Campus Pulse

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  Landing/Home Page

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  Scroll Current Events

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  Scholarship Page

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  Well-being Page

Inspiration Students constantly miss out on opportunities simply because information is scattered—events on one platform, scholarships on another, and essential resources like pantry or mental health support buried somewhere else. We were inspired to solve this fragmentation by creating a single, intuitive platform that brings everything together in a way students already understand and enjoy—simple, visual, and fast to navigate.

What it does: Campus Pulse is an all-in-one hub for university students. It combines campus events, scholarships, TerpLink discovery, pantry support, and mental well-being resources into one platform. It also features a reels-style scrolling feed for quick discovery, along with structured pages for deeper access to information like scholarship applications and advisor support.

How we built it: We built Campus Pulse as a modern web application using a component-based architecture. We designed multiple pages for different resources (TerpLink, pantry, scholarships, and well-being) and implemented a scrollable reels-style UI for event discovery. We used AI-assisted development to speed up prototyping, generate UI components, and implement relevance-based filtering that surfaces the most useful content for students based on their needs.

Challenges we ran into: One major challenge was balancing simplicity with multiple features—we didn’t want the platform to feel overwhelming. Structuring different pages while maintaining a smooth user experience was also tricky. On the technical side, we faced debugging issues in JSX, component structure conflicts, and state management across pages. Designing a clean UI while integrating multiple features required several iterations.

Accomplishments that we're proud of: We successfully created a unified platform that combines multiple essential student resources into one experience. The reels-style discovery system makes campus information engaging and easy to consume. We also implemented AI-based relevance ideas, making the platform feel personalized rather than static.

What we learned: We learned how to design around real user problems instead of just building features. We improved our skills in frontend architecture, debugging, and UI/UX design. We also learned how to effectively use AI tools to accelerate development and refine ideas quickly.

What's next for Campus Pulse: Next, we want to build a fully personalized system that adapts to each student’s behavior and preferences. We would integrate real university APIs (like TerpLink), enable user accounts, and add real-time updates. Ultimately, we want Campus Pulse to become a daily-use platform that intelligently curates everything a student needs to succeed on campus.

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