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Shipping changes
Effective July 1, 2008, Central Mail Services no longer processes outgoing UPS packages. Departments' shipping history with us is still available online.
More information....


June 24, 2008: Flood update
We are working to make your mail service as normal as possible, as quickly as possible. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding during these extraordinary times!

  • When you send campus mail to individuals who have moved due to flooding, please continue to use their OLD campus mail address. We will reroute items to their new locations.

  • If your unit or department has has been relocated, a representative must contact us to arrange for deliveries. Email or call Mail Services manager Kathy Battin, kathy-battin@uiowa.edu, 384-3809, to do this.


Campus Mail will pick up and deliver mail for relocated departments at an alternative delivery site - if possible, and if the departments make arrangements with Mail Services for this. Until alternative sites are determined, mail will be held at the Mossman Building.

Relocated departments may use the newly established east-side mail center as a mail exchange site. It is located at 2541 University Capitol Centre, down the hall from the former Old Capitol Theatres. The center is open from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. Services will be limited to picking up and dropping off campus and U.S. mail. Identification will be required to pick up mail. There are no mail processing services at this location.

Check the UI home page for relocation updates and other flood information.

If you have questions regarding your mail service, contact Mail Services manager Kathy Battin. Please check back here for mail updates.



Overview
Our mission and services; staff directory

Bulk mail
Preparing a mailing; services we offer; permit mail; nonprofit restrictions; Zip-code recording form

Campus Mail
About intracampus service; delivery routes and schedules; HR link for address changes

Mail processing fees
Mailing Service fees; monthly bulk mail and metering charges; U.S. Postal Service rates; Printing Department prices.
2007 postage rate increase:   Frequently asked questions (MS Word).

Electronic mail services
DDDEO listserv for Deans, Directors, and Departmental Executive Officers; mass email for University-wide communications.

Mail metering
Metering, UI mail-code card, U.S. Postal Service information

Partners
Links to our current partners, University of Northern Iowa and University Hospitals; to the UNI mail center; and to UIHC's mail room, shipping and receiving, and shipping label.

Quick links
Mail-code card (34K Word file); UPS log in; Zip-Code recording form (12K Excel file); File envoy for sending address files to Bulk Mail

Resources
Links to mailing addresses for UI departments, building locations, and building abbreviations; standard postal abbreviations; U.S. Postal Service mailing information (addressing, classes of mail, endorsements, machine readability, rates, reply mail, special services, Zip codes)

The U.S. Postal Service has implemented a shape-based initiative for mail pieces. You must properly design your mail to optimize postage savings. You'll find the new postage rates listed at www.usps.com/ratecase/welcome.htm and a page of frequently asked questions at www.usps.com/ratecase/ratecase_faqs.htm. If you would like to review the PowerPoint presentation given in Central Mail's Learning & Development classes, please go to www./~fuscmail/reference/usps/07USPSchanges.ppt.htm.

Shipping
Mail Services no longer processes UPS shipping orders, but departments' shipping history with us is still available online. Accounts Payable/Purchasing now oversees shipping services; departments must first establish an account through AP/P to ship packages. Deliver packages to your shipping and receiving area for the shipper to pick up. If your building does not have a shipping and receiving area, Campus Mail will take packages to Mail Services for the shipper to pick up.

AP/P process instructions   |   More information: AP/P   |   UI Central Mail-UPS history

Newsletter
Into Print is the UI Business Services newsletter for Central Mail, Equipment Rental, General Stores, Parking & Transportation, Printing, and Surplus




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Updated July 2, 2008, by the web administrator. Contact the Central Mail Services manager with questions or comments.
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