Columbia Mail Pre-Delivers Record High Number of Student Packages
Columbia Mail’s pre-delivery program allows students to send packages to campus beginning in early August.
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Slide 1: Packages on shelves in Wien Hall lounge
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Slide 2: Packages on hand truck leaving Wien Hall
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Slide 3: Packages on carts leaving Wien Courtyard to be loaded in van
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Slide 4: Packages being unloaded from van at Carlton Arms
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Slide 5: Packages being sorted in lobby of Carlton Arms
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Slide 6: Packages delivered into student room
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Slide 7: Packages on student bed being scanned to complete delivery
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Slide 8: Mail team poses for group photo
The Columbia Mail team makes their best effort to deliver packages received before the mid-August cutoff date directly to the student’s room, so that it’s there when the student arrives for Check-In. This eliminates the need for students to haul large or numerous packages from the Mail Center and greatly improves efficiency during Check-In.
This year 18,847 packages were received: a 3% increase from last year.
A new record of 10,636 packages were delivered to students' rooms: a 4.5% increase from last year's high of 10,178.
All residence halls received deliveries, including Brownstones and East Campus (buildings with multi-floor walk-up suites).
The Columbia University Facilities and Operations Information Technology team worked behind the scenes on system integrations, making sure that the 6,211 records and delivery addresses from the Housing Portal to the Mail Portal were updated daily for accurate package delivery.