A Tool to Enhance Student Learning & Career Readiness
Gator Launch, powered by Suitable, is a platform that helps students track and reflect on their experiential learning, co-curricular activities, and achievements—all while connecting them to the professional competencies employers value most.
Support Student Success & Career Readiness
Faculty play a critical role in preparing students for their future careers. Gator Launch provides an easy way for students to document their applied learning experiences and connect them to essential career competencies such as Communication, Critical Thinking, Digital Literacy, Global and Cultural Engagement, Leadership, and Teamwork.
How Gator Launch Benefits You and Your Students
- Enhance Student Learning – Reinforce connections between academic content and real-world applications, helping students apply their knowledge in meaningful ways.
- Develop Professional Competencies – Help students articulate the skills they gain through research, competitions, applied case studies, capstones, and other high-impact experiences.
- Streamline Reflection and Documentation – Reduce administrative burden by giving students a centralized place to track their experiences and reflect on their learning.
- Strengthen Student Outcomes – Support students in building a robust record of their experiences, making them more competitive for jobs, graduate programs, and professional opportunities.
- Show Your Impact – Gain insights into how students engage beyond the classroom and demonstrate the value of experiential learning within your department or program. Track and assess student growth across the programs you oversee—whether through mentoring, advising, research, internships, service learning, or leadership experiences. Collect both quantitative and qualitative data to showcase the impact of your work with students and strengthen the case for continued support and investment in these experiences.
Gator Launch helps students approach their future with intentionality, preparing them for life after college. Ready to integrate Gator Launch into your curriculum or program? Please reach out to Gabby Diaz-Portalatin at g.diazportalatin@ufl.edu.