{"id":5152,"date":"2025-12-10T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T16:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/student-life\/?page_id=5152"},"modified":"2025-12-10T21:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:49:42","slug":"mail-packages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/student-life\/mail-packages\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail\/Packages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: When ordering packages, do I put my residence hall or Shriver as the address? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Always use your residence hall address (the street address + the hall name and room number + Oxford, OH 45056). For Amazon packages, if there is an option to add a special instruction, write &#8220;Please deliver on campus to 113 Shriver Center (Mail and Package Center).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: How do you find your exact dorm address to ship things to it? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Check out Miami&#8217;s residence halls<a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/life-at-miami\/living-on-campus\/housing\/residence-halls\/index.html?_ga=2.21819453.783371227.1722960215-2120335766.1695257633#accordion_3\"> website<\/a> and find your hall address!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: If you have a package set to deliver during break, what happens to that package? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: During winter break and term, mail is forwarded to your home address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: Where do you find your mail in the dorms? (Not packages).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Each residence hall has a mail room with mailboxes for each room. You should have received an email from the start of the semester with the code to your mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: How to send outgoing mail?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: The fastest way is to take it to the Shriver Mail and Package Center and\/or drop it in a blue collection box!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: What happens to packages if they are too big to fit in the mailboxes? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Regular mail (in envelopes) will be delivered to your hall. Packages will be delivered to Miami\u2019s Mail and Package Center in Shriver Hall and generally placed in a locker. You\u2019ll be notified to pick up within 24 hours. If it\u2019s too large for the locker, they\u2019ll hold it behind the customer service desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: Where do I pick up packages? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: The <a href=\"https:\/\/miamioh.edu\/mail-package-center\/index.html\">Mail and Package Center <\/a>is in 113 Shriver Center! You&#8217;ll get an email if you have a package to be picked up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: If I ship something to campus and it&#8217;s there before I am, can I pick it up after I move in? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Yes! Don&#8217;t wait too long to pick it up, but yes, they will hold packages in the mail and package center (in Shriver) sent before move-in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q: Can I get stamps and envelopes on campus? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A: Yes! The Mail and Package Center in the lower level of Shriver Center does sell stamps and all kinds of envelopes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: When ordering packages, do I put my residence hall or Shriver as the address? 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