The Alumni Stories module lets your alumni share their own stories — career journeys, memories, milestones, reflections — directly on your platform. Admins decide whether stories publish automatically or require approval first, so you stay in control of what appears.
Approved stories display on your Alumni Stories page inside the platform. Stories marked as public can also appear on your landing page, where anyone visiting your site can read them — no login required. It's a simple way to turn genuine alumni voices into some of the most compelling content your school can share.
Alumni stories are among the most powerful engagement content a school has — but they're usually locked away in newsletters, or never captured at all. This module makes it easy for alumni to contribute their own stories, and easy for you to curate and showcase them.
✍️ Alumni tell their own stories Alumni submit stories directly from their profile — no need for staff to write on their behalf.
✅ You stay in control Choose whether stories publish automatically or require admin approval before going live.
🌏 Showcase publicly Mark stories as public to display them on your landing page, readable without logging in.
⭐ Feature your best Highlight standout stories at the top of the page as featured stories.
🗂️ Organised by category Group stories by theme — community, networking, and any categories you create.
📅 Publish on your schedule Schedule stories to go live at a specific date and time.
There are two quick setup steps before stories start flowing: configuring your approval settings, and adding categories.
From Alumni Stories → Setup, you can configure:
From Alumni Stories → Categories, click Add Category to create categories that help organise your stories — for example Community or Networking.
Enter the name of the category and save. You can edit or delete categories from this same page at any time.
The Alumni Stories → Stories page is your control centre. From here you can add stories, access setup, and see the total number of published stories. Stories are organised across three tabs:
For any published story, the action buttons let you View the story, Preview how it appears to alumni, Edit it, or Delete it.
Click the Add Stories button and complete the following:
Stories added by an admin do not require approval — they publish according to the visibility and schedule you set.
From the Alumni Stories page, alumni have two areas:
An alumnus can submit multiple stories, and all of them live in their My Stories area. When approval is required, a submitted story stays there until you review and approve it — at which point it publishes to the Explore Stories page for everyone to read.
While a story is still awaiting approval, the alumnus can edit or delete it themselves. Once a story is approved and published, only admins can edit or delete it — keeping your live content stable and under your control.
When you mark a story as public and Alumni Stories is activated for display on your landing page (Site Settings → Landing Page Builder), that story becomes readable by anyone visiting your site — no login needed. This is the setting that turns a great alumni story into public-facing content that helps tell your school's story to prospective families, donors, and the wider community.
Stories left as private remain visible only to logged-in alumni within the platform.
Landing Page Builder — customize your alumni landing page to create a professional branded experience for your visitors.
Membership Payments — collect one-time or recurring alumni membership dues automatically.
SIS / SMS Integration — automatically invite students to your alumni community when they leave school.