Emily Bradley, Mail Center manager, has been helping out Oklahoma City University students for over 10 years.
Bradley works in the Mail Center in Tom and Brenda McDaniel University Center. She manages every package and letter received by any student not living in Cokesbury Court.
Bradley said she has been working at OCU since fall 2009.
“I had a previous colleague who had been at the university for a few years, and she brought me on board at the bookstore,” Bradley said.
Bradley made the switch over to the Mail Center in spring 2012. Bradley said the Mail Center traffic flow can get crazy.
“Mornings can be a little hectic,” she said. “For a while it was just me on Monday morning. It’s been a little harder to get student workers this year for the times that I really need them.”
Bradley said the Mail Center can provide a couple hundred pieces of mail in one day, which includes letters as well as packages.
The Mail Center has multiple student employees through federal work study. Jackson Buhr, music theater sophomore, is one of the students working in the Mail Center. Buhr said Bradley is great at her job.
“She’s super awesome, and she’s on top of everything,” Buhr said. “She’s very productive and efficient. She makes sure that students always get what they need.”
Bradley said her favorite part of her job in the Mail Center involves getting to know the students of OCU.
“I didn’t get to interact with them as much when I worked in the bookstore, except for the students who worked there. Up here, I get to know them a lot better: by name, by face, by voice. And that’s been the best part of it,” she said. “I also get to know the ones who work for me, especially if they work here for their whole OCU career.”
In addition to managing the Mail Center, Bradley also serves as the treasurer of the Oklahoma City University Staff Council, a group of faculty who work to unite the campus through service and action. Bradley said she hopes to provide some accessibility improvements for students living on campus.
“I would like to get us switched over to getting students text notifications when they have packages. This is something that our newest system is capable of; it would just be making the transition,” she said.
Addison Saviers, religion junior, said she appreciates everything Bradley does.
“She’s amazing. Emily is really personable, and she really knows her stuff,” Saviers said. “One time, I had two pieces of mail delivered to the wrong box, and she unlocked every box just to find this one specific letter. Then, she made sure that it never happened again. She’s fantastic; I love her.”
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