Campus Life

There is one main dining hall - Terrace Dining Hall (better known as TDR) - with the classic stations of salad, grill, pasta/pizza, and wok. In 2013, there should be implemented several other food options, such as Elevation Burger and Starbucks. They will join the ones already on campus such as Einstein Bros. Bagels, Megabytes, Eagle's Nest, and Tavern (got to get the tenders!).

good food, might get better!

Although AU gives you $400 in additional dining money on (and in some cases off) campus--which is seriously awesome--the main dining hall its self (TDR) could be a little better. Its a buffet style dining hall that has lots of options, as well as international ones to serve our global community. If you have a specific diet or allergy, don't worry, your covered. TDR has plenty of options for gluten free, vegan, vegetarian, organic, locally grown, or whatever other dietary preferences your could possibly think of. Wednesdays are also Mac-n-Cheese days that everyone goes crazy over.

The tavern is good, but can be repetitive. TDR is not the best of food places, but it is good sometimes.

There is no food/dining for online school.

Uncooked food or poor quality

They offer a variety of foods from traditional American to international foods in a buffet style dining facility. The dining room is clean and bright. There are also coffee shops and fast food restaurants on campus and near campus.

While small for the size of the campus, the food and dining at American University has been described as being the most friendly and open menu in the country. Many students are vegetarian and vegans, and American University accommodates everyone's different tastes.

AU has the best cafeteria I have ever seen! They even have a full vegan buffet!

There is a variety of options from which to choose for food: for a few EagleBucks (money on your school ID) you can buy ingredients or instant meals at the Eagle's Nest, or a sandwich at Subway or Megabytes. Salsa, Tavern, Einstein Bros. Bagels, and the Salad Bar are all located on the first floor of the Mary Graydon Center, and the terrace dining room (TDR) is located on the ground floor. There are four main course stations, two salad bars and a dessert station all of which serve healthy and delicious food. If you get tired of one or the other, there's always the option of going into town to grab a bite.

There's a fraternity or sorority for everyone looking to be involved in one.

On all the college tours, you'll hear that Greek life is only a small percentage of the student population. However, wherever you go on campus, you'll be sure to see someone who went Greek and they make their presence known. They take over the tables in Marketplace and when the sun shines, the Quad and the steps of MGC is where you'll sight them the most. If you want a guaranteed social scene every weekend as well as a wide group of individuals that you can call brothers or sisters, then go Greek.

annoying, i would recommend professional frats and sororities... the rest are pretentious. its small.you don't notice them till second semester

It's there if you want it and if you don't, it's easy to ignore.

Although a lot of students do not participate in greek life, it seems to be quite prominent throughout campus. Everywhere you walk you can see someone wearing greek letters, and there are events held every weekend by the fraternities and sororities. There are also professional fraternities for business, law, and other specific majors.

You many not think of AU as being a party school with a bunch of frats, but there are plenty. Never a dull moment around here...

You don't have to be involved in Greek Life if you don't want to, and a lot of the fraternities and sororities on campus pledge themselves towards scholarly endeavors (like pre-law) or community service. It seems like less than half of the students on campus are in a fraternity or sorority, though this may be because they aren't allowed to keep their houses on campus. This doesn't stop students from finding their way to frat parties, but AU is a dry campus so it's probably better that the frat houses are kept off-campus.

Greek life takes up about 30% of campus life. So its there if you want it to be but if you don't then you won't feel left out.

While not of the same class as one might find at a major state or party school, AU nonetheless has a thriving greek life with a number of different fraternities and sororities. There is no Greek Row, although there are Greek Games and plenty of parties. Fraternities at AU do not charge to gain entry to parties.

Pi Kappa Phi!!!