MHC Mail Services is not able to accept any food deliveries from companies that use private delivery services including but not limited to the following: Whole Foods, Door Dash, Uber Eats, Grub Hub.
Do not ship these items to either the 9 Lower Lake Road or the 50 College Street address as the delivery will be refused.
MHC Mail Services advises students not to order through companies utilizing private couriers for same day or local deliveries. These shipments are often delivered to miscellaneous locations around campus or left after receiving hours and are delivered without the student’s name or address. MHC Mail Services accepts no responsibility for orders shipped through any companies other than UPS, Fedex, DHL, USPS, and Amazon or which are delivered outside of regular business hours.
Please email mail-g@mtholyoke.edu if you have questions about receiving shipments at MHC.
Mail Services provides for both the academic and co-curricular mailing needs of Mount Holyoke College students. Mail Services handles all incoming and outgoing mail for students including first-class mail, periodicals, Five-College mail, parcels and overnight/courier mail.
Student mail and packages can be picked up at Mail Services located in the Central Services Complex on Lower Lake Road. Students will receive an email when a letter or package arrives at the college for them. Students must have their MHC OneCard in order to pick up their mail. Proxy pickups of mail or parcels are not permitted.
MHC students use two addresses (a general mail address and a residence hall or building address) to receive goods and services on campus. Please refer to the guide below to determine which address to use and when to use it. If you are unsure which address to use, please contact Mail Services at 413-538-2462 or mail-g@mtholyoke.edu for assistance.
Letter Mail and Packages
Use your Mount Holyoke College Mailing Address for Letter Mail and Packages. This address should be used for all regular correspondence and online orders of goods. This address should never be used for fresh/hot food deliveries, ride-sharing services or same day private courier deliveries.
Student Name
9 Lower Lake Road MHC ####
South Hadley MA 01075
(#### = Mail Stop Number)
Food Deliveries, Ride-Sharing Services, Same Day Private Courier Orders
Use your specific Mount Holyoke College Residence Hall or Building Address for Fresh/Hot Food Deliveries, Ride-Sharing, Same Day Courier Orders including DoorDash, UberEats, WholeFoods, Restaurant deliveries, Uber, Lyft, etc. Please refer to the Campus Food Delivery Policy for more information about food deliveries.
Student Name
Dorm / Building Name
Specific Building Street Address
South Hadley MA 01075
IMPORTANT... You must be present at your residence hall or building location at the time of the delivery or pick-up and meet the driver at the exterior door. Delivery agents are not permitted to enter buildings or leave orders outside unattended.
Student mail is forwarded based on the criteria listed below. Undergraduate student mail is automatically forwarded to the “home” or “primary” mailing address on file with the Registrar’s Office. Students who have graduated must register all address changes with the Alumnae Office.
If you need your mail to be forwarded during an approved academic, medical or other type of leave, please fill out the temporary mail forwarding form located in the Self Service area on selfservice.mtholyoke.edu. Please use the same form to enter your preferred temporary forwarding address if you need to forward your mail to an alternative address.
Mail is automatically forwarded during the summer break. The college is not able to forward any mail during other academic breaks. Students residing on campus during the summer break (registration with Residential Life and dorm assignment required) will continue to receive mail.
Fedex, UPS, DHL, Amazon, etc.
Mail and parcels received from carriers other than the U.S. Postal Service cannot be forwarded and will be returned to the sender.
Summer hours:
Monday—Friday
9 am—4 pm
The college does not deliver “Marketing Mail” which includes catalogs and other advertising mail commonly referred to as “standard mail or junk mail”. Marketing Mail is recycled. Both First-Class Mail and Periodical Mail are always delivered.
Sometimes Mandatory...Always Wise!
Although putting your return address on your outgoing mail isn't always required, sometimes it is - and it can save your mail.
Last year, most of the mail that ended up in the mail recovery centers was sent there because it couldn't be delivered to its addressees OR returned to its senders.
There are several important reasons to use a return address. For some kinds of mail (like regular First-Class letters), it simply tells the Postal Service where to return the piece if it can't be delivered.
The return address is also used with ancillary service endorsements - such as "return service requested." It says where a piece is to be returned and where the mailer is prepared to pay return postage fees if they apply.
In some cases, the return address must include the sender's name. And any specifics - like a department, name, apartment number, or room number - must be included so the piece can be returned to the person who sent it.
When It's Required
A domestic return address is required on:
Although return addresses are required in these cases, it is a good idea to put return addresses on all your mail. Then, any piece that can't be delivered can be returned when it's appropriate.
So use return addresses. Your mail is important to us - as it is to you - and return addresses help us make sure we treat it right.