Alumni Connect
Alumni Connect is a full-stack student and alumni networking platform for mentorship, opportunities, career guidance, and campus engagement.
What it is
Alumni Connect brings students and alumni into one platform for networking, mentorship, opportunities, and campus engagement.
Students and alumni can manage profiles, discover people and opportunities, communicate in real time, and participate in events. Admins manage users and platform content.
Screenshots
Landing Page
Entry point for students and alumni to access the platform's main workflows.
Dashboard
Authenticated workspace with functionality based on the user's Student, Alumni, or Admin role.
Key Features
- Roles & Authentication — Student, Alumni, and Admin roles with JWT-backed authentication and role-based access.
- Alumni Directory — Searchable profiles with filtering and mentorship indicators.
- Real-Time Chat — Socket.IO messaging with conversation history and file attachments.
- Opportunities & Events — Jobs/internships, saved opportunities, application links, event publishing, and registration.
- Admin & Profiles — User verification, content management, campus gallery, and editable student/alumni profiles.
How I Built It
React + Vite frontend → Axios/service layer → Express API → MongoDB Atlas
JWT handles authentication and role-based access, Socket.IO powers real-time chat, and Nodemailer handles email workflows such as password reset. Helmet and express-rate-limit provide additional backend security.
I built the application end to end, including the React interface, Express APIs, MongoDB data models, authentication and authorization, real-time chat, deployment configuration, and relevant validation/testing.