Our Residence Halls

U.S.M. offers a variety of housing options and innovative programs to accommodate students at every stage of their development. Each of our residence halls is overseen by a full time, live-in professional Resident Director, assisted by a student Lead Resident Assistant. One or more Resident Assistants live on each floor in support of the resident student community.

All residence halls include:

• High speed Internet access
• Cable access with 50+ channels in each room
• Telephone jacks in every room
• Campus card access to the halls
• Campus card operated laundry facilities with online monitoring
• TV lounges
• Vending machines
• All rooms include an Energy Star rated MicroFridge unit (combined refrigerator/freezer/microwave). Please leave any refrigerators and microwaves at home.
• Apartment common areas in the Upperclass Hall also include full kitchen, dining table and chairs for four, couch and chair

GORHAM

The seven residence halls on the Gorham campus offer students a traditional living environment in a charming, small town setting.

Anderson Hall

Centrally located on the Gorham campus, this residence hall is coed, with alternating male and female double rooms, and is home to approximately 110 students. A community kitchen is available for student use. Anderson Hall houses GTV, the Gorham campus television station, and Facilities Management. Third floor Anderson houses one of two Sustainability Living Learning Communities on campus. Upperclass students wishing to participate in the Sustainability LLC have the option of living in the Upperclass Hall on the first floor of the East Wing. Fifth floor Anderson is a Substance Free floor; students living there sign a contract and commit to a substance free lifestyle.

Dickey Wood Hall

This coed residence hall, commonly known as "The Towers", is located near the Costello Sports Complex and the baseball and softball fields. The hall, which houses approximately 300 students, features two eight-story towers that are joined on the ground level by a common lounge and reception area. Rooms are arranged in 4 room quads (two double rooms and two single rooms), with 4 quads per floor, for a total of sixteen rooms per floor. Each single gender quad shares a bathroom, for a total of 4 bathrooms per floor.

Three of the sixteen floors are Special Interest Housing floors, where students and staff work together to develop goals and activities for the year around the floor theme. These goals and member responsibilities will be articulated in the floor's lifestyle agreement.  Please contact the Dickey Wood Resident Director at 207-780-5504 for more information about these programs. A 24 hour quiet floor offers a third lifestyle option for those students seeking a more subdued environment.

Fitness/Wellness Special Interest Housing - 1st and 2nd floor Dickey
Outdoor Experience Special Interest Housing - 1st floor Wood
24 Hour Quiet Floor - 7th floor Wood

Philippi Hall

Philippi Hall opened in 2001 and is located adjacent to the Costello Sports Complex. It houses 221 upperclass students in singles, doubles, and 3 or 4 person suites. Students who are of legal age may consume alcohol in their rooms. The hall has a common kitchen on the first floor, study lounges in every wing, laundry and vending machines, recycling/trash centers in every wing, a tv lounge, a conference room, public restrooms on the first floor. Residents use their USM Card to access their rooms.

Philippi Hall offers Gender Neutral living on the east side (ground floor, 2nd and 3rd floors) to any group of upper class students who wish to share a suite or double room. Students living in these designated rooms may choose their room/suite mate(s) without regard to the gender of either/any resident(s). Students choosing to participate in this program are committing to filling the entire room/suite with eligible students for the full academic year, and must sign a supplemental contract with the Department of Residential Life and Resident Education. Please contact Residential Life for contract details.

The Upperclass Experience Living Learning Community is housed in 1st West Philippi. To learn more about this community, see the Upperclass Experience web page here.

The International Living Learning Community is located in 1st East Philippi.

Robie Andrews Hall

Hardwood floors and large windows lend antique charm to the oldest residence hall on campus. The Art Department is housed in Robie Andrews, and many students majoring in fine and performing arts live, study, and create there. The Community of Arts Living Learning Community, or COA, is based in this hall. Robie Andrews is also conveniently located close to the performing arts classroom buildings. Residents of legal drinking age may consume alcohol in this building. The hall houses approximately 200 students on 4 female and 2 male floors. Rooms are mostly doubles and singles, with a handful of four person rooms.

Upton Hastings Hall

Upton Hastings is located centrally on the Gorham campus, next to the Brooks Student Center. Close to 375 students live in double rooms in separate male and female wings. A common kitchen, lounge space and study areas are also found in this hall. Upton Hall also houses the Department of Residential Life and Resident Education, University Health and Counseling Services, Advising Services, Office of Community Standards, Early Student Success, Mail Services, USM Card Office and the USM Police Department.

The First Year Integration Living Learning Community can be found on the 3rd floor of Upton Hall. FYI residents explore different issues such as leadership, building community, time management, creative cooking on a budget, and other topics which help ease the transition to college. Students in this community take a 3 credit course in the hall called "Choices, Changes, and Careers".

Woodward Hall

Woodward Hall is home to USM's Russell Scholars Program, where selected students attend classes together and create an excellent and dynamic learning community. Students enjoy living in Woodward because of its small size and central campus location. Approximately 75 students reside on two floors in spacious double rooms. For more information about Russell Scholars, call (207)780-5751 or 780-5752.

New Upperclass Hall

Built adjacent to the Paula Hodgdon Athletic field, the newest residence hall is centered in the heart of the Gorham campus. The building provides spectacular views of the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the lakes region of southern Maine. This new hall has the distinction of being the first LEED certified residence hall at USM. The extra care that was taken in monitoring the materials used during the planning and construction phases of the hall, combined with innovative programming, has earned the hall a Gold LEED rating.

Housing 296 upperclass students on four floors, the hall is conveniently situated near Bailey Hall, the John Mitchell Center and USM's athletics facilities. Apartments and suites have their own private bathrooms, are fully furnished, and feature, among other amenities, air conditioning, full refrigerators or Microfridges, cable access and high speed internet access. Students who are of legal age may consume alcohol in their rooms. Wireless internet access is available throughout the building. Students can relax in the study lounges or play ping pong or pool in the recreation room. All students in Upperclass Hall have their own mailboxes in the lobby. Mailboxes numbers, once assigned, do not change, even if a student moves to a different room within Upperclass Hall. Laundry is available on all floors, and can be monitored from student computers.

The hall is home to the Sustainability Living Learning Community. This community has a live-in faculty member; activities and programs are centered around environmental issues and environmental science. We invite you to explore more here.

Gender Neutral four person suites and apartments are available on the second floor. Students living in these designated rooms may choose their roommate(s) without regard to gender. Students choosing to participate in this program are committing to filling the entire room/suite with eligible students for the full academic year, and must sign a supplemental contract with the Department of Residential Life and Resident Education.  

The front desk of the building is staffed with department administrative support 8-4:30, Monday through Saturday. Student front desk staff is on hand in the evenings for added security.

For further information or problems with this page, contact:
srooney@usm.maine.edu