Student Financial Aid

Office Locations 



108 Corthell Hall 
37 College Avenue 
Gorham, Maine 04038 

122 Payson Smith Hall 
96 Falmouth Street 
Portland, Maine 04104 

Lewiston Auburn College 
51 Westminster Street 
Lewiston, ME 04240 


The Financial Aid Offices at the Portland, Gorham, & Lewiston-Auburn College locations are open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm. Walk-ins are always welcome. For directions to visit any of our offices call (207) 780-5250. 


Mailing Address: 

University of Southern Maine 
Student Financial Aid Office 
37 College Avenue 
Gorham, Maine 04038 


How to Reach us by telephone: 

Portland & Gorham offices
Telephone (207) 780-5250 or 
1-800-800-4USM 
Interactive Voice Response (207) 780-5800 
TTY (207) 780-5646 
Fax (207) 780-5143 

Lewiston-Auburn College - Telephone (207) 753-6597 



Admission and degree program questions? 
Send e-mail to the Office of Admission with questions regarding degree requirements, catalog requests, etc. or visit the Office of Admission Web Page 

E-mail your Financial Aid Counselor: 
You are assigned a Counselor based on the first letter of your last name. Send e-mail to your counselor at the corresponding address.  

Last Name A-B: 
Gayle G. Giroux, Assistant Director 
ggiro@usm.maine.edu 

Last Name C-G
Maria Koski
Financial Aid Counselor
mkoski@usm.maine.edu


Last Name H-K
Cheryl Paluso, Assistant Director 
cpaluso@usm.maine.edu

Last Name L-M
Jamie Jandreau
Assistant Director
jjandreau@usm.maine.edu

Last Name N-R: 
Dawn Daye, Counselor
ddaye@usm.maine.edu


Last Name S-Z: 
Norma Catalano, Assistant Director 
catalano@usm.maine.edu

 

Financial Aid


Types of Aid Available

Applying for Aid

Estimated Costs

Financial Aid Award Status (MaineStreet - for 2009-2010 
awards only)

Financial Aid Award Status 
(Web DSIS for 2008-2009 
awards only)

Student Billing

USM Scholarship Resources

Opportunity Maine 
Tax Credit


Managing Finances

Federal Work Study
Program


Informational Links

Printable Verification
Worksheets


Stafford Loans

PLUS Loans

Alternative Loans

Entrance Interview For
First Time Stafford Loan
Borrowers


Entrance Interview For
First Time Grad PLUS  Loan
Borrowers

Satisfactory Academic
Progress


Withdrawing and its
Effect on Your 
Financial
Aid


How to Reach Us 

Questions ???
fin-aid@usm.maine.edu

 


This site maintained by the USM Financial Aid Office. 
For problems or questions about this site, contact sjensen@maine.edu