We’ve helped students do things they didn’t think they could.
About 80 students. Two semesters. Here’s what came back.
4 of 79
Marked not returning
on the spring 2026 roster
on the spring 2026 roster
85%
Weekly active engagement
(campus email: ~5%)
(campus email: ~5%)
Hear from the students.
Two first-years on what changed when a text showed up at the right moment.
“5 minutes with Journey helps me with my entire week. It let me do things I’d never done before, be more social with people in person.”
“I went to the career fair anyway, and landed the FWS position. Journey helped me draft the resume the night before.”
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5 minutes with Journey helps me with an entire week.
First-year · UNH · Spring ’26
He told us Journey let him do things he’d never done before, be more social with people in person, like never before. He’d never said that about a piece of software in his life. He said it about a text message.
Stories from the cohort.
Real student replies. Anonymized, edited only for clarity. The kind of thing a school usually never gets to see.
N.
“Joined NAACP, Animation Club, Take Charge, and Theater auditions this semester. Got a FWS position. I never thought I’d be the kind of person who joins things.”
❤ I did it
M.
Career Fair tomorrow. 📍 Beckerman. 🕐 1–4pm. Make one new connection. That’s all it takes.
made some friends at the career fair. felt less anxiety once I got there than I was expecting. thanks Journey 🙏
❤ I did it
A.
“It was A. I got a 97 on my history midterm. Now I’m getting ready for the math one. Booked office hours with all 4 profs this week, best decision I’ve made all semester.”
❤ I did it
B.
I need help with anxiety while at the gym
try this: 4 in, hold 4, out 6. three rounds. tell me when you’re done.
ok. went. feeling better. thank you.
❤ I did it
D.
“Threw a study group together last night and 6 people came. Doing it again Thursday. Three months ago I was eating dinner alone in my room.”
Belonging score: ↑❤ I did it
N.
“Started painting again last week. First time in 2 years. Feels weirdly good. Journey asked me what I was avoiding and I answered honestly for once.”
Creator archetype❤ I did it
K.
what’s your hardest class this week? want help making tomorrow’s plan?
math. quiz on Friday. don’t know where to start.
15 mins tonight on practice problems 1–5. tomorrow, office hours at 2. fri morning, one timed run. doable?
yeah ok let’s do it
❤ I did it
S.
“Found a coffee shop on State that’s actually quiet. New study spot unlocked. Going to do my thesis reading there tomorrow morning before class.”
Wellbeing: ↑❤ I did it
R.
“I had two AI conversations going. Journey pulled details from both and changed how I see my career. It’s the only one that actually remembered who I am.”
Career goal set❤ I did it
T.
yo i just aced my midterm. literally did not sleep at all last night.
huge. proud of you. now sleep. tomorrow is a recovery day, not a grind day.
😂 ok mom
❤ I did it
L.
“I’m grateful for my college education. The best part of UNH is finding my passion for leadership. I never took on student leadership roles in high school. Journey kept asking what I’d do if I weren’t scared.”
Explorer archetype❤ I did it
C.
“Wrote a song last night that’s actually decent. Putting it on Spotify just to see what happens. Journey told me one micro-deadline and a kind audience would unstick me. It did.”
First release❤ I did it
What the university saw.
From the university’s president, and the dean who runs UNH’s CARE team.
“Universities are clumsy with how they communicate. Journey is the first thing I’ve seen that students will actually answer.”
“It didn’t ask my team to learn anything new. It dropped into Teams, surfaced the students who needed us, and gave us the line to open with.”
The University of New Haven, by the numbers.
About 80 students, most of them first-years, through the 2025–26 year. A smaller group continues with Journey this fall.
UNH · Pilot Aug 2025 → May 2026
No app to install. Students joined by text.
4 of 79
Students on the spring 2026 roster marked as not returning. No comparison group, and the registrar has not yet confirmed enrollment for the rest.
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Campus departments Journey routes to: CAPS, CASA, CDC, Wellness, Student Affairs, One Stop, TASC, Res Life.
“Universities are clumsy with how they communicate. Journey is the first thing I’ve seen that students actually answer.”
Jens Frederiksen · President · University of New Haven
Want this for your school?
100 students. One semester. $15K. No installation. The same playbook UNH ran. We can run it at your university next.