Faculty and staff with Advisor access to SPIRE, you can now review and update online notes for your advisees. Advising notes will be available even when students move between departments, schools, and colleges.
View guidelines for writing appropriate advising notes. In the Advisor Center tile, click Notes Guidelines, or use the SPIRE Menu to navigate to Advisee Information > Notes Guidelines.
Learn how to view existing online advising notes. Search by student, author, or contact date. For notes that you created, you have the option of emailing a copy of the note to your advisee.
Learn how to create a record of your advising session, called an advising note, for later use by you and by other advisors. Add notes using the Add/Update Advising Notes link.
Please see the Advising Notes F.A.Q.
For help with policies and procedures, contact Kregg Strehorn.
For technical assistance with accessing or using SPIRE Advising Notes, please contact
spire-support@it.umass.edu.