“More energy. More clarity. More joy.”
Blacksburg – That’s the promise behind Joy 101, a new wellness app founded by former Today show anchor Hoda Kotb. Now the Virginia Tech alumna is partnering with students in Blacksburg to help test and refine the platform — and the collaboration is sparking conversations about mental health on college campuses.
Kotb recorded a personal message for the students involved in the project.
“I just want to say thank you guys so much for trying out our Joy 101 app, for giving it a go, for seeing how it works,” Kotb said. “It means a lot to me. This is a new company I founded not too many months ago and I was like, who can try it out to see what things we need to work on, what things are really good, and I thought, how about my people at Virginia Tech?”
158 students, five classes, one big-name app
A total of 158 students across five classes are getting free access to Joy 101 for a year — putting the app through its paces and offering real feedback to its founder…