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The St. Mary’s business office handles accounting, budgeting, purchasing, and contract and grant administration.

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For Students & Parents

New Portal for Students

St. Mary’s College of Maryland, in partnership with Anthology, Inc., is pleased to announce the availability of the new student portal, https://portal.smcm.edu.  The new student portal is your gateway to your academic and financial information housed in the new Anthology Student Information System (SIS) which launched in October of 2024.  The project is a culmination of years of work by the Executive Committee, the Office of Information Technology, Academic Affairs, the Business Office, Institutional Research, Financial Aid and Admission.  The benefits of the new system include:

  • Greater security aligned to current standards
  • Enhanced course search – view all courses in a semester or filter by keyword, course code, open/closed, day/time
  • Clean, modern, accessible and mobile-friendly portal
  • Ability to export your schedule to your calendar app
  • View and download tax form 1098T
  • Institutional efficiency

As we continue to add and enable new features in the coming weeks, you’ll start to see more online forms replace paper forms and more integrations that honor your preferred name.

Before you log into the portal, there are some things you need to know:

Student  Accounts

  • Winter 2024 and spring 2025 tuition bills will show on the portal under “My Finances – Account Information” as pending all the way at the bottom of the screen.
  • Payment plans were suspended during the transition.  Students must set up a new plan in December which can include the winter 2024 and spring 2025 billing.  Bills will still be due on December 13, 2024 but no late fees will be charged until February 2025 for outstanding balances.
  • You must create a new payer profile in Transact/Cashnet by clicking on “Make a Payment” under “Finances” in the left menu.  Disable pop-ups in your browser to allow for the CashNet portal to open.
    • Transactions prior to October 4 will not show in the new CashNet profile but they will show in the SMCM student portal, https://portal.smcm.edu, under “Account Information.”
    • Saved payment methods prior to October 4 will need to be added back into your new Transact/CashNet profile.
    • If you have a parent or guardian that contributes to your payments, you will need to send them a new invitation to CashNet by navigating to “My Account” and then selecting “Send a payer invitation.”
  • We realize this transition can be stressful. If you have any questions, please contact the cashier’s desk at 240-895-4302 or studentaccounts@smcm.edu.

Financial Aid

Under Financial Aid Overview, your estimated remaining cost may not be correctly displayed.  The Office of Student Financial Assistance is working with Anthology to resolve this issue.

Logging into the New Portal

Navigate to https://portal.smcm.edu on your computer or mobile device. Use your full SMCM email address and password to log in.