Mailing to 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
Abbott Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Abbott Hall [Room #]
Box 2702
Brookings, SD 57007
Ben Reifel Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Ben Reifel Hall [Room #]
Box 2703
Brookings, SD 57007
Binnewies Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Binnewies Hall [Room #]
Box 2805
Brookings, SD 57007-1299
Brown Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Brown Hall [Room #]
Box 2801
Brookings, SD 57007-1996
Caldwell Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Caldwell Hall [Room #]
Box 2810
Brookings, SD 57007-3511
Hansen Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Hansen Hall [Room #]
Box 670
Brookings, SD 57007-1899
Honors Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Honors Hall [Room #]
Box 2705
Brookings, SD 57007
Hyde Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Hyde Hall [Room #]
Box 2704
Brookings, SD 57007
Mathews Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Mathews Hall [Room #]
Box 2803
Brookings, SD 57007-2499
Meadows North Apartments
[Name]
Box 0680
Brookings, SD 57007
Meadows South Apartments
[Name]
Box 0675
Brookings, SD 57007
Pierson Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Pierson Hall [Room #]
Box 2804
Brookings, SD 57007-1999
Schultz Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Schultz Hall [Room #]
Box 2706
Brookings, SD 57007
Spencer Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Spencer Hall [Room #]
Box 2700
Brookings, SD 57007
Thorne Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Thorne Hall [Room #]
Box 2701
Brookings, SD 57007
Waneta Hall
[Name]
SDSU
Waneta Hall [Room #]
Box 509
Brookings, SD 57007-3199
Young Hall
[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.
Package Centers
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
Mailroom/Package Center Closures
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.
Package Processing Time
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.
Your Residence Hall Mailbox
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.
When We Forward Mail/Packages or Return to Sender
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.
- 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.
- Notes may be put into the residence hall mailboxes by hall mail staff which:
- 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.
