The U.S. Postal Service office once housed in the EMU will be replaced later this spring by a private company that will offer all the services previously provided by the former University office.
Kaitlyn Lange, ASUO senator and member of the EMU Board of Directors, has mentioned the transition for several weeks to her colleagues in ASUO Senate meetings and now says the arrival of a United Parcel Service Store has been confirmed.
Lange made an announcement at the Feb. 23 Senate meeting about the EMU Board’s work through focus groups to find an independent service to replace the outgoing Postal Service on campus.
The end of May, Lange said, is the soonest the company will be able to open on campus, but its intent to open a University branch has already been confirmed.
The Postal Service officially made the decision to consolidate its Eugene offices on Jan. 14, after a closure announcement made last October followed by an unsuccessful appeals process. Students in the ASUO and International Student Association protested the decision to no avail, and the EMU post office shut down.
The new business will take up the space formerly occupied by the Postal Service, but the senator said the UPS Store would refurbish the current office to fit its needs and use the existing mailboxes.
“Their main goal is to provide services as soon as possible so they’re going to try to move in ASAP and keep the move-in period short,” Lange said.
Postal Service media spokesperson Ronald Anderson said the public postal service had no comment on the new private courier.
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