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Alumni module

Mentor profiles, career board, privacy-aware directory, and alumni-only forums — for the post-undergraduate journey.

Optional module Enable in Settings → Modules

Alumni is the post-undergraduate side of the platform. It gives graduates a way to stay listed in their org's directory, opt into mentoring, share job and internship openings, and participate in alumni-only conversations — all with per-field privacy controls so each alumnus decides what stays public and what stays private.

Who this module is for​

  • Alumni (members whose status is alumni, active_alumni, or lifetime_alumni) — directory, mentor profile, career posts, privacy settings
  • Active members and undergrads — browsing mentors and the career board
  • Officers — promoting alumni participation, surfacing mentors for recruitment and career fairs
  • Org admins — running graduation rollovers, configuring alumni-only forums, supporting privacy questions

What gets enabled​

When Alumni is turned on for an org:

  • An Alumni directory surface appears, filtered to members in one of the three alumni statuses, with search plus industry / career field / chapter filters
  • Alumni can publish a mentor profile with a short bio, industries, career fields, an availability flag (open / limited / closed), and a max-mentees count
  • A Contact button on each mentor card starts a direct message with that mentor (through the messaging system) so members can reach out without leaving the directory
  • A career board opens up — alumni and officers can post jobs, internships, referrals, and networking opportunities; every active member can browse
  • Per-field privacy is enforced through alumni privacy settings: each alumnus chooses, for email, phone, work history, and location, one of four visibility levels — everyone, alumni only, officers only, or hidden — plus a single directory-visible switch that removes them from the directory entirely
  • A daily background job sweeps the career board and deactivates any posting whose expiry timestamp has passed
  • If Community is also enabled, you can mark individual forums as alumni-only so undergrads cannot see or post in them

Common workflows​

For alumni​

  • Alumni getting started — first-login walkthrough: status confirmation, privacy review, mentor opt-in, career board
  • Mentorship & alumni — opting into the mentor program, browsing mentors, reaching out

For org admins​

After enabling​

What's not in this module today​

  • Manual admin pair / un-pair for mentees. Alumni opt into the mentor pool and members reach out through the Contact button (or off-platform). There is no in-product pairing inbox, accept/decline workflow, or admin override.
  • Own-chapter-only visibility. The four visibility levels are everyone, alumni only, officers only, and hidden. There is no chapter-scoped level.
  • Server-side enforcement of mentor availability. "Closed" availability tells the UI to stop surfacing a mentor; it does not block direct contact through other channels.

Where to go deeper​

Dependencies​

  • Storage — alumni profile photos and career posting images live in your org's storage bucket
  • Notifications — for mentor outreach and career-board pings
  • Community (optional) — required if you want alumni-only forums
  • Community — alumni-only forums and alumni-aware Engage threads
  • Foundation — alumni are often donors; the donor record and alumni record are linked through membership
  • Messaging — alumni-undergrad direct conversations

Last verified against v0.65.25 (2026-07-05). Corrected stale claim that the directory-visibility and location-visibility privacy toggles didn't work (both shipped v0.63.17); added mentor Contact button and directory industry/career-field/chapter filters (shipped v0.65.3).