cards.
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Write to the Teaching Fellow Program at teaching.fellows@yale.edu for FEAST assistance.
No. The meal swipes can only be used during lunchtime hours.
- Residential Dining Halls: 11:30am – 1:00pm
- Commons, Café Med and West Campus: 11:00am – 3:00pm
- Kikar Schusterman (Slifka Center): 11:30am - 1:30pm
No. The meal program swipes are only redeemable Monday - Friday during lunch.
All swipes will expire on the last day of the term.
No. All swipes will expire on the last day of the term.
The meal program swipes can be used at:
- Café Med (Medical area)
- Schwarzman Center Commons (excludes Elm, The Bow Wow, The Well, and Ivy)
- Kikar Schusterman (Slifka Center)
- West Campus
- Any Residential college dining hall
For security reasons, only certain members of the Yale community are allowed access to residential colleges. If you are a fellow of a college, your ID should allow you access. If you do not have affiliation with a college, present your ID to a student entering or exiting the college gate and explain you are hosting a teaching fellow to lunch and do not have access, but are permitted to eat in the dining hall. You can also contact the residential college head's office beforehand to request a student aide greet you at the gate when you arrive. You can find a list of colleges on the Residential Colleges webpage.
When hosting students at Commons dining hall, each swipe kiosk must be used at the different food stations for each student.
Café Med and West Campus dining points have an equivalent of $15.
No. The meal swipes are intended for students with TF appointments during the current fall or spring terms of the academic year.
No. Only supervising faculty members of PTAIs, AT, or TFs are eligible for the FEAST meal program. GSAS PhD students can enroll in the Meals for Mentors (M4M) program.
The benefit is only offered to ladder faculty and full-time instructional faculty who hold multi-year appointments in the FAS with at least 50% teaching effort per year. If their current appointment meets all those criteria, please have them reach out to the FAS Dean’s office so they may be added.