The Service Center offers a variety of postal and printing services to students. Most USPS services, including postage purchases and package preparation, are available at the Service Center, which operates from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Students can access materials such as brown paper, bubble wrap, scissors, and tape at no charge.
Student mail is picked up from the post office at 10:30 a.m. each weekday and delivered to residence halls if the address includes the student’s name, residence hall, address, city, state, and zip code. Delivery may be delayed if the address lacks full details. USPS mail is not delivered on weekends or holidays. Residential students receive a mailbox in their residence halls, while mail for commuter students not addressed to their local address is held at the Student Life Office for pickup. Packages from special carriers like FedEx and UPS are delivered to the Physical Plant loading dock and logged by Service Center personnel, who sort and deliver them to the residence halls or staff by 4:30 p.m. on weekdays. On weekends, Security handles the logging, sorting, and delivery of these packages.
Outgoing USPS mail is collected from residence halls between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m., Monday through Friday, and should be taken to the Service Center for shipment. A change of permanent home address must be reported in writing to the Office of Academic Records.
Packages delivered directly to residence halls are recorded in a logbook by the receptionist, who will notify students to claim their packages in person with a signature required.
Students can ship packages via UPS or FedEx at the Service Center during open hours, with shipping charges paid by cash, check, or debit/credit card. Cottey Cash is not accepted, and postage charges are not billed to student accounts.
The Service Center also offers photocopying services at a cost of two cents per black-and-white copy and seven cents per full-color copy. Personal copies cost ten cents per copy. Sharp photocopy machines are also available in the Library, RBAC, and RFAB, linked to student accounts and managed by the IT department. Student organizations can use copy codes issued by the Service Center manager to cover copying fees for organization-related items, which are billed to the organization’s account.
For print jobs, a print requisition must be completed and signed by the organization sponsor and submitted 10-12 days in advance. Printing fees are charged to the organization’s account.