NYU Pi Delta Psi

The official website and internal platform for the Zeta Chapter of Pi Delta Psi Fraternity, Inc. at NYU. I rebuilt a static, hard-coded site into a full-stack application backed by a database, with a members' area and an admin console that the chapter uses to run its roster, rush, and communications.

What it does

Public site — chapter intro and story, plus Active House and Alumni rosters rendered from the database and grouped by pledge class. The Rush page doubles as either an interest form or, when an admin flips a switch, an event sign-in sheet.

Members' area — email/password accounts with email verification and password reset. Every brother can browse a searchable directory with a clickable lineage view (ancestry of bigs and a tree of littles) and CSV export.

The Active House and Alumni rosters are rendered from the database and grouped by pledge class, so the site stays current as the chapter changes.

Admin console — manage brothers and pledge classes, upload photos, set big/little relationships, and graduate members from Active to Alumni. Admins can customize automated rush emails, control what the public rush form shows, and work a unified list of rushees with bulk follow-up emails and CSV export.

Engineering highlights

• Next.js (App Router) + React + TypeScript front to back, with a REST API layer serving the members' and admin features.
• PostgreSQL via Prisma for the roster, accounts, and rush data. Rushees are keyed by normalized (NYU email, term) so interest-form submissions and event check-ins always resolve to the same person.
• Custom session auth — bcrypt-hashed passwords and hashed tokens, with role-based access for members vs. admins.
• Image pipeline — uploaded photos are resized and re-encoded to WebP with sharp, cutting payload sizes significantly.
• Transactional email through Resend for verification, resets, and rush follow-ups.