Each residence hall room, student apartment resident and family housing unit has a locked mailbox.
- Residence hall mailboxes are located on the main floor of each building and can be opened using the corresponding room keys.
- Each Student Apartment resident has an individual mailbox that corresponds with his/her bedroom number. Mailboxes are located in the Community House and can be opened with the special mailbox keys issued to each resident.
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On-Campus Addresses
Mail service is most efficient if incoming mail is addressed this way:
Residence Halls:
Name
Room#, Hall
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48309-4401
Ann V. Nicholson Apartments:
Name
Apartment #
North Meadow Brook Road
Oakland University
Rochester, MI 48309-4401
George T. Matthews Apartments:
Name
______ Ravine Drive
Rochester, MI 48309-4401
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Packages / Outgoing Mail / Forwarding Mail
Packages
- Residence hall students who receive a package receive a notice in their mailbox to pick up the package at either Hamlin or Vandenberg reception desk. Students MUST present and Oakland Univeristy ID to receicve the package.
- Ann V. Nicholson Student Apartment residents who receive a package receive a notice in their mailbox along with a key to a parcel box located inside the Community House. If the package is too large for the parcel box, the student is notified to pick it up at the apartment office.
Outgoing Mail
Anyone can buy stamps or mail letters at Hamlin and Vandenberg reception desks. The University Student Apartments Community House also has a mail slot where letters can be mailed. Residents of the Matthews Court Apartments can place outgoing mail in their individual mailbox for the post office to pick up.
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Forwarding Mail
Hamlin Hall desk receptionists handle forwarding of U.S. mail. First-class mail is forwarded for a period of one year. Magazines and newspapers will not be forwarded. To continue to receive these publications, you should change your address with the publisher at least four weeks before leaving the halls or student apartments.
Mail forwarded from the Matthews Court Apartments is handled through the Rochester Post Office.
Follow these steps to ensure your mail is forwarded after you move:
- Residence hall students must fill out a change-of-address card and leave it at Hamlin or Vandenberg desks. To continue to receive magazines and newspapers, you should change your address with the publisher at least four weeks before leaving the halls.
- Ann V. Nicholson Student Apartment residents must complete a change-of-address card at the time of checkout. To continue to receive magazines and newspapers, you should change your address with the publisher at least four weeks before leaving the student apartments.
- Matthews Court Apartment residents must complete a change-of-address card at any U.S. Post Office.
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