Remember to use the correct mailing address, not the office room number

By John Barron, director, Printing and Mailing Services, and Nina Lemon, manager, Campus Mail Services

UST's "Mail Number" system plays an important role in the distribution of letters and packages throughout campus. Each faculty, staff and student has a mail number where all incoming mail should be addressed. The mail number often is different from the office number, room number or suite number where UST employees work, so be sure to familiarize yourself with your mail number, and be sure that all correspondence goes to that specific address.

Remember, mail is delivered to the mail number not to an office room number!

For intercampus mail and U.S. mail, use Outlook correctly to get the mail number, by looking in “Properties.” Failure to do so will cause significant delays while Campus Mail Services staff manually converts the room number to a mail number.

The mail recipient has the responsibility of informing the sender when the incorrect mailing address has been used.

Here are some examples of correct addresses as they should appear on all incoming correspondence:

University of St Thomas
John Doe
Mail AQU 217
2115 Summit Avenue
St Paul MN 55105-1078

Note that the mail number, AQU 217, is on the line above the street address- this is important. Also note that there is a space between the letters and the numbers, and there is no “#” (pound sign) in the mail number. The pound sign causes problems with Banner.

University of St Thomas
Jane Doe
Mail TMH 100
1000 LaSalle Avenue
Minneapolis MN 55403-2005

Note that the word Avenue is spelled out -- this is preferred at UST. There are several different ZIP+4 codes used at UST, so please look at your business card, check with Lisa at the Service Center, (651) 962-6588, or refer below:

All UST buildings in St. Paul are 55105-1096 with the following exceptions:

• Aquinas Hall (AQU) -- 55105-1078
• O'Shaughnessy Science Hall (OSS) -- 55105-1079               
• Owens Science Hall (OWS) -- 55105-1080
• St. John Vianney (SJV) -- 55105-1095
• School of Divinity (SOD) -- 55105-1094

All UST buildings in Minneapolis are 55403-2005 with the following exceptions:

• Law School (MSL) -- 55403-2015
• Opus Hall-Education only (MOH 217) -- 55403-2009

When orders are sent to the Service Center for letterhead, business cards or envelopes, all details and formats are checked and changed as necessary.

Please contact me at the Service Center, or Nina at Campus Mail Services with any questions, (651) 962-6584.