Carolina Dining Services should be applauded for the extra effort put in to making the dining experience special for students.
Staff constantly go the extra mile to make students’ time at the dining halls more than just a dull meal.
Acting on a recommendation from the Student Dining Board of Directors to add music to dining halls — as CDS did recently — is a great example of how dining services focuses on more than what food they serve.
In fact, dining services was not forced to make the change toward including music, but decided to take advice from the board in hope that the addition would enhance the student experience.
Dining services also offers special food-related events, such as “Go Nuts for Doughnuts” going on today at both Rams Head and Lenoir during lunch and dinner, and “Pumpkin Bash,” happening next Monday at both locations for lunch and dinner.
Some days are also dedicated to types of food, such as the vegetarian food sampling that is being offered at the end of October at Rams Head.
The dining halls are hosts to other themed meals, such as the “Halloween Theme Meal” at Rams Head on Halloween, encouraging students to come to dinner dressed in Halloween costumes.
Even though dining services has a guaranteed customer-base in freshmen and other students living on campus, it is commendable that they still strive to improve their product and experience.
Dining services does more than simply feed the students of UNC, they make dining a unique and fun part of the college experience.
