Snelling for Fun

Article and Photo by Kaitlyn Shanks & Madison Howard

M&M TIPsters

J. Michael Floyd knows his food groups. The director of food services at UGA is responsible for feeding hungry college students during the school year, visitors on the weekends, and campers during the summer.

“We are excited about having campers here on the college campus, what it does, in the summer time there are not a lot of college students, so the campers fill the dining halls," Floyd said in an exclusive interview with two M&M TIPsters. "It gives my employees employment.”  His staff is happy to entertain summer camps as many of the college students are not there to buy their product during the summer, camps help fill the empty spaces, Floyd said. 

While dining services' slogan is "Let the Big Dawg Eat," during the summer months, there are Dawgs of all shapes and sizes and many non-Dawgs from all over the country who walk through the turnstiles to get their grub on.

Floyd said he enjoys his job and the camps that attend. TIPsters eat breakfast at Snelling, lunch at either Snelling or the Summit at East Campus Village and dinner at Bolton throughout the week. Snelling has won many awards and the students love the food. TIPsters in the Media and Message course liked to "Snellebrate" at lunch time. Next time you are on the UGA campus, stop by Snelling to get some good food and meet even better employees.