08 / STUDENT WELLBEING

CONNECTIE

A transition-triage concept helping incoming college students recognize what they need and find appropriate support.

PROJECT SIGNAL / 08

MY SCOPERESEARCH, CONCEPT + EVALUATIONTEAMINCOMING STUDENTS + UNIVERSITY STAKEHOLDERSTIMEFRAME10-WEEK UCD PROJECT

01 / THE PROBLEM

Starting college can surface practical, social, and mental-health challenges at once. Students may know they are struggling before they know what kind of help to ask for—or where to find it.

02 / THE EVIDENCE

The project combined survey work, synthesis, and concept evaluation to understand transition stressors, how students described them, and which forms of support felt approachable.

03 / THE DECISION

Frame the experience as transition triage: begin with the student’s situation and language, then connect that signal to a relevant next step or resource.

04 / THE COLLABORATION

Over ten weeks, the team moved from research through conception and evaluation, using shared synthesis to keep the proposed experience tied to students’ real transition needs.

05 / THE OUTCOME

The work produced a focused service concept and a research-backed model for connecting a broad, emotional problem to practical routes for support.

06 / THE REFLECTION

When someone cannot name the service they need, design should begin with the experience they can describe.

PROJECT EVIDENCE3 ARTIFACTS

Connectie transition triage research frame — 01 / The project reframed a broad wellbeing challenge as a transition-triage experience.

Connectie research synthesis spreadsheet — 02 / Research findings were synthesized into themes the team could carry into concepts.

Connectie student transition survey chart — 03 / Survey evidence helped show the mix of concerns present during the transition to college.

NEXT IMAGE PASS

The story is in place. These are the most useful original artifacts to bring in next.

SERVICE FLOW

The final path from a student-described concern to an appropriate person, resource, or next step.