https://news.fsu.edu/news/university-news/2019/07/11/renovated-suwannee-room-wins-prestigious-dining-award/
Renovated Suwannee Room wins prestigious dining award
BY: DAVE HELLER | PUBLISHED: | 1:15 PM | SHARE: 
Florida State University’s renovation of the historic Suwannee Room has earned national recognition from the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS).
Florida State’s Seminole Dining — operated by food service provider Sodexo — picked up a silver award in the Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards program July 11 at the NACUFS annual conference in Denver. FSU was recognized in the Residential Dining Facility category, large school, for its renovation of the Suwannee Room in 2018.
“Florida State University is so pleased to earn this very special distinction,” said Vice President for Finance and Administration Kyle Clark. “This award further demonstrates our commitment to enhancing overall student success and our drive for the Top 25 by providing students with a quality dining experience that is among the very best in the nation. We are excited to continue to bring new variety, including ‘Fresh from Florida’ produce, a full-service bakery and other exciting interactive culinary stations.”
Not only did the transformation enhance the century-old Suwannee Room’s amenities and appearance, it also improved the menu.
The construction team preserved the dining hall’s essential character by safeguarding important historical features, such as the vaulted ceilings and elegantly carved Gothic arches, while creating a brighter, more open space with modernized food stations.
In addition, Suwannee reopened with an expanded menu that elevated the quality of meals, incorporated nutritious locally grown foods and offered an enclosed pantry to accommodate students with food allergies or dietary restrictions.
Seminole Dining dietitian Jessica Brooks said Florida State has made it a priority to provide safe, healthy meals as food allergies have become more prevalent in society.
“In Suwannee Room, we offer My Zone — a gluten-free, nut-free pantry offering items you would find in your pantry at home, such as breads, snacks and desserts that meet our thorough guidelines,” Brooks said. “Suwannee Room is designed to give all of our students the same dining experience, and that includes the social aspect of college life. We want students with food allergies to be able to enjoy eating meals with friends, and they are invited to discuss their specific food needs with our dining team.”
The Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards are described as the ultimate professional tribute to celebrate culinary innovation. Awardees in six categories are recognized as national examples of excellence in food service.
http://campusbasement.com/florida-state/floridastate/articles/4113/fsu-has-strikingly-similar-attributes-to-hogwarts
If you go to FSU, at some time you will wonder if JK Rowling
spent some time on Landis Green before she decided to whip out her pen and napkin
at the little café in London to write Harry Potter. The similarities are so uncanny!After a solid amount of time at
FSU, any student could say that it is the most real Hogwarts will ever get.
Here’s why:
spent some time on Landis Green before she decided to whip out her pen and napkin
at the little café in London to write Harry Potter. The similarities are so uncanny!After a solid amount of time at
FSU, any student could say that it is the most real Hogwarts will ever get.
Here’s why:
1)
Our colors are Garnet and Gold. And we’re better
at football than the schools in the green (USF) yellow (UCF) and most
importantly, the school in the blue (UF). Ten
points for Gryffindor!
Our colors are Garnet and Gold. And we’re better
at football than the schools in the green (USF) yellow (UCF) and most
importantly, the school in the blue (UF). Ten
points for Gryffindor!
2)
The Suwannee room looks like the Great Hall. Sometimes
you may even secretly wish Dumbledore would show up to make an announcement
before you finish eating.
The Suwannee room looks like the Great Hall. Sometimes
you may even secretly wish Dumbledore would show up to make an announcement
before you finish eating.
3)
Instead of a sorting hat, we just call it rush.
Instead of a sorting hat, we just call it rush.
4)
In the library, I once heard someone say “I would NEVER call anyone a mudblood. That’s like, calling someone the N word.
So offensive.”
In the library, I once heard someone say “I would NEVER call anyone a mudblood. That’s like, calling someone the N word.
So offensive.”
5)You have to be careful or the dementors creeping
around the bars will steal your soul/dignity with potent drinks and sloppy kisses.
around the bars will steal your soul/dignity with potent drinks and sloppy kisses.
6)
Harry Potter World is just down the road in
Orlando where you can see that kid from bio lab waltzing around with a cape and
wand for their summer job.
Harry Potter World is just down the road in
Orlando where you can see that kid from bio lab waltzing around with a cape and
wand for their summer job.
7)
We may not have a forbidden forest, but we have
Frenchtown on the edge of campus.
We may not have a forbidden forest, but we have
Frenchtown on the edge of campus.
8)
And last but not least, we have a quidditch
team.
And last but not least, we have a quidditch
team.
So if you’re ever sad that the books and movies
are over, just take a trip to Tallahassee. Who knows, you may actually see
Harry Potter wasted at the strip blaming his actions on the polyjuice potion or Hermione taking up an entire section of the library during finals week. That Bitch.
are over, just take a trip to Tallahassee. Who knows, you may actually see
Harry Potter wasted at the strip blaming his actions on the polyjuice potion or Hermione taking up an entire section of the library during finals week. That Bitch.
https://www.southernliving.com/home/college-campus-dining-room-design?slide=287399#287399
This historic dining room was originally used to serve the Florida State College of Women. It now serves the school’s east campus seven days a week
https://theblacksheeponline.com/florida-state-university/harry-potter-fans-not-happy-union-suwannee
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
Harry Potter Fans NOT Happy with Union Suwannee
Muggles far and wide come to Florida State each year to see the Suwannee Dining Hall on campus tours. Just ask any University Ambassador what the old dining hall looks like and they’ll tell you Suwannee “looks just like the Great Hall thing from Harry Potter.”
However, the university’s decision to renovate Suwannee and temporarily move the buffet to the Union has Potterheads worried that the resemblance to the fictional dining hall will soon be lost.
“It’s a complete outrage! I refuse to believe this is happening,” said Melanie Jennings, a fifth-year senior at FSU. “The whole reason I came to this school and continue to attend is to support Suwannee’s aesthetic.”
Since 1913, the Suwannee dining hall has been the principal dining location on the FSU campus. However, despite all the memories that might have been made there, any 105-year-old establishment is inevitably going to require maintenance and even renovations from time to time. The decision to renovate the building has brought nostalgia to the forefront.
“Since the 3rd grade, I’ve been a huge Potterhead,” said Melanie. “Hermione Granger has always been my role model. Eating on campus just doesn’t feel the same now.”
Perhaps even more distraught than the self-proclaimed “muggles” at FSU is the school’s official quidditch team. Although it’s a sport entirely inspired by the Harry Potter series, the variant of quidditch played on campus doesn’t require flying on broomsticks. Naturally, tempers flared when the most prominent Potter-like building on campus was slated to be refurbished.
“It feels like a slap in the face,” said Bludger captain Jacob Wellingworth, as he snapped in half a broomstick with “Firebolt 3000” written in Sharpie. “Not enough of this school’s architecture takes after Hogwarts. Thrasher seriously pulled our rug by taking this away from us. I bet he thinks of himself as some golden snitch.”
Florida State Harry Potter fans are disappointed because the redesign of Suwannee means that there could possibly be one less Hogwarts-esque establishment on campus. Other students are more critical of the fact they have to eat in the less dignified Union for the time being.
According to FSU’s news website, the renovations are working to improve Suwannee’s “culinary experience”, while the building’s interior Gothic architecture will remain intact. Like it or not, meal plans are non-refundable.
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