Hundreds of Texas A&M employees received in the mail this week a plain, white envelope with no return address and many, afraid to open the envelope, immediately called University Police.
It turned out to be a harmless mailing from University Relations, but in light of suspected anthrax attacks in other parts of the country, Cynthia Lawson, director of University Relations, issued a statement Wednesday apologizing for the error.
University Relations sent 455 envelopes containing a promotional brochure for A&M and information on how to order them to offices and departments across campus. Lawson said the mailings originally were in printed envelopes, but they were rejected by University Mail Services, which demanded University Relations send the mailing in plain, less expensive envelopes.
Lawson said A&M Vice President for Administration Charles Sippial apologized to University Relations for Mail Services’ mistaken advice.