Applying For Financial Aid
- Who Is Eligible?
- How To Apply: The FAFSA
- How Aid Is Determined
- Verification
- Award Letter
- Special Circumstances
Grant & Scholarship Information
- Academic Scholarships
- Federal Pell Grants
- Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants
- International Student Scholarships
- Native American Waivers/ Scholarships
- Need-based University Scholarships
- Outside Scholarships
- Presidential Scholarships
- State Scholarships
- Summer Aid
- University Diversity Scholarships
- UMF Scholarships
- Veterans Benefits
- Vocational Rehabilitation Benefits
Loan Information
- Stafford Loans
- Federal Perkins Loans
- PLUS Loans
- Current Loan Rates
- Educators For Maine Loan
- Private Alternative Loans
Employment
Other Links
224 Main Street
Farmington, ME 04938
Phone: (207) 778-7100
FAX: (207) 778-8178
TDD: (207) 778-7000
e-Mail:
umfaid@maine.edu
Student Work Initiative |
In the fall of 1998, President Theo Kalikow created the Student Work Initiative program to bolster the interaction between students and faculty at UMF. It is a campus-based work and learn program which is not based on financial need (no FAFSA required). Many of the positions are integrated with academic majors and student life, allowing students to engage in research and special projects relating to personal interests and/or fields of study. Employment opportunities may be in any area of campus, ranging from research, service projects and lab assistants, to learning how to repair and rebuild lap top computers. All of the offerings in the Student Work Initiative program provide specific learning skills for the student. Student Work Initiative jobs pay up to a maximum of $1000 per semester. As a rule, students are limited to one job at a time. Returning students are required to have and maintain a G.P.A. of 2.75 to participate in this program. Students who have Federal Work-Study money must use their allocations on any Work Initiative job, but Federal Work-Study is not a prerequisite to participate in the work initiative program. As with all other job programs at UMF,
students are not placed in a job by the Financial Aid Office, rather, they
must compete for jobs by applying and interviewing for positions. Once
hired, students are expected to work at their job on a schedule that is
agreed upon with the supervisor. |