Central Receiving and Shipping

Stoney Miller
Central Receiving and Shipping Coordinator
E-mail: smiller@messiah.edu
Receives all incoming shipments and deliveries of equipment, materials and supplies. Executes the distribution of incoming items to their appropriate locations campus wide.

Address for packages to be mailed to:
Messiah College
Attn: Name of person package is for
1 College Avenue
Grantham, PA 17027

Central Receiving department consists of 1 full time employee with assistance provided from the Grounds Department. Central Receiving receives the packages deliveries by UPS, DHL, FEDEX, FEDEX Ground and FEDEX Home deliveries.

Central Receiving receives the majority of all the deliveries by the freight companies for the college campus.

Statistics from last fiscal year:
Total incoming packages through Central Receiving area – 17,906 packages
Total packages to Alley 10,279 packages
Total freight received 255
Total shipped 20

Central Receiving is responsible for checking in the packages received and then delivering them to receiving rooms on campus or to the campus post office. Student items are taken to campus post office. Large packages for students are kept at the Central Receiving area and students are notified to pick them up at the Lenhert building.

Central Receiving also takes care of signage needs on campus. Please view our Signage Policy and Procedure by clicking here.

Announcements When ordering items, the shipper needs to clearly indicate the recipient’s name.  Items addressed to Messiah College with no recipient name will be returned to the shipper if attempts to locate the recipient are not successful.  Students expecting large packages will receive a notice in their campus mailbox.  Items can be picked up between 7:30am and 4pm on weekdays at central receiving in the Lenhert Building.  College identification is required. Central receiving is not responsible for packages left after 30 days in the Central Receiving Department.  Please pick up packages promptly. Faculty and staff expecting packages please check in your receiving rooms or with your cluster secretaries before calling Central Receiving at X3520. Delivery of Large Items to Campus When ordering large items or a large quantity of items to be delivered at the College, please notify Central Receiving on X3520 well in advance of the expected date of delivery and the location to which these items will be delivered.