Located just off the main entrance of the Mund College Center, the College Store, operated by Barnes & Noble (B&N), provides a convenient place for students to purchase textbooks and other course materials. In addition, the College Store also offers LVC clothing and gifts, general reading books, school supplies, and gift cards.
College Store purchases may be made by cash, check, or LVC student charge account (minimum charge on a student charge account is $15), and the following credit cards: Discover, MasterCard, Visa, and American Express. Barnes & Noble gift cards are also hon- ored at the College Store.
Please note that student charge accounts are not itemized; it is the responsibility of the student to maintain their purchasing records and receipts. The charge is electronic and posts directly to the student account at the end of each month.
Store Hours:
Store hours are posted in the store window as well as on the website. Special hours will be posted throughout the semester. The store adheres to the campus emergency closing proce- dure and will be closed or delayed if campus is closed or delayed due to inclement weather.
Policies and Proceedures
Textbook Purchases
Textbooks are available for purchase in store or by visiting the College Store website (
www.lvc.edu/collegestore). Textbook options include new, used, rental, and digital books. All textbook orders require your exact course and section number, which can be accessed on MyLVC. If you have any questions regarding your textbook purchase, College Store staff members are available to assist you. It is important that books remain in their original condition until you are sure that you will retain them for the semester; shrink-wrapped books that have been unwrapped and new books that have been marked cannot be returned for a full refund.
Your textbooks can be ordered on the College Store website prior to the start of classes. When checking out, select the “Pick up in store” option; once the order is processed, a notification email will be sent to inform you that it is available for pick up at the College Store.
Textbook information is available on our website at www.lvc.edu/CollegeStore. We make every effort to have the correct information available prior to and during the registration process. However, course materials can be pre-ordered for classes that do not have detailed textbook information. The College Store will only retain textbooks through mid-terms of each semester. After that time, any required books can be special ordered.
Textbook Returns
Please read the following important information before returning a textbook at the College Store: A full refund will be given in our original form of payment if textbooks are returned during the first week of the semester with the original receipt.
After the first week of classes, an original receipt and a proof of schedule change is required for a full refund through the first 30 days of the semester. No refunds on textbooks will be given after the first 30 days of the semester.
No refunds will be given on unwrapped books or activated access codes.
Textbooks must be in original condition for a refund. Refunds or exchanges will not be accepted without the original receipt. If placing an online order, you will receive an email copy of the receipt as well as a paper copy with your order; either of these must accompany a re- turn of a textbook from an online purchase.
Used Book Buy Back
The College Store offers buyback on textbooks every day. However, during the week of finals, the College Store may offer up to 50 percent of the original selling price of the book if a professor has placed an order for the same textbook edition for the following semester. Books must be in sellable condition as determined by a member of the College Store staff and will not be bought if the book is damaged or necessary components are missing. If a book is not being used in the following semester, the store will offer the student fair market value for the textbook based on its condition.
General Reading Books and All Other Merchandise
For general reading books, a full refund will be given in your original form of payment if they are returned within 14 days of purchase with original receipt. No refunds or exchanges will be accepted without a receipt. The books must be in original condition.
For all other merchandise, a full refund will be given in your original form of payment with original receipt. Without a receipt, store credit will be issued at the current selling price.
Cash back on merchandise credits or gift cards will not exceed $5.
Gift cards, pre-paid cards, phone cards, newspapers, and magazines are not returnable. All merchandise must be in original condition.
Commuter Lounge
The Commuter Lounge is located on the lower level of the Mund College Center for commuting students to study, eat, and relax. The lounge has snack and drink vending machines, gaming systems, and a microwave, refrigerator, and television. Information related to academic and social events is posted on bulletin boards in the lounge.
Metz Culinary Management
Dining services provides well-balanced and nutritional meals in a pleasant dining atmosphere where students can relax with friends. Resident students have a variety of meal plan options. Flex dollars associated with each plan can be used at any Metz Culinary Management Dining facility (Mund Dining Hall, InterMetzo, Dutchmen Den, and Library Coffee Bar). Additional flex dollars can be purchased from Metz in $50 increments throughout the semester.
All returning resident students must select a Gold, Silver, or Bronze Meal Plan. New students are required to select a meal plan from the New Student Gold or Silver Meal Plan Options for their first semester. A change in a student’s meal plan option must be made by Aug. 26, 2016 for the fall semester and by Jan. 13, 2017 for the spring semester.
Resident students who come to the Office of Student Affairs to inquire about changes after the deadline each semester will be handled on a case-by-case basis until the second Friday of the semester, in the following manner: Students will not be permitted to change their flex dollar amount, but will be permitted to change their base meal plan (Gold/Silver/Bronze). Within this same period during the first semester, first-year students can only change and choose from the New Student Gold or Silver level plans for their first semester, and select any base meal plan for their second semester.
Commuter students can also purchase any of the Resident Meal Plan Options or one of the Commuter Plan Options. Once a student selects a meal plan, a change in meal plans for fall semester must be made by Aug. 26, 2016, and for spring semester by Jan. 13, 2017.
Commuter students who come to the Office of Student Affairs to inquire about changes after the deadline each semester will be handled on a case-by-case basis until the second Friday of the semester, in the following manner: Students will not be permitted to change their flex dollar amount, but will be permitted to change their base meal plan level (Gold/Silver/Bronze/Commuter).
Students are welcome to eat in any of the dining facilities: Lehr and Phillips Dining Halls (Mund), InterMetzo, the Dutchmen Den, and the Library Coffee Shop. Each offers a wide variety of dining options.
Meal Plans
Gold (220), Silver (190), Bronze (150), and Commuter (45 or 75) meal plans can be used in the Lehr and Phillips Dining Halls. Meals must be used in the semester they are purchased. They do not roll from semester to semester. Meal equivalency will be available in InterMetzo and Dutchmen Den. One meal equivalency can be used per meal period. Breakfast meal equivalency is available 8–9 a.m. Monday—Friday at InterMetzo only. Lunch meal equivalency is available 11–1 p.m. at InterMetzo only. The dinner meal equivalency is available from 7–8 p.m. at InterMetzo and Dutchmen Den.
Mund Dining Hall (Lehr and Phillips)
The Mund Dining Hall is comprised of several stations, each one dedicated to a style of cuisine. The Villa Toscana offers brick oven pizza, pastas, sauces, and baked pasta entre´es. The Market Street Deli allows students to create their own sandwiches, wraps, quesadillas, and subs. The Main Plate offers signature entrees reflecting the current trends in dining. Guests will find two main entrees, two vegetable sides, and two starches. During the semester, themed menus and cultural fare will also be offered. J. Clark Grille gives students the “fresh-off-the-grill” taste, indoors, from traditional picnic grilled foods to assorted wraps, craft sandwiches, and quesadil- las. The Bravo Station is where creativity meets preference. Students keep our chef attendants on their toes by choosing the ingredients from our themed menu that they would like to have prepared. The Free Fare/Live Well station is dedicated to meet the demands of the students who have dietary restrictions. This station includes Gluten, Dairy, Egg, Soy, Shellfish, Fish, Peanut, and Tree Nut free menu items, as well as fresh-carved meats, lean proteins, and vegetarian en- trees during lunch and dinner meal periods. For a fresh alternative, the Green Scene and Du Jour offers composed salads, homemade soups, and a variety of fresh ingredients to build your own salad.
Mund Dining Hall Meal Periods (subject to change)
Full Breakfast, Monday through Friday, 7 - 9 a.m.
A wide variety of delicious items are offered at breakfast, including cooked-to-order eggs and omelets, fresh fruit, hot and cold cereals, breakfast meats and potatoes, a Belgian waffle station, assorted pastries, fresh local delivered bagels, hot and cold beverages, and much more.
Continental Breakfast, Monday through Friday, 9 - 10:30 a.m.
Lunch, Monday through Thursday, 10:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch, Friday, 10:45 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Extended Lunch, Monday through Thursday, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Extended lunch will feature all you care to eat options at the Green Scene, Villa Toscana, Market Street Deli, Baked Impressions Desserts, and all you care to drink beverages.
No Extended Lunch on Fridays
Dinner, Monday through Sunday, 4:30 - 7 p.m.
Lunch and dinner consists of all you care to eat options from the Green Scene, Du Jour, Main Plate, Gluten Free/Live Well, J. Clark Grille, Villa Toscana, and made-to-order culinary specialties at our Bravo Station.
Brunch, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Hot breakfast selections, including made to order omelets and fresh pancakes off the griddle, are offered along with a variety of hot luncheon items.
InterMetzo
The InterMetzo coffee bar features a daily variety of fresh brewed coffees, bakery items, sandwiches, homemade soups, ice cream novelties, and bottled beverages. Check out the “Up for Grabs” case for weekly specials including wings, mac & cheese, and sushi. The on-site menu board offers an extensive list of hot and cold specialty drinks that are “made to order.”
Monday—Thursday |
7:30 a.m.–9 p.m.
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Friday
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7:30- a.m. –2 p.m.
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Saturday |
Closed |
Sunday |
Closed
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Dutchmen Den
The Dutchmen Den features a wide variety of convenience store items, our “Super Subz” (freshly prepared sub program), Metz Pockets, and blended smoothies. Late night hours make this a great venue for students.
Library Coffee Bar
The library coffee bar will feature a daily variety of fresh brewed coffees and customizable drinks under the Peet’s brand. There will be also be a self-service Vitamix smoothie station available, along with upscale pastries and various Up for Grabs food options for the student on the go.
Sunday—Thursday |
3–10 p.m.
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Friday
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Closed
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Saturday |
Closed |
Dining Services Policies
All resident students must present their Dutchman OneCard for admission into any of the dining facilities. The ID card is non-transferable. Only one meal exchange is allowed per meal period. Students can exit the dining hall and dine in the lounge adjacent to the dining hall, but must swipe their ID card once again when re-entering the dining hall. This is to protect against unauthorized entry, which will result in appropriate judicial/student conduct action. If you lose your card, contact the IT Department immediately to get a new card admin- istered as students can only enter three times without a card. There is a charge to replace a lost ID card.
Students are expected to maintain order and cleanliness in the dining facilities. Any student witnessed acting in a disruptive way in any dining facility will be asked to leave by dining services management. Public safety and student affairs staff will be notified immediately. The student(s) may lose their dining hall privileges for the remainder of the school year, or other appropriate action(s).
Guests of students are welcome to join them anytime in any of the dining facilities. In the Mund Dining Hall, students may use their meal wipes (no longer limited to non-student guests), Flex Dollars, or Cash/Credit to host their guest.
In an effort to maintain services for all students, administration, faculty, staff, and guests, Mund Dining Hall is either Dine In or Take Out, not both. We want all of our guests to get what they like. We just ask that you be mindful of waste and eat what you take as we serve more than 1,200 guests during each meal. If you eat in the dining room, you only can take one dessert or one piece of fruit to go. Please be advised that door checkers will be monitoring this very closely.
Green Take Out Program - LVC Sustainability Initiative
In an effort to improve our campus “Green” practices and to support our LVC Sustainability: