Mail and Package Deliveries
The Campus Security and Services desk is the hub for package delivery as well as campus visitor registration. This monitored and secure location is the central receiving office for all campus deliveries and campus mail and courier services to the Amherst campus.
Package and mail delivery should be addressed to:
Mount Ida Campus of UMass Amherst
100 Carlson Avenue
- Campus Security and Services - Building 8
Newton, MA 02459
To ensure proper delivery, please include:
- Full Name of the desired recipient
- Department or Office
- Building Number and/or Name
- Floor and Office Number
The mailroom for incoming mail and packages is located in the Campus Security Office in the Health, Wellness and Recreation Building (Building 8). You will be notified by campus email if you have a mail item waiting for you. Please wait for this email before coming to retrieve your mail. Package tracking does NOT tell you if your package has been processed by the campus yet. Outgoing mail can be dropped in the blue postal mailbox outside of Alumnae Hall (Building 15).
Delivery of mail Between the Newton and Amherst Campuses
Package courier service between the Mount Ida and Amherst Campus' can be arranged. Packages must be clearly marked and delivered to Campus Security prior to Noon on Thursdays. Packages will be delivered on Friday. Packages being couriered from the Amherst Campus to Mount Ida are picked up from the mail services office in Amherst on Fridays. Packages coming from Amherst will be available for pickup at Security on Monday afternoon at the Mount Ida Security/Campus Services desk in the Health, Wellness and Recreation Center.
All outgoing courier mail and packages should be placed in the courier OUT box and must be labeled with an interoffice label—envelopes and labels can be found near the courier OUT box located at the Campus Security and Services Desk in the Health, Wellness and Recreation Center.