{"id":315,"date":"2026-02-11T08:31:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/office-services\/?page_id=315"},"modified":"2026-02-11T08:51:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:51:50","slug":"about-os","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK Info for students, family and friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REGULAR HOURS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday \u2013 Friday 8am-4pm<\/strong><br><strong>Closed Saturdays and Sundays<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We welcome students, faculty, staff and the Guests and Visitors into our building on campus.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">We are available by phone: Post 207-786-6098 and Print 207-786-6226, email (postandprint@bates.edu) or by appointment Monday-Friday 8:00am &#8211; 4:00pm.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Students love receiving mail and packages from parents, family, and friends throughout the year. Below is some pertinent information to help you mail items effectively to your student.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Mailing Addresses for students<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Your student will receive an email notification from us once the package is ready for pickup. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">All mail and packages should be addressed as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Student First and Last Name<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #333333;\">(Virtual Box Number<strong>*<\/strong>) Bates College<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #333333;\">65 Campus Ave.<\/span><br><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Lewiston, Maine 04240<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">*<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ask your student for their virtual box number<\/span>.<\/strong> (They can find it in their Garnet Gateway account.) It is not necessary to include their building name\/room, ID number, or other identifying information. All mail and packages are routed through Post &amp; Print and distributed based upon the campus box number listed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Be sure the&nbsp;<strong>student\u2019s first and last name and campus box number are listed in the address&nbsp;<\/strong>as shown above. Items without the student\u2019s name or campus box number, or with the wrong name or box number, may cause the item to be delayed or returned to sender.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Shipping Packages Ahead of Move-In<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">If you are traveling a long distance or flying-in, you may want to ship some of your student\u2019s belongings to campus beforehand.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Overnight Shipping<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">There are several things to keep in mind when shipping items overnight:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\">If you need to have something shipped overnight, we recommend <strong>FedEx or UPS<\/strong>. Both of these vendors deliver directly to Post &amp; Print so the chances of your package getting here on time is greater.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>USPS Mail\/Packages:<\/strong> All USPS mail and packages are first routed through the Lewiston Post Office before coming to the College. Our couriers pick up and drop off mail throughout the day but if your overnight package arrives at the Lewiston Post Office after 1:00pm, we will not receive it until the next day<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Shipping Confirmation:&nbsp;<\/strong>Some people get confused when the shipper has confirmed delivery but the student still hasn\u2019t received the item. We receive a lot of mail and packages over the course of a day so time for processing is needed. Your student will receive an email notification from us once the package is ready for pickup.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Follow us on <a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/batespostandprint\/\">instagram.com\/batespostandprint\/<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REGULAR HOURS Monday \u2013 Friday 8am-4pmClosed Saturdays and Sundays We welcome students,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1061,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-315","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1061"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":83,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1164,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/315\/revisions\/1164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/post-and-print\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}