LUXE BOLD

IT’S GOING TO BE

Thompson Hospitality hosts a minimum of 3-5 student engagement programs and events monthly.

Monthly Themes

The programming calendar is built around monthly themes that honor cultural celebrations, food holidays, and the most popular food trends. The themes encompass programming and promotions for retail and residential dining and target promotions aligning with the theme.

Themed Meals

This year’s Residential Dining calendar includes over thirty +stay & enjoy themed events that can easily be converted to +take & enjoy in case of changes in public safety precautions.

Outdoor Events

Campus Dining will kick off the new academic year with an outdoor luxury picnic and end the year with an outdoor summer block party.

One-Day Festival & Town Hall

In addition to our traditional events, this year, we welcome our on-campus event, Wellness Fest, a one-day festival filled with mindful menus and self-care activities that will pour into personal growth and development. Guests will find an array of opportunities to relax, refuel, and relieve stress.

This year, Thompson Hospitality will focus on delivering a robust campus dining program that infuses our online programming and social media with live in-person opportunities for student engagement. Our programming strategy infuses traditional events with content marketing to drive sales, build tenured meal plan customers, and add value to the on-campus college experience.

The Good Fight: Food Insecurity Challenge

Campus Dining and students join forces to raise awareness about food insecurity among college students with a thirty-day interactive challenge. With three ways to participate, students get points for donating to our campus food drive, posting our food insecurity awareness social media posts and volunteering at local food banks.

Reduce The Waste: Food Waste Challenge

Campus Dining accounts will educate, empower, and inspire new habits regarding food waste and sustainability. Much like The Good Fight, this one-week interactive challenge gives students three ways to participate, get points, and win prizes.

The Garden Give-Back

Campus Dining accounts will work with a small group of students and campus community members to go out and plant something with the students. Immediately following the planting session, the team enjoys an outdoor garden dinner in honor of Earth Day.

The College Connection

Campus Dining will partner with the student body of the institution to adopt thirty high-school students from a local lower income high school for a one-day campus experience. Each high school student will be paired with a college student to enjoy a meal on campus, learn about the college or university experience, and get connected with resources for being college ready.