Receiving Mail on Campus
Mail Distribution Standards and Times
All letters delivered by Mail Services are distributed into your room’s specific mailbox in your residence hall. For this reason, Mail Services requires that all mail sent to residents include your residence hall and room number. Failure to do so will result in significant delays in mail delivery. Additionally, your mail might be returned to sender erroneously.
Please do not use nicknames. Use only your full legal name and middle initial for all incoming mail.
Please use the proper return address when sending mail. This includes your full name and complete address.
Each residence hall has its own nine-digit zip code. The four-digit extension should be on every piece of mail you receive. Listed below are the complete zip codes for each residence hall.
Anderson Hall........................................................ 20016-8101
Centennial Hall....................................................... 20016-8102
Leonard Hall........................................................... 20016-8103
Letts Hall.................................................................20016-8104
Hughes Hall..............................................................20016-8105
McDowell Hall ........................................................... 20016-8106
Congressional Hall .................................................... 20016-8108
Federal Hall ............................................................. 20016-8131
Capital Hall ............................................................. 20016-8132
Nebraska Hall ............................................................. 20016-4114
All accountable packages and non-accountable packages are received by Mail Services in the lower level of Letts Hall from the United States Postal Service. Packages are scanned into the university’s Package Tracking System for student identification and sorting. Mail Services delivers packages to the individual halls where they are signed for by a Front Desk resident hall staff member. The resident hall staff member will scan the packages for receipt prompting an e-mail notice out to students' AU e-mail addresses, notifying them of a package(s) at the Front Desk for pick-up.
Accountable Packages - A box or letter with a unique tracking number with a bar code, and affixed by a label.
Non-Accountable Package - A box or letter without a unique tracking number or bar code.
All Delivery Services (FedEx, Airborne Express, UPS etc.) deliver directly to the individual hall’s front desk. A resident hall staff member will then notify the student via e-mail. (Contact the delivery companies directly with questions or concerns about your packages)
AU Student
Your Residence Hall #123
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016-81xx
MAIL DISTRIBUTION STANDARDS AND TIMES
Delivered same day if received by 12 p.m.
USPS overnight Express Mail
Delivered within 24 hours – After receipt in the mail center
Campus Mail
First Class letters
First Class flats
Parcels
Accountable Mail (certified, insured, registered)
Delivered within Three Business Days – After receipt in the mail center
Second Class Publications
Third Class Standard Mail (business bulk mail)