BC Dining in the News

In Defense of BC Dining
Tommy Roche, Opinions Editor for The Heights in 2023 and fall 2022, pens an opnion on BC Dining in The Heights.

BC Dining is the Grand Prize Winner for the NACUFS Nutriton Awards
The NACUFS 2024 Nutrition Awards recognize outstanding nutrition and wellness programs implemented in college dining to serve a dynamic student population with changing needs. The grand prize winner is Boston College. Read more in the The BC Chronicle.

Students may be campus dining's best ambassadors in sustainability
As college and university dining programs grapple with the question of how to be more sustainable, their own diners may help them get the message across. BC Dining's sustainability initiatives and student interns featured in Foodservice Director Magazine.
BC Dining Wins Bronze Sustainability Award in Waste Reduction Category by NACUFS
The National Association of College & University Food Services (NACUFS) awarded BC Dining the Bronze Sustainability Award in Waste Reduction. The award recognizes BC Dining’s role in the overall environmental sustainability and social responsibility of a campus.

Top 25 Dining Tips
My name is Maeve and I am one of the student interns here at BC Dining.
I’ve dined with BC Dining for all three years and wanted to share some tips and tricks that I wish someone had told me during my first year. Download this PDF to learn more!

BC Dining Partners with Commonwealth Kitchen
As Boston’s innovative food business incubator, CommonWealth Kitchen is helping farmers and businesses transform their unused product into widely distributed, sustainable food. "We work directly with the couple that makes Meal Mantra, and they actually customize some of the sauces for us to adjust to the university population," explains Beth Emery, director of dining at Boston College to the Boston Business Journal.

Under the Sea Showdown
BC Dining partnered with Atlantic Sea Farms to celebrate kelp with the Under the Sea Showdown–an event that featured culinary deep dives into what BC Chefs can do with seaweed. Read more.
BC student fundraiser benefits St. Francis House
Over a two-and-a-half-day period, more than 500 students contributed meal-plan money via the BCDS Get Mobile app to purchase food for St. Francis House in Boston. The largest day shelter in Massachusetts, each day it welcomes up to 600 individuals experiencing homelessness. Read more in BC Chronicle.

Can I compost that?
Whether you’re tailgating or standing in line at the University farmer’s market, sustainability initiatives are everywhere at BC. Read more in BC Chronicle.
Our chefs and culinarians recognize the importance of continuing to introduce diverse and delicious new dishes to our menus.
To incorporate more fresh, seasonal, and locally grown foods
To infuse our cuisine with new flavors
To encourage innovation and introduce new menu items