Press for Higher Education Scholarship (PDF)
The Press for Higher Education Scholarship was established to provide scholarships for women who have returned to school as non-traditional students in pursuit of their first undergraduate degree. Two $500 scholarships for the 2010 spring semester will be awarded: one for a student entering USM in the fall 2009 semester and one for a returning USM student. The winners will be announced at the October 29, 2009 Dash of Diva Girls’ Night Out event sponsored by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. Recipients will be invited to attend the event.
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2009.
For more information, please contact Alicia Menard at amenard@usm.maine.edu or (207) 780-5183.
This scholarship is available to all international students who meet the following criteria:
Osher Reentry Scholars Fund (PDF)
The Osher Reentry Scholars Fund was established at the University of Southern Maine by the Bernard Osher Foundation. This scholarship is available to all students who are matriculated in their first USM baccalaureate degree and who meet the following criteria:
Students must be admitted by June 1, 2009. Applications are due June 1, 2009.
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegrapm Scholarship (PDF)
These scholarships seeks to attract students of color enrolled as full-time students as an undergraduate at the University of Southern Maine to careers in media, especially print journalism. Other possible areas include writing, editing, reporting, marketing, finance, and public relations. Applications, in particular, are welcome from USM students majoring in business administration, communication, English, history, media studies, and political science.
For more information, please contact Rachel Morales, at rmorales@usm.maine.edu.
Praxis Awards (PDF)
This renewable scholarship provides continuing support for USM Honors Program students who supplement their major course of study with this academically rigorous and tight-knit learning community.
For more information about the Praxis Award or Honors Program, please contact Beth Round at (207) 780-4189 or bround@usm.maine.edu.
Several departments within the University are also able to award scholarships to USM students. Many of these awards are reserved for continuing students. View the list of 2009-10 scholarships available at the Office of Student Financial Aid.
Students who participate in reciprocal international exchange programs will still be eligible to receive their merit scholarships. A reciprocal exchange program is one in which students continue to pay USM tuition and fees. A list of these programs can be found at: www.usm.maine.edu/international/studyabroad.htm. Continuing Eligibility requirements still apply during the semester(s) the student participates in the reciprocal exchange program. Merit scholars may complete their volunteer hours while away, or may wait until their return to USM.
Students who participate in non-reciprocal international or national exchange programs will not be eligible to receive these scholarship funds while away. However, several scholarships are offered for students participating in exchange programs. Once students have returned to full-time enrollment status in USM courses, they will regain their eligibility status for these scholarships as long as they meet the other continuing eligibility requirements.
At the conclusion of each semester's Add/Drop Period, the Office of Student Financial Aid will remove scholarship funds for those students who are not registered for at least 12 credit hours.
At the completion of the academic year, the Office of Student Financial Aid removes scholarship funds for those students whose cumulative grade point average is below the scholarship's requirement.
