Dear AU Community,  

We are excited to welcome you back to campus for the spring 2025 semester! We are writing to share some exciting updates and opportunities for everyone in our dining program.  

Based on your feedback and to provide you space to dine inside, the East Campus Market has new standing room tables equipped with hooks to store your bags. We also are bringing more vending machines online across campus that provide coffee, fresh food items, more snack items, and healthcare products. The new vending machines will come online throughout the semester at locations across campus.  

This semester, we are also excited to launch grab-and-go catering from our campus Panera. For our student organizations, we have developed an improved catering menu that is available now. Event planners can request the Panera Catering Menu online here and find the Student Organization Catering Menu here. Please email us at catering@american.edu for support. 

We also have several exciting events planned for this semester, including a visit by a celebrity chef in March, and special station takeovers in TDR by our new Eagle Made Products vendor, Arepa Zone. For breakfast lovers at TDR, we’re thrilled to announce the arrival of a made-to-order pancake station this spring. Keep an eye out for our Teaching Kitchen events this semester, sign-ups will be posted on socials and TDR screens. Coming up next week, we are excited to announce a special brunch service in TDR on Monday, January 20 when the university is closed to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day.  

We look forward to supporting our AU community with great food this semester. As always, we invite the AU community to contact us at mealplans@american.edu with questions or comments, and you can find more information online at https://dineoncampus.com/au.   

Onward we go, together!    

Bronté Burleigh-Jones 
CFO, Vice President, and Treasurer   

Michael Scher 
Assistant Vice President, Campus Auxiliary Services and Airlie   

Ann Marie Powell 
Sr. Director, Dining and Auxiliary Services