@bandmomof3, the Ferguson Mail Center does not charge students for packages delivered there. You just come in with your tracking number/receipt and they hand you your item. As long as you make sure to include your student’s correct mailing code, you’ll have no issues. (Nothing is delivered directly to dormitories for security purposes, so every student is issued a mailing code/address.)
Aside from numerous small packages shipped during the school year, we shipped several huge boxes from PA for move-in, and the mail center had everything waiting for us on a cart.
Bama excels at “supply chain management”! 
(More here: http://campusmail.ua.edu/ferguson.html)