New Graduate Student Welcome

Congratulations on your graduate program admission at the University of Southern Maine! Let’s get to know each other.

Attend our upcoming new student welcome event, being held virtually:

• Spring 2026 Online Information Session for New Graduate Students
  • Friday, January 16, 12:00 – 1:00 PM, via Zoom

Content of this session will highlight some of the information within the USM Graduate Student Orientation Brightspace, offer new students a chance to hear directly from university staff about available support services, and give the newest members of the community the opportunity to ask questions and deepen their awareness in order to help position themselves for graduate student success. We’ll spend the hour providing:

• information about programs and services housed within OGS (including scholarships, fellowships, research and professional development funds),
• tips for navigating student accounts and billing, 
• methods of accessing university health and counseling services, and 
• advice and organizational tools from current graduate students.

Office of Graduate Studies is adding newly matriculated students to our USM Graduate Student Orientation Brightspace (login required) in an ongoing basis, which is a great way to start getting familiar with graduate student life at USM. Check it out and join us at the virtual event to get your questions answered!

For any issues accessing the Brightpsace content, or with questions regarding our new student welcome programming, please reach out to usmgradstudies@maine.edu.