Student Life

Postal Services

McMahon Hall, Lower Level

Phone: 202-319-6071

Web: http://postoffice.cua.edu

Director, Linwood Dailey

Cardinal Station offers a wide variety of United States Postal Service products and services including stamps, money orders, certified mail, registered mail, insured mail and priority mail. Products from other vendors such as UPS and Federal Express are not available. Credit cards are not accepted. There is a Federal Express drop box with limited supplies located on the ground floor adjacent to Cardinal Station. UPS also has a drop box on campus located on the first floor of Leahy Hall and in the main lobby of Columbus School of Law.

All mail to residential students should be addressed as follows:

Student's full name (no nickname)

Residence Hall

The Catholic University of America

620 Michigan Ave., N.E., Box #

Washington, DC 20064

Mail is delivered Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mail is not delivered on weekends, recognized university and federal holidays or vacation periods. Students receiving packages that do not fit in mailboxes or items requiring a signature (i.e., UPS, Federal Express, registered mail) will receive notification in their CUA e-mail account. In addition, a notice will be placed in their student mailboxes. It is important for students to monitor and maintain their CUA e-mail account daily. Residential mail delivery begins at 10 a.m.

Packages can be claimed at Student Package Services on the ground floor of McMahon Hall by presenting the e-mail notification and appropriate identification. Students must provide either a notice from their box or a printed e-mail that their package has arrived before the package is released to them. Students are invited to stop by Student Package Services to inquire about expected items.

During university vacation periods in the academic year, first-class mail is not forwarded. Newspapers and magazines received during the Christmas and spring break periods will not be held at Cardinal Station for more than two working days from the resumption of classes, after which time they will be discarded. Should first-class mail placed in a student mailbox fill the box during the vacation period, further mail will not be delivered until the student empties the mailbox.

All students are required to formally update their forwarding address(es) by logging on to the Cardinal Station's Web site upon checking out of the residence halls. It is important to update the forwarding address whether or not the information remains the same. Cardinal Station will forward first-class mail for a period of four weeks as a courtesy; however, it is unable to forward mail for a longer period of time. Anything other than first-class mail (magazines, newspapers, etc.) will not be forwarded. Persons moving off campus for longer than four weeks should notify correspondents of their new address. Students experiencing problems regarding any mail services should contact Postal Services.