Linking students to alumni_Challenges and outcomes

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This article reports the significance of the Alumni Unicamp Platform to promote the institutionalization of the connection between current students, graduates and the current teachers and technical staff of the Institute of Biology – IB. The traditional means of
communication and social networks are unable to embrace the specific needs and activities of the community, like the search for mentors or volunteers to answer questions that are specifically related to our academic environment. Thereby, the Alumni Platform came to fill this integration gap between our community.