Handmade tables are included in the updates to the Derby Dining Center. (Sydnee Shive | Collegian Media Group).

The Italian kitchen consists of menu items from pizza to pasta.
(Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Almost everything in the upper floor of the Derby Dining Center is new. The ceilings, floors and serving areas have all been updated. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Students have a wide variety of eating options in the Derby Dining Center, including access to a salad bar. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Updated serving areas make up a large part of the Derby Dining Center. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Students are served lunch on Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the newly renovated upper floor of the Derby Dining Center. The center’s first floor has yet to fully open. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Students have a wide variety of seating areas to choose from in the Derby Dining Center. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

New drink dispensers are a part of the changes to the Derby Dining Center. Students have options ranging from chocolate milk to Sierra Mist. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Not yet in use, students will put their used dishes on a conveyer belt for cleaning. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Booths are one of the many additions to the Derby Dining Center. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Chairs and furniture from the old dining center are being put to use in several seating areas in the updated Derby Dining Center. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Pizza, made in a newly added pizza oven, was on the lunch menu at the Derby Dining Center on Tuesday, Feb. 9. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Renovations to the Derby Dining Center include a new entry way. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

A stairway leads up to the grand entrance of the Derby Dining Center. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

The first floor of the Derby Dining Center is still under construction. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

COVID-19 precautions and safety measures are implemented throughout K-State’s dining centers. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

All students enter the Derby Dining Center through one area. Prior to renovations, the center contained four different entry points. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).

Most of the first floor along with the outside of the Derby Dining Center are still under construction. The Derby Dining Center is expected to be fully open soon. (Sydnee Shive I Collegian Media Group).