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Telephone Service

Now that student ownership of cell phones has reached the point where a vast majority of students no longer require a university-provided telephone service, American University's residene hall room phones have been converted to only allow for the calling of other residence halls and campus offices.  In order to utilize this service, students must provide a standard telephone for their room.  Local calls off campus may be made at no cost from a special phone installed on each floor of the residence hall.  Students may make long-distance phone calls by purchasing a prepaid calling card.

Students who have cell phones will be required to register their cell phone numbers with the university, in compliance with the Housing License Agreement, so they can be reached in an emergency or for necessary university business.  American University continues to work to end "dead spots" on campus by partnering with AT&T and T-Mobile (see your my.american.edu portal for more information).

Additionally, each residence hall has a front desk which can route calls to individual rooms, not unlike the arrangement at a hotel.  The following are the residence hall front desk extensions:

NOTE:  Every on-campus phone number has the prefix 202-885-, followed by the four digit extension.

	Anderson/Centennial Front Desk	x 7700
	Hughes Front Desk	x 7701
	Leonard Front Desk	x 7702
	Letts Front Desk	x 7704
	McDowell Front Desk	x 7706
	Nebraska Front Desk	x 7707

 

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Mail Service

All correspondence should be addressed to you as follows:

	[Student's Name]
	American University
	[Residence Hall] [Room Number]
	4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
	Washington, DC  20016-XXXX

 

The zip +4 codes for the residence halls (XXXX above) are as follows:

	Anderson Hall	8101
	Capital Hall	8132
	Centennial Hall	8102
	Congressional Hall (Tenley Campus)	8108
	Federal Hall (Tenley Campus)	8131
	Hughes Hall	8102
	Leonard Hall	8103
	Letts Hall	8104
	McDowell Hall	8106
	Nebraska Hall	8114

 

For detailed information about Mail Services, please refer to the Student Information Page.