BU Housing & Dining are supported by a collection of services enabling students to interact with systems regarding their housing preferences, Convenience Points purchase, Terrier meal share, and other related matters. Administrators are supported by variety of applications such as StarRez, CSGold, and tasks through mainframe GALAXY.
- StarRez enables staff to view, manage and extract information which supports students housing function for undergraduate and graduate students. The Student Housing Portal allows students to apply for housing, participate in room selection, request room changes, report damages, etc..
- CSGold enables staff to view, manage and extract information which supports students dining plans, dining points and convenience points, for undergraduate and graduate student along with Terrier Convenience plan for employees.
- GALAXY enables staff to view, manage, and extract information which supports the University enterprise. The range of services spans all business processes provided by central administration. These include student, financial, building access and other business information. Each client’s menu is based on individual job function, and access to services is controlled by the business office responsible for the service. For BU Housing & Dining these functions include meal plans, convenience points, door access etc.
Benefits
Students and parents can purchase Convenience Points online, access the StarRez Housing System through the StudentLink to complete new, continuing and graduate student housing applications, donate guest meals, and other functions. The administrative interfaces available for Housing through StarRez; for Dining through CSGold and mainframe GALAXY tasks allow BU Housing to process all housing and dining related transactions efficiently.
Key Features
- Intuitive web access to self-service capabilities
- Integrated with BU’s authentication services
- Two-tiered security for student and administrative access
- Real-time access and instant updates
Requirements
- Self-service for students is available through the Student Link and requires BU credentials and DUO two-factor authentication.
- Requests for Administrative access to StarRez and CSGold are managed by the Housing and Terrier Convenience Office respectively.
- Access to mainframe Galaxy tasks requires a mainframe BFID (Business Function ID) and the appropriate permits and value security.
Getting Started
- Students should visit the StudentLink for Housing & Dining related functions.
- For administrative functions, staff should contact Housing and Terrier Convenience Office to discuss the appropriate systems to get the information or request access.