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  • Introduction Learn to work with the three tabs or pages that comprise the Student Services Center. SPIRE A (Academic Records) users and SPIRE Advisor users can access some of students’ personal and academic information from a single location. Access the Student Services Center SPIRE A...
  • Introduction Learn to work with the interactive Academic Requirements Report, the Academic Requirements & Course History PDF, and the Course History page. For details of how to navigate to the Academic Requirements Report, the Academic Requirements & Course History PDF, and the Course...
  • About Academic Requirements Reports You have two similar reports to choose from when reviewing students'' progress toward their degrees. The reports are the Academic Requirements Report (ARR) and the Course Enrollment Planning Report (CEPR). The ARR is the report most people prefer, because it is...
  • Once you have been granted SPIRE access to change majors, minors, and subplans for students, please download the following PDF document as your guide. Changing Majors & Minors in SPIRE How to Request Access to Change Majors, Minors & Subplans Log in to SPIRE and Navigate to the...
  • View a student's course history with the interactive Course History page in SPIRE. Link to further information about the Academic Requirements Report and how to generate an Academic Requirements & Course History PDF. View the Course History Page Navigate to the Student Services...
  • If you need to enter the same prompts more than once for your UMetrx report, save them as a customization: On any report page with prompts such as Term and School/College, select the values that you want to save, such as Fall 2014 and College of Natural Sciences.  Find out how to Select...
  • You can select multiple values for some UMetrx prompts right from the dropdown list: Select the checkboxes for values you want to include.  Click anywhere outside the dropdown list to complete the selection.  Or click Search at the bottom of the list to find values that start with, contain, or end...
  • Students and Most Instructors: You will receive the appropriate SPIRE access automatically. Staff, some Instructors and Advisors: If your job requires you to work with student records in SPIRE, including advising, follow these steps for additional SPIRE access: 1. Complete FERPA Certification...
  • About SPIRE Training for Employees You need to apply online to get access to SPIRE. Note first  Apply for SPIRE access. Your department head and the Registrar's Office must approve your application. If in-person training is required, we will invite you to the next available session as soon as...
  • In the SPIRE Menu, select Campus Profiles > Student Services Center. The Student Services Center search page opens. Enter a student's 8-digit SPIRE ID or Last Name and First Name. Click Search. If more than one student matches the search criteria, click the correct student's...
  • Learn how to find and interpret a student's personal and academic information. Navigate to the Student Services Center page About the Student Services Center Look Up a Student's Contact Information, Including Address (PDF*, 94k) About a Student's Program(s)/Plan(s) (PDF, 103k)...
  • Use these handouts to review how to run and print reports in SPIRE, including unofficial transcripts and the Academic Requirements Report. SPIRE A Staff - Navigate to the Academic Requirements Report Advisors - Navigate to the Academic Requirements Report Academic Requirements and...
  • Tracker Queries connect your group-specific information with students’ current SPIRE data. You can see if someone on your list has graduated or discontinued, for example, and you can see current majors or get a list of current contact information for students in the group. Use the Checklist query...