Sarah Semper mails a birthday present to her sister at the post office inside the Union Jan. 23. Photo: Jared Burleson, The Daily Mississippian.
The U.S. Postal Service will hold a community meeting at the Jackson Avenue Center April 3 regarding the proposed termination of The University of Mississippi’s post office. The termination is a result of the Feb. 6 announcement of the UM Student Union renovation and expansion plans expected to begin this summer.
The post office will permanently shut down on June 30, and the Department of Student Housing will aid in delivering mail and packages to both students and faculty, according to a university press release.
The purpose of the meeting is to explain the changes that will take place and to address any opinions or concerns. The meeting is open to the public and is expected to last from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
The press release also states that the first floor of Crosby Hall is expected to become the new mail center for students who live in residence halls. The option of students receiving text or web alerts when their mail has arrived has also been discussed.
Faculty members will receive their mail at the departments where they work.
According to a letter written by Postmaster Dana Amos on March 1, the university will assume complete responsibility to act independently as a mail unit once the postal service in the Union has been suspended.
Because the university will be keeping its own ZIP code, the mail headed to university departments will first be delivered to the Jackson Avenue Center. From there, university mail workers will deliver the mail to individual buildings and its employees.
Other university post office customers who previously had a mailbox will have the option of getting a P.O. box at the Oxford post office, located one mile from campus. However, the Oxford post office is only offering P.O. boxes on a first-come, first-serve basis.
— Caty Cambron
thedmnews@gmail.com
