Dear AU Community, 

Over the past few months, AU team members have been hard at work on the phase one renovation work in the Terrace Dining Room (TDR). We appreciate our community’s patience and flexibility during the first phase and are excited to begin phase two of these efforts to completely transform the TDR. In preparation for the second phase, we credited the second dining dollars allotment to meal plan holders accounts on Monday, March 17.

TDR will close for the second phase work at the end of service hours on Friday March 29. From March 30 to 31, teams will set up the first floor of Mary Graydon Center (MGC) with additional seating and transform room 128 to serve TDR meals during the remainder of the spring semester. During the second phase, we expect seating to be reduced by about 250 seats in MGC. You can find more information about the phase two service plan here.

Throughout April, we will host a variety of events that are designed to ensure our April operations meet our community's needs and expectations. During the weekend closure on March 30 and 31, we will have several offerings for our meal plan holders. You can find information about the event offerings here. We have also planned a celebrity chef event on April 9 in MGC and on the Quad (weather permitting). Please mark your calendars for a day filled with eatery menu takeovers, teaching kitchens, and look for additional information about our celebrity chef next week.

You can find additional information about our dining operations at https://dineoncampus.com/au and on the TDR renovation at https://www.aukitchentdr.com/. We invite the AU community to contact us at mealplans@american.edu with questions or comments and wish everyone a successful end to the spring semester.

Onward we go, together!    

Bronté Burleigh-Jones
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, and Treasurer

Michael Scher
Assistant Vice President, Campus Auxiliaries and Airlie  

Ann Marie Powell
Sr. Director Dining and Auxiliary Services