Communication

 
   
Promoting effective communication is an essential part of operations at OU-HCOM. Faculty and staff use both the student mailboxes and student OAK email accounts to communicate official business to students. It is your responsibility to check these venues daily and respond appropriately.
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Mailboxes

Campus mail (i.e., within OU-HCOM or the University as a whole) may be dropped off in the Office of Student Affairs; the Learning Resources Center at the main desk; the Central Services Office (Grosvenor 011) or placed in the wooden box located on the wall right outside Grosvenor 011.

Each OU-HCOM student on campus is assigned a combination-lock mailbox for receiving mail, memos, etc. These are located in the Grosvenor Hall mailroom. Mail delivery to students will be done by Central Services. Here's how to accomplish delivery of your items:
   

Memos to an entire class

Memos to an entire class (to "All Year I [or II] Students") can be copied and delivered to all the members of that class by Central Services, Grosvenor Hall, Rm. 011. Complete a blue copy-request slip (available in the Office of Student Affairs or in Central Services). You must have authorization from your club or organization to charge copying costs to that account. Work will be copied and delivered as soon as possible. Central Services requires at least a 24-hour lead time. Also, high priority requests will be processed before low-priority ones.

Memos/letters to individual students

If you do not have an envelope, you may fold the memo in half, staple it, and write the address on the outside. An alternative is to highlight the student name on the memo. Addresses should include both the student name, Year, and the mailbox number. Mail going to a large number of students needs to be separated by Year and alphabetized.

Place these items in the wooden box located on the wall outside of G011.  These items are delivered within 24 hours. (You may also bring these envelopes directly to the Central Services office.) If you wish to send a small treat to someone, place it in a campus envelope -- it will be handled as regular mail.

Large items to individual students

The mailboxes will not hold all of your mail plus "large" items (such as coffee mugs, etc.). Central Services staff will not deliver these types of items.

No delivery

If your mailbox is full, the staff will not be able to deliver additional mail. PLEASE be sure to empty your mailbox each day so that Central Services can continue to deliver to your mailbox!

   
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014 Grosvenor Hall, Athens, Ohio 45701
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740-593-2156
Last updated: 11/09/2011