Add your events to the University Calendar to have them populated in Suitable for students to access.
Events in Suitable are then eligible for students to receive credit through OCC, Graduate Career Foundations, and more!
Suitable is the University’s student engagement platform, used for students, faculty, and staff to engage with and track opportunities for learning outside of the classroom. There are various dashboards available in Suitable, each with a unique set of student development goals and incentives in mind, based on a student’s academic affiliation. This presents each student at Pitt with a unique experience in building lifelong skills and competencies, ensuring their success at Pitt and beyond.
To have events populated in Suitable:
- Publish an event in the University Events Calendar (calendar.pitt.edu) through your department’s identified calendar publisher.
- In this process, select the “Catalog of Opportunities” event tag.
- Overnight, the event will be adopted into the Catalog of Opportunities to be available to other dashboards to adopt.
- The administrator of the dashboard may adopt relevant events automatically, or you may contact the dashboard owner to ask for credit for your event toward a dashboard’s competency or achievement.
| Dashboard | Students Who Can Access | Benefits/Incentives | Can University Events Be Considered for Adoption into This Dashboard | Owner & Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catalog of Opportunities | All students | All students The Catalog of Opportunities is integrated with the University Events calendar, such that students may find University events in a central location and other dashboard owners may find opportunities to adopt across dashboards, increasing student visibility and engagement. There are no incentives associated with this dashboard. | Yes | Office of the Provost studentsuccess@pitt.edu |
| Honors OCC | Honors Degree and Honors Distinction undergraduates | The Honors OCC is a points-based program to help students broaden their experience at the Frederick Honors College. The Honors OCC is a requirement for completing an Honors Degree or Distinction, and students are awarded medals at graduation. | Yes | Frederick Honors College honors@pitt.edu |
| myPittGlobal | All undergraduates | myPittGlobal provides students with a platform to track progress toward the Global Distinction. Students can integrate their globally-focused curricular achievements with study abroad, civic & global engagement, and professional development opportunities. The online tools also help students access other UCIS programs, study abroad opportunities, international events and co-curricular activities, advisors, and peers. | Yes | University Center for International Studies globaldistinction@pitt.edu |
| Pitt Business OCC | Undergraduate business majors | The Pitt Business OCC provides students with a clearly defined path of extracurricular experiences in business that they should complete as college students. Built like a game with progressive levels of challenge and rewards, it gives students a way to easily identify which activities they should complete and track their cumulative progress in real-time. | Yes | College of Business Administration |
| The Outside the Classroom Curriculum | All undergraduates | OCC aids in the development of highly desirable character traits and life skills that prepare students to lead lives of impact after their time as an undergraduate. Upon completion of the OCC, students are eligible to join the OCC Honor Society and receive a quarter zip and a cord of distinction at graduation. Additionally, OCC Honor Society members may apply for a summer experiential learning grant to support their out-of-classroom learning. | Yes | Student Affairs occpitt@pitt.edu |
| Graduate Career Foundations | All graduate and professional students | The Graduate Career Foundations dashboard houses a collection of activities and achievements for graduate and professional students to engage in professional development and to develop a professional identity. | Yes | Office of the Provost graduate@pitt.edu |
| The JD Competency Briefcase | All JD Law students | Pitt Law students pursuing a Juris Doctorate are encouraged to engage in developing their identities and skills as attorneys-to-be through professional competencies set forth by the American Bar Association. Upon completion of the JD Competency Briefcase, students will receive an honor cord at graduation. | No | No School of Law |
| Pitt Pharmacy Professional Development | All Pharmacy students | Pitt Pharmacy is committed to student success in the classroom and in personalizing paths to future careers through didactic education, experiential learning, and co-curriculum experiences. Professional Development is a vital part of growth as a student pharmacist to acquire skills, abilities, behaviors, and attitudes that are building blocks for any pharmacy career. | No | School of Pharmacy Karen Pater paterks@pitt.edu Kris Schonder kss28@pitt.edu |