Student and Alumni Profiles
Student and Alumni Profiles Overview
The pages for academic programs can display profiles for students and for alumni. If a program has one or more associated profiles for students, you will see a Meet a Student navigation item when viewing the program on a site. Likewise, if there are alumni you will see a Meet an Alum navigation item.
Those tabs go to the profiles list pages, which display all relevant active profiles in the system that are marked to appear with the selected program.
These pages are not designed to contain complete lists of your students. Instead, you should show three to five students and three to five alumni whose work best represents your program. If you wish to display complete lists of students, we suggest you use this approach, which will allow students to edit their own bios.
To manage a program's profiles, look for the manage profiles button in the right-hand column when editing the program.
Profiles List Page
If there are active, published profiles associated with a program, they will appear on the program’s profiles list page for Meet a Student or Meet an Alum. The profiles appear in alphabetical order.
On the List Page, there is a brief entry for each student or alum profiled. The entry includes:
- Name
- Graduation year
- Hook
- Short Overview
- Photo
- Link to profile page or another web page, as defined when creating the profile
Above the list of profiles, the Meet a Student list page displays the Opportunities text from the academic program. The Meet an Alum list page shows the Careers text. The texts for Opportunities and Careers are edited through the Programs Application, not the Profiles Application.
Profile Page
Each profile can have an optional page. The page provides a fuller bio of the student or alum. Optional links can be added to the right column, such as degree program, internship sites, organizations affiliated with, awards won, or even a personal homepage.
Fields on the profile page include:
- Name
- Graduation year (this field is only available when the profile is associated with a program)
- Full story (body content)
- Quote and byline for quote
- Additional links (for more information)
- Photo
Examples of full student/alum profile pages:
See Creating Student and Alumni Profiles for how to create a student or alumni profile.