How does Johnson & Wales University in Providence combat Food Insecurity on Campus for its Students?
Document Type
Capstone Project
Abstract
Across the United States, an increasing number of people are becoming food insecure, and a part of this population are college students. With tuition, housing, books, and personal expenses, college students have a large financial burden placed on them when they enter college. Johnson & Wales University is a private university with a prestigious culinary program. With food being at the forefront of many students, professors, and chef instructors’ minds at JWU, this raises the question: How does Johnson & Wales University in Providence address food insecurity on campus for its students? JWU already has multiple resources that exist on campus for food insecure students to utilize, such as Wildcat Food Rescue, Swipe It Forward, students in labs who have access to the food in there, and campus dining events that are promoted to students that typically only cost a meal swipe. Yet, many students don’t know about these resources, where they are offered, and how they can access them on campus. This leads to the idea of creating a Basic Needs Center, which offers resources – food, finances, housing, clothing, etc.- for students to utilize and gain help when they need it. By creating one of these places on each campus for students to utilize the many resources available to food-insecure students at one main place, students can understand what resources are offered to them, where, and how they can access these resources. This report addresses why the creation of one of these centers would be beneficial and acts as a “blueprint” on how to create one on campus.
Repository Citation
Zajczenko, Ava, "How does Johnson & Wales University in Providence combat Food Insecurity on Campus for its Students?" (2026). Interdisciplinary Studies: Student Publications. 2.
https://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/interdis_studies/2
