Student Reviews

• Joshua Filer

  I worked extensively with the school last year in order to get more Vegan options on campus. The dining hall has participated with my Vegan Club, Veg Out, which is the largest Vegan club in the state of PA, to do a dining night. In the new dining hall, all food is clearly labeled (Vegan, Vegetarian, etc) and they often promote meatless monday options and Vegan Options. They have an all Vegan Station that has new items daily. In the more standard stations they also have food that is marked as Vegan. They always have a fruit and salad bar as well. They have a Soy Milk dispenser right next to the coffee. I am no longer on the dining advisory board, but the school focuses on having diverse students on the board. By diverse I mean those following Halal, Kosher, Vegan, etc. The school also now has a Swipe Out Hunger food drive initiative where you can donate meal swipes. My club Veg Out also often provides free Vegan food to the community in the form of Vegan Thanksgivings, Potlucks, and restaurant visits. In the short time that I have been here, Veganism has exploded, largely due to the tireless work of myself and other plant based eaters on campus. A lot of non vegans consistently get the Vegan food and join Veg Out, so more and more students are becoming aware of the benefits of plant based food.

• Theresa Bolner

  I wish West Chester University would offer more plant-based options. They do offer some salads, soups, and rice bowls, however, but most-times the food they offer is not well-balanced. I end up relying on bread or rice to fill me up. The food at Sykes do offer tofu, but it isn’t prepared well and they run out of it a lot of the time.

• Sally McCabe

  West Chester has some great began options in the dining hall, at a little section called Lindsay’s Garden. I have actually worked at WCU in the dining hall and the chefs always make sure the vegan dishes are 100% actually vegan. They are knowledgeable about ingredient lists, and almost all of the roasted vegetables are cooked with either got water or a little canola or olive oil, rarely butter. The huge salad bar is always fresh, and tofu dishes are a common find in the dining hall. the student union has some vegan options, not many. Also, the veggie burgers ARE cooked in the same fryer as the meat burgers– so if you are ultra strict, avoid those and other fried foods.

• Kiera

  We have a vegan (& gluten free!) section of the dining hall where you can either get rice and a premade vegan dish (stuffed peppers, sauteed spinach, etc.) or you can have your own rice bowl or gumbo made. In our grab-and-go hall we have a vegan place where you create your own wraps, rice bowls, or salad, we have an entire fridge that is gluten free, and the pasta line has vegan options.

• Marie

  WCU has a separate section for any vegetarians/vegans in the main cafeteria. Every weekday and most weekends, there is a non-salad bar option for those individuals. Aside from that, there is a salad bar and fruit/veggie options, and most other food locales on campus are willing to work with diet options.