Post Office
Academic Year Hours: | Monday – Friday | Saturday |
Office Hours and Phone | 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
Package pick up/drop off | 12:30 p.m. – 4 p.m. | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. |
Post Office Metered Mail
(Large mailings call ahead) |
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. |
Summer Hours: | Monday – Friday | Closed Saturday |
Office Hours and Phone | 8:30 a.m. – 12 p.m., 1 – 4 p.m. | |
Package pick up / Drop off | 12:30 p.m. – 5 p.m. | |
Post Office Metered Mail
(Large mailings call ahead) |
9 a.m. – 3 p.m. |
Mail Services
- Stamps- Rolls, books and single stamps
- 1st class mail
- Priority mail / *package – comes with automatic tracking information, and $50 insurance coverage
- Express mail – overnight 1-2 days (depending on location) includes $100 Insurance coverage
- International mail services
- Certified mailing – additional cost
- Return receipt – additional cost
- Insured mail – under $500 or over $500 at an additional cost
- USPS mail authorization forms
- **Metered mail
- For additional USPS services not provided at the Campus Post Office, go to USPS.com
*For UPS, FedEx and DHL contact Print Services at ext. 3519.
**For metered mail services, you need to provide your department. Metered mail must be dropped off to the Post Office no later than 3 p.m. in order to ensure mail is metered and ready for same day postal pick up.
Post Office Staff

Pamela Slentz
Postmaster
Post Office Supervisor

Cully Semans
Assistant Postmaster
Post Office Assistant

Mary Ellen Huffman
Post Office Customer Support Specialist

Barry Ross
Post Office Mail Carrier/Postal Clerk
More Information
For questions related to Post Office services, contact the Post Office: postoffice@hws.edu or ext. 3504.
The Hobart and William Smith Colleges Post Office is a contract substation of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
Price List
Envelopes | $0.20 |
Stamped Envelopes | $0.65 |
Manila Envelopes | |
6x9 | $0.50 |
8.5x11 | $0.75 |
10x13 | $1.00 |
Bubble Mailers | |
X – Small | $1.25 |
Small | $1.50 |
Medium | $1.75 |
Large | $2.00 |