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Mailing to the Residence Halls

Mail Services in the Residence Halls

Each residence hall has post office boxes provided for residents’ use. Your room key will open your mailbox. U. S. mail is delivered to the residence halls once daily by university personnel Monday through Saturday. Mail is not delivered during breaks, three-day weekends or on national holidays. Packages are also brought to your residence hall mail room.

Mail is distributed by hall staff as quickly as possible. The goal is to have all mail processed and package notifications sent out by 3 p.m. on Monday-Friday when mail is received in the hall.

To facilitate quick mail service, please have your mail addressed completely. Notify your family and friends of your correct address, as soon as possible. Please note the example and chart below for your hall, box number and zip+four numbers. The standard zip code for all of campus is 57007. This is an example of how mail should be addressed (see the chart below):

Jack Rabbit
Caldwell Hall 167
Box 2810
SDSU
Brookings, SD 57007-3511

Mailing to the Residence Halls:

[Name]

SDSU

Abbott Hall [Room #]

Box 2702

Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

SDSU

Ben Reifel Hall [Room #]

Box 2703

Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

SDSU

Binnewies Hall [Room #]

Box 2805

Brookings, SD 57007-1299

[Name]

SDSU

Brown Hall [Room #]

Box 2801

Brookings, SD 57007-1996

[Name]

SDSU

Caldwell Hall [Room #]

Box 2810

Brookings, SD 57007-3511

[Name]

SDSU

Hansen Hall [Room #]

Box 670

Brookings, SD 57007-1899

[Name]

SDSU

Honors Hall [Room #]

Box 2705

Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

SDSU

Hyde Hall [Room #]

Box 2704

Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

SDSU

Mathews Hall [Room #]

Box 2803

Brookings, SD 57007-2499

[Name]

Box 0680
Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

Box 0675
Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

SDSU

Pierson Hall [Room #]

Box 2804

Brookings, SD 57007-1999

[Name]

SDSU

Schultz Hall [Room #]

Box 2706

Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

SDSU

Spencer Hall [Room #]

Box 2700

Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

SDSU

Thorne Hall [Room #]

Box 2701

Brookings, SD 57007

[Name]

SDSU

Waneta Hall [Room #]

Box 509

Brookings, SD 57007-3199

[Name]

SDSU

Young Hall [Room #]

Box 2807

Brookings, SD 57007-3499

Department Main Office:

Housing and Residential Life
Department Main Office
Box 2810A
SDSU
Brookings, SD 57007-0898

Residents should fill out a mail forwarding card at the hall desk when they make a room change or move out of the residence halls.

Additional Mailing Information

During the academic year, these are the package center locations and what buildings they serve:

Caldwell: Pierson, Caldwell, Honors and Schultz

Larson: Young, Binnewies and Brown

Spencer: Abbott, Spencer, Thorne, Ben Reifel, Hyde and Mathews

Hansen: Meadows North, Meadows South and Hansen

The mailroom/package centers will be closed on the following holidays:

  • Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 2, 2024)
  • Native American Day (Monday, Oct. 14, 2024)
  • Veterans Day (Monday, Nov. 11, 2024)
  • Thanksgiving recess (Wednesday, Nov. 27 – Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024)

Mailroom/package center service will be limited Dec. 13, 2023-Jan. 7, 2025.

All packages go through our University Customer Service and are then routed to the package centers in the residence halls. If you get a message from a vendor stating that your package was delivered, it does not mean that it has been received at a package center - only that it has been received at the university package drop location. Please wait for an email notification from your package center that your package is ready for pick-up.

Due to the volume of packages our university receives, occasionally a package is routed to a different package center in the residence halls. These packages will not be moved from that package center and you will need to pick it up at the location it was delivered to. We apologize if this occurs, however, we want you to have access to your package as soon as possible and that means not having the package remain in transit between buildings.

Please check your mailbox in the residence halls regularly. If you receive something that does not belong to you, return it to the front desk.

If a student no longer lives in the residence halls, we use their permanent mailing address to forward mail to. While we can forward USPS mail and packages, other vendors such as FedEx and UPS can have forwarding restrictions.

Packages that are not picked up within 30 days of arrival are returned to sender. Please pick-up your packages in a timely manner.

Residence hall post offices are intended for distribution of information as follows:

  • U.S. Postal Service Mail

    • Off-campus organizations, vendors, and/or businesses who wish to do mass mailings to campus residents may purchase mailing lists from Residential Life. For current fees, contact the Residential Life office. Mass mailings from off-campus organizations, vendors and/or businesses must be sent through the U.S. Postal Service.
  • Campus Mail

    • Campus mail is a service provided for University offices and approved student organizations.
  • Hall Information

    • Notes may be put into the residence hall mailboxes by hall mail staff which:
      • Are authorized by the residence hall staff or their designee.
      • Are an emergency message left at the hall desk.
  • Departmental Information

    • Mail which comes directly from the Department of Residential Life under the authorization of the director may be put into the hall mailboxes.