Frequently Asked Questions

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Wolfie Wallet is a campus prepaid declining balance debit account encoded on your campus ID. It is a safe and convenient way to make purchases from on and select off-campus merchants, make purchases from campus stores such as SBU Campus Store or FedEx in the Melville Library, mail packages in the residential mailroom, and utilize print and copy services. Wolfie Wallet is different from the Meal Plan.

It is:

  • Accepted at more locations
  • Refundable

It is NOT:

  • Exempt from New York State sales tax
  • Billable to your Student Account (SOLAR)
  • Payable directly by Financial Aid

Funds can be added to your Wolfie Wallet through any of the following ways:

  1. You can add funds with a credit card online. A $20 minimum deposit is required online and funds should be available within 30 minutes. Please note that at this time, funds cannot be billed to your student account.
  2. You can add as little as $1 in cash at a time through the Cash-to-Account machines. See list of locations below.

By adding funds to your ID card, you agree to receive email notifications regarding your Wolfie Wallet plan.

Cash-to-Account Machine Locations:

cash to account machine

  • East Side Dining – Across from Dine-In
  • Health Sciences Library – Near Entrance
  • Melville Library – Lower Level (adjacent to Shop Red), Central Reading Room, 1st & 3rd Floor Stacks
  • Roth Cafe
  • West Side Dining
  • West Apartment Commons
  • Chapin Commons
  • Southampton Student Center
  • Southampton Library

You can check your balance online. This service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for your convenience.

It is your choice!

If you are confident that you will use all of the funds you add by the end of the semester, adding funds to your meal plan can help you save money, as all student meal plans are tax-exempt. However, meal plan funds are non-refundable and must be used in full by the designated meal plan end date.

For more information on meal plans, visit our Meal Plan website.

However, if you are too busy to track your meal plan balance, Wolfie Wallet is a better choice. Wolfie Wallet purchases are not sales tax-exempt, but the funds you add will not have an end date and will rollover until you graduate or withdraw from the University.

You cannot buy gift cards, alcohol, cannabis or cigarettes with Wolfie Wallet.

No.

No.

Yes. Send an email to mealplan@stonybrook.edu to request the transfer of Wolfie Wallet funds to dining dollars.

Yes, Wolfie Wallet will roll over from semester to semester until you graduate or withdraw from the University. 

If your Wolfie Wallet account is inactive for a period greater than 24 months, the account will be closed and balances are surrendered to a student engagement scholarship fund.

If your balance is $20 or more and you are withdrawing, graduating, or no longer working at Stony Brook University, please email mealplan@stonybrook.edu

If your Wolfie Wallet account is inactive for a period greater than 24 months, the account will be closed and balances are surrendered to a student engagement scholarship fund.

Yes.

No.

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