{"id":27935,"date":"2024-03-26T08:53:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=27935"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:12","slug":"meet-the-newest-advisor-at-the-newnan-academic-advising-center-maizey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/26\/meet-the-newest-advisor-at-the-newnan-academic-advising-center-maizey\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Newest Advisor at the Newnan Academic Advising Center: Maizey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/genai.umich.edu\/\">U-M\u2019s custom generative artificial intelligence<\/a> tools last year, the possibilities of their applications got a lot of wheels turning on campus. One of the offices that saw an almost immediate use for <a href=\"https:\/\/its.umich.edu\/computing\/ai\/maizey-in-depth\">Maizey<\/a>, which provides a custom UM-GPT based on a provided dataset, was the <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/advising\">Newnan Academic Advising Center in LSA<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offering general, pre-health, pre-law and student success advising services for LSA, Newnan serves almost 19,000 students and advises on general requirements such as skills and distribution, language requirements, and more. Despite offering <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/advising\/connect-with-an-advisor\/schedule-an-appointment.html\">in-person advising<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/advising\/connect-with-an-advisor\/drop-in-advising.html\">1:1 virtual drop-in advising<\/a> (supported by <a href=\"http:\/\/its.umich.edu\">ITS<\/a>), it can still be difficult to provide students with accessible support as advising is not required at Michigan. Enter Maizey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After hearing about Maizey being used in the classroom, Perry Fittrer, assistant dean for undergraduate education and student academic affairs, and the team at Newnan shifted their attention from third-party chatbot tools to creating their own UM-GPT that used Newnan\u2019s website to answer questions about general advising. Utilizing a program provided by ITS, the team at Newnan scraped their web pages and provided Maizey with the consolidated information, a more manageable project than mapping a traditional chatbot. After undergoing testing with the Newnan staff and a select group of students, the tool went live earlier this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Dr. Rose Tahash, associate director of advising operations, Maizey has the potential to provide more accessible and equitable support, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cI think it is an important opportunity for students to engage in a way that might be different from traditional advising of the past, especially pre-COVID, because a lot of institutions would never have considered virtual advising.\u201d She goes on to say, \u201cI appreciate that, for students who would want to engage in a nontraditional way and still be able to get help, [Maizey] provides that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As is true with all generative AI tools, the Newnan Academic Advising Center\u2019s Maizey is not expected to be a perfect solution. Dr. Tahash and the advisors at Newnan still prefer to meet with students in person, building relationships and tailoring advice to each individual student, and they\u2019ve incorporated that belief into the Newnan Maizey. At the end of each response provided by Maizey, the querier is encouraged to reach out to an academic advisor for more personalized support, with the GPT even providing specific information based on the content of the original query.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a2a1ded39ba4&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6a2a1ded39ba4\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3456\" height=\"2846\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screencapture-umgpt-umich-edu-maizey-newnan-advising-2024-03-14-13_40_48.png\" alt=\"LSA Maizey answering an query about what classes are required for a spanish major. This image demonstrates how the GPT encourages the user to seek additional help from an advisor in relation to the topic of the query. \" class=\"wp-image-27936\" style=\"width:686px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screencapture-umgpt-umich-edu-maizey-newnan-advising-2024-03-14-13_40_48.png 3456w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screencapture-umgpt-umich-edu-maizey-newnan-advising-2024-03-14-13_40_48-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screencapture-umgpt-umich-edu-maizey-newnan-advising-2024-03-14-13_40_48-600x494.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screencapture-umgpt-umich-edu-maizey-newnan-advising-2024-03-14-13_40_48-768x632.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screencapture-umgpt-umich-edu-maizey-newnan-advising-2024-03-14-13_40_48-1536x1265.png 1536w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screencapture-umgpt-umich-edu-maizey-newnan-advising-2024-03-14-13_40_48-2048x1687.png 2048w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screencapture-umgpt-umich-edu-maizey-newnan-advising-2024-03-14-13_40_48-665x548.png 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3456px) 100vw, 3456px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">LSA Newnan Academic Advising Center Maizey answers a query.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As information changes on Newnan\u2019s website, the team plans to reindex Maizey periodically in order to ensure users are getting the most up-to-date information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Newnan Academic Advising Center in LSA\u2019s use of Maizey is an amazing example of how U-M\u2019s custom generative AI tools are already making a difference across campus. Learn more about Maizey on the <a href=\"http:\/\/genai.umich.edu\">GenAI website<\/a> and try out the custom advising Maizey on Newnan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/advising\/connect-with-an-advisor\/lsa-maizey-ai-advising.html\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Newnan Academic Advising Center in LSA is utilizing Maizey to provide increased access to advising services for students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":27966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,4],"tags":[45,1031,21,174,1050,1051],"class_list":["post-27935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-projects-services","category-features","tag-education","tag-genai","tag-innovation","tag-lsa","tag-maizey","tag-um-gpt"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699.jpg",1170,936,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-400x266.jpg",400,266,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-300x240.jpg",300,240,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-768x614.jpg",665,532,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-600x480.jpg",600,480,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699.jpg",1170,936,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699.jpg",1170,936,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-665x532.jpg",665,532,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_6699-400x250.jpg",400,250,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Julie MacDonald, ITS Marketing &amp; Communications","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/macjulie\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Newnan Academic Advising Center in LSA is utilizing Maizey to provide increased access to advising services for students.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27935"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27968,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27935\/revisions\/27968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}