At the end of each year, we see many perfectly re-usable items and non-perishable food get thrown away by students during move-out. This semester, Residence Life, Printing & Mailing Services and several other UP community members have worked together to coordinate opportunities for students to donate their unwanted items and share them with our UP and local communities.
Each residence hall has donation boxes set up in key locations where students can place their unwanted food, clothing and household items any time between now and May 7. For students living off campus, Printing & Mailing Services has donation boxes set up in their vestibule which can be accessed using their student ID cards.
From Tuesday, May 11 to Friday May 14, the Anchor will be open every day from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. to welcome University community members, staff, and students to come in to browse and grab what they need. Left over items will then be donated to our local community partners.
If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out to Reneé Byrd, byrd@up.edu, or Joshua Bode, bode@up.edu.
New hours of operation for postal and shipping services in the Printing and Mail Services Office will take place effective Monday, January 4, according to director Mary Scroggins. The new hours will be 8 a.m. to noon; 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, with faculty and staff personal mailing package hours from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
The U.S. Postal Service has announced increases from 2-4.1 percent overall for Priority, Express, Media, International, and special services such as Certified Mail starting January 26, 2020. First-class letter mail remains the same with no increase and is .55 for a first-class stamp. Mailing services director Mary Scroggins would like to provide this information as a service to UP faculty, staff, and students. Scroggins most likely had nothing to do with the increased rates.
Printing services is announcing the launch for their new Web to Print software program, “My Order Desk,” according to director Mary Scroggins. All future print requests and paper orders will be placed through the new site. The program offers tools to track and see costs, view project histories, order reprints, and more.
Due to the high volume of packages that are received for on-campus students and official University of Portland business, personal packages for faculty, staff, and off-campus students are not to be sent to the University address, according to Mary Scroggins, printing and mailing services. For more information contact the mail center at x7179.
All spring 2020 book orders and course pack submissions are due to printing services no later than Friday, November 1. The lead time is needed to assure all copyrights are properly adhered to and to allow time for large large print orders.
Due to the high volume of packages that are received for on-campus students and official University of Portland business, personal packages for faculty, staff, and off-campus students are not to be sent to the University address, according to Mary Scroggins, printing and mailing services. For more information contact the mail center at x7179.
All faculty and instructors must turn in their course pack materials for summer classes to the printing services office as soon as possible, according to Kassie Hansen, printing services. In addition, course packs for fall 2017 are due before leaving campus at the conclusion of spring semester. The lead time is needed so printing services staff can obtain copyright permissions and organize the packs for production before the start of summer and fall semesters. Submit requests to 
Faculty and staff can bring personal mail and packages to the printing and mailing services office during the hours of 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday-Friday for processing. Other hours of the day are reserved for students and official departmental mailings.