Campus Mail

Campus Mail delivers and receives internal and external mail for NIU faculty and staff.

We function as a center for the receipt of university inter-office mail and the receipt, dispatch and control of United States stamped mail.

During business hours, Campus Mail performs the following tasks:

• Receives and sorts incoming U.S. mail for delivery to university departments
• Processes outgoing U.S. mail generated by university departments
• Sorts for delivery university inter-office mail
• Maintains inventory of U.S. postage stamps for sale to university departments
• Bills university departments for postage costs associated with outgoing mail

Mail sent to the Dorland mail center for processing should be sorted and banded by your office into seven groups:

• International mail
• Outgoing meter mail (letters)
• Outgoing meter mail (flats), postcards, outgoing packages
• Special service mail
• Inter-office mail (letters)
• Inter-office mail (flats)
• Forwarded mail

Inter-office mail and forwarded mail do not need a postage charge slip, but the other categories should have a separate postage charge slip attached to each group.

University route drivers and mail expediters pick up and deliver both U.S. stamped mail and inter-office mail. This service is conducted under policies and procedures designed to best serve the entire university. The following policies are outlined to assist in expediting these different types of mail service:

Campus Mail services do not include UPS, FedEx or other commercial carrier services.

Departments may pick up incoming mail, and drop off outgoing mail, Monday through Friday in the Dorland Building. Departments may also request the Materials Management team pick up large mailings, when necessary.

For more information, please call our office at 815-753-1183 or 815-753-6286.