Frank Gladu: Director of Dining Services
DoanPhuong Nguyen
Issue date: 3/14/05 Section: features
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The most signifi cant change to dining, according to Frank Gladu, has been the to the new style meal plan. The old meal plan only allowed students to eat at Rand at dinnertime. The new meal plan that Gladu implemented now allows students to eat at multiple locations all over campus. They can eat anywhere on campus at any time. It allows students to be more flexible in their dining schedule. In addition, it's just more convenient for many students. There are now many diff erent restaurants on campus where students can choose to eat. Students can also carry out food instead at the restaurant. With this new concept of eating on campus, students also have the option of using rollover money as extra money for whatever they want. In tandem with this these new changes have meant the consolidation of the different dining facilities underneath the Vanderbilt Dining umbrella. The Pub and Stonehenge
are good examples of successful businesses merged into Vanderbilt Dining.
Gladu is always looking for ways to improve dining at Vanderbilt and to enrich students' lives. Currently, Gladu is piloting a newprogram that would allow all students to eat at local restaurants surrounding the Vanderbilt area on their mealplan. Right now Chili's on West End, Roly Poly on 21st, Wendy's on West End and on 21st, Cafe Coco, and Alphine Bagels on 21st are participating in this pilot. "This is a further advancement of the meal plan," Gladu said. This pilot program will continue for the rest of the semester. Gladu says it will definitely be part of the meal plan for next fall. 300 students are on this pilot program that started Jan. 17.
Gladu is also working on organizing a temporary facility that will replace the Hill Center on Peadbody for next year. The Hill Center is being demolished and will be replaced by a new facility in the 1-2 years with building of the Freshmen Commons.
Gladu has been in charge of opening many of the restaurants in Branscomb and Towers that are open 24/7. Last fall, Gladu was