Tracking Progress: The Evolution of Suitable at Pitt-Greensburg

“Suitable,” a system to track honor tracks and clubs, was recently implemented at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg. Despite being introduced last semester, there is still some confusion about how it works and what exactly it can do.

The Insider recently sat down with Al Thiel, director of student involvement at Pitt-Greensburg, to discuss the system’s functionality.

“Primarily it is for your co-curricular transcripts, your GEM OCC and honors OCC progress, and seeing the events that are on campus,” Thiel said, noting that while there is a club portion, the system is primarily designed for tracking honors programs’ progress.

Currently, the system is a bit basic regarding clubs and events.

“They are working on that,” Thiel said, expressing hope that the system will expand over time.

“Suitable” was intended as a replacement for Engage, the school’s previous system for clubs and event advertising. While it is limited in that aspect, it still allows users to easily view events, and Thiel hopes that more people will continue using the system as it evolves.

“Would I love to say 100% of students logged on to Suitable? It’s not realistic, but almost half of students log on once…I’m gonna count that as a [win],” Thiel said, expressing optimism about the system despite its limitations.

As the system grows and clubs are more integrated, he hopes that number will rise.

“They are listening, they are getting that work done…it’s just gonna take time,” Thiel said.