Western Michigan University unveils its newest student cafeteria Thursday, September 1.
The $36 million Valley Dining Center can serve up to a thousand people at a time and includes five restaurants. It opens to students and the general public on Friday.
Western President John Dunn and other officials will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon at 3 p.m.
The new dining hall is near the Goldsworth Valley complex of dorms where many of the university's first-year students live.