Mail

(Anacapa, Manzanita Village, San Miguel, San Nicolas, San Rafael, Santa Cruz, & Santa Rosa)

• All Residence Hall residents receive mail sent through US Postal Service (USPS) at the Post Office in the University Center (UCen).
• Students will be assigned PO Boxes by room assignment. They will not receive a PO Box key, but rather will come to the service window at the UCen Post Office to request their PO Box be checked for any USPS mail. 
• For packages sent through USPS, an email will be sent to the student's email address to notify them that their package is ready for pick up at the UCen Post Office service window. 
• Mail and packages sent via private carriers (UPS, FedEx, etc) are delivered directly to the resident’s residence hall room by that company’s delivery person. 
• We have experienced that companies such as Amazon do not specify if they will be using the postal service or a private carrier such as UPS. It is therefore important to include both the Box Number and the Residence Hall and room number on all correspondence. Amazon also has a pick up location in Isla Vista: Amazon@IslaVista.
• Mailboxes are shared by 2-3 persons, usually (but not always) with roommates.
• Students are responsible for checking their own boxes. Housing staff do not notify students if they have mail in their boxes, nor does the Front Desk accept deliveries or packages from private carriers with the exceptions of flower deliveries, cake deliveries, Residential Housing Association (RHA) approved packages, and luggage dropped off for a resident by an airline.
• Please note: if you receive an email from the sender that your package has been scanned in at the local Post Office, it's possible it may be at the Goleta Post Office and not the UCen Post Office. You will have to wait for it to be delivered to the UCen Post Office and for their staff to email you. Thank you for your patience.
• We cannot accept items for students via mail or private carrier in advance of their move in day. You can ship items to the Amazon@IslaVista pick up store, which will hold packages for 15 days.
• If you are unsure of what carrier is being used to send you a package use the following format. Please note, this may result in a delay. 

First & Last Name
Residence Hall & Room #
UCSB
PO Box #
Santa Barbara CA 93107

• All Residence Hall residents receive mail sent through US Postal Service (USPS) at the Post Office in the University Center (UCen).
• Students will be assigned PO Boxes by room assignment. They will not receive a PO Box key, but rather will come to the service window at the UCen Post Office to request their PO Box be checked for any USPS mail. 
• For packages sent through USPS, an email will be sent to the student's UMail address to notify them that their package is ready for pick up at the Package Pick-Up Room, #1435, in Santa Catalina’s North Tower. Please contact them at ucen-sancatpostoffice@ucsb.edu for current business hours. The UCen Post Office has implemented this in order to avoid students having to transport potentially large packages from the UCen to Santa Catalina.
• Mail and packages sent via private carriers (UPS, FedEx, etc) are delivered directly to the resident’s residence hall room by that company’s delivery person.
• We have experienced that companies such as Amazon do not specify if they will be using the postal service or a private carrier such as UPS. It is therefore important to include both the Box Number and the Residence Hall and room number on all correspondence. Amazon also has a pick up location in Isla Vista: Amazon@IslaVista.
• Mailboxes are shared by 2-3 persons, usually (but not always) with roommates.
• Students are responsible for checking their own boxes. Housing staff do not notify students if they have mail in their boxes, nor does the Front Desk accept deliveries or packages from private carriers with the exceptions of flower deliveries, cake deliveries, Residential Housing Association (RHA) approved packages, and luggage dropped off for a resident by an airline.
• Please note: if you receive an email from the sender that your package has been scanned in at the local Post Office, it's possible it may be at the Goleta Post Office and not the UCen Post Office. You will have to wait for it to be delivered to the UCen Post Office and for their staff to email you. Thank you for your patience.
• We cannot accept items for students via mail or private carrier in advance of their move in day. You can ship items to the Amazon@IslaVista pick up store, which will hold packages for 15 days.
• If you are unsure of what carrier is being used to send you a package use the following format. Please note, this may result in a delay. 

First & Last Name
Residence Hall & Room #
UCSB
PO Box #
Santa Barbara CA 93107

• USPS mail delivery to apartment mailboxes via UCSB Mail Services Monday - Friday.
• If you are expecting a package via the US Postal Service (USPS) and received an email from the San Clemente Mail Services office that it has arrived, please pick it up from the Mail Truck in Lot 51 (located between Arrowhead and Bradbury Village) during the delivery time hours: Monday-Friday 1:15pm-4:00pm. 
• Mail and packages sent via private carriers (UPS, FedEx, etc) are delivered directly to the resident’s front door. 
• Companies such as Amazon do not specify if they will be using USPS or a private carrier for deliveries, so it is important to include both the complex name and apartment number on all correspondence. Amazon also has a pick up location in Isla Vista: Amazon@IslaVista.
• Campus Housing offices do not accept deliveries or packages from private carriers for residents.

• USPS delivers mail directly to complex and places in apartment mailboxes.
• Small packages will be placed in designated boxes near apartment mailboxes.
• Large package pick up is at the Patterson Branch post office. The post office will place a card in your box letting you know that the package can be picked up at the Patterson Branch.
• Mail and packages sent via private carriers (UPS, FedEx, etc) are delivered directly to the resident’s front door.
• Campus Housing offices do not accept deliveries or packages from private carriers for residents.

• Sierra Madre and San Joaquin Villages residents receive mail sent through US Postal Service (USPS) at the Post Office in the University Center (UCen).
• Students will be assigned PO Boxes by room assignment. They will not receive a PO Box key, but rather will come to the service window at the UCen Post Office to request their PO Box be checked for any USPS mail. 
• For packages sent through USPS, an email will be sent to the student's UMail address to notify them that their package is ready for pick up at the Package Pick-Up Room, #1435, in Santa Catalina’s North Tower. Please contact them at ucen-sancatpostoffice@ucsb.edu for current business hours. The Post Office has implemented this in order to avoid students having to transport potentially large packages from the UCen to Sierra Madre (Santa Catalina is conveniently located adjacent to San Joaquin and across the street from Sierra Madre.)
• Mailboxes are shared by 4-6 persons, usually (but not always) with roommates.
• Mail and packages sent via private carriers (UPS, FedEx, etc) are delivered directly to the resident’s front door. 
• Companies such as Amazon do not specify if they will be using USPS or a private carrier for deliveries, so it is important to include both the complex name and apartment number on all correspondence. Amazon also has a pick up location in Isla Vista: Amazon@IslaVista.
• Please note: if you receive an email from the sender that your package has been scanned in at the local Post Office, it's possible it may be at the Goleta Post Office and not the UCen Post Office. You will have to wait for it to be delivered to the UCen Post Office and for their staff to email you. Thank you for your patience!
• Campus Housing offices do not accept deliveries or packages from private carriers for residents.