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Allergy-Friendly College Campus Guide: Emory University

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My food allergy experience at Emory University was literally a dream come true! That being said, it did require a lot of work and advanced planning! I only ate at the main dining all (where all the employees knew me!) and never at any of the other dining halls. This main dining hall was completely free of peanuts, tree nuts, and shellfish. They also have a GF station and a vegan station.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

 

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Melissa Engel – Spokin App User @missmeliss1895

Allergies: Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Milk, Egg, Shellfish, Celiac-Gluten
Class: 2017
Major: Psychology
Currently Doing: Pursuing her PhD in Clinical Psychology, with a focus on children and adolescents with chronic medical conditions including food allergies!
Instagram: @missmeliss1895

 

Melissa’s Emory Campus Guide

Chipotle

Chipotle is the only safe “fast food” restaurant that I have eaten at, and it is so convenient that this one is walking distance from Emory University’s main campus! It sometimes takes quite a bit of explaining to get the employees to change their gloves and get ingredients out of fresh containers (to avoid cross-contact) but I have never had a reaction and appreciate the convenience!

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Busy’s Shave Ice + Coffee

I like to go with the house made flavors, as they can readily tell me all the ingredients of the syrups (and they claim they’re the best!). The staff are willing to change their gloves for allergy orders and always super friendly.

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Elon University had been my dream school for a few years, but when I was finally accepted into one of their BFA Programs, we realized that getting to attend this might actually become a real possibility. All that was left was to work out accommodations for my food allergies. It turns out that there were hardly any preparations necessary because this school has SO many established food allergy resources. First of all, the school has a dining hall section that is COMPLETELY allergy friendly. Yes, that’s right. It is free of the top 8 allergens with no cross contamination. They also have my favorite allergy friendly brands as “grab and go” snack items in the different dining halls. They also have extensive amounts of allergy friendly food items in each of the stores on campus. All of these things have made my first year and a half at Elon go as smoothly as possible and have kept my family, who lives 12 hours away, at ease. I am forever grateful for all of their efforts, and hope that others will be encouraged by this information because attending a university far from home with multiple life threatening food allergies IS possible! Location: Elon, North Carolina  
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