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Wayfinder Program

Continuing Studies Program On Campus

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What is the Wayfinder program?

The Wayfinder Program offers free college credits for adults facing social or economic barriers to higher education. You'll be paired with inspiring professors who are experts in their field and have a passion for students.

This program is designed for eager adults who have not yet earned a bachelor's degree and bring enthusiasm for learning alongside their rich life experiences. In a cohort of 15-25 students, you'll take three courses that combine art history, philosophy, literature, U.S. history, critical thinking, and writing.Ìý

8

free, transferable credits

1

course at a time

10

months total

Program Details

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Eligibility Requirements

  • Open to ages 18 and up
  • Not yet completed a bachelor's degree
  • Demonstrate social or economic barriers to higher education
  • Reside in the greater Grand Rapids area
  • GED is not required to enroll

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Calvin campus

Courses

  • Summer: ASC 111 Academic Transitions
  • Fall: GCS 110 Intro to Humanities 1
  • Spring: GCS 111 Intro to Humanities 2

What's Included?

  • Childcare
  • Transportation
  • Books
  • Free tuition
  • Technology
  • Dinner during class
Wayfinder classroom

University services provided to Wayfinder students

  • Writing support through the rhetoric center and Wayfinder program faculty and staff
  • Hoogeboom recreation center
  • Hekman Library
  • Disability services

University services not provided

  • Center for Counseling and Wellness
  • Health Services

We have something that’s helping us grow right within the community, a little hidden secret.

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Wayfinder student
Carol Sterling - Wayfinder student

Apply

The Wayfinder application for the 2025 cohort closed on March 31, 2025. Request information about a future cohort below.

Note: The intention behind the Wayfinder program is to activate an interest in and provide access to higher educational opportunities through barrier removal. In order to give the greatest opportunities to the most amount of students, Wayfinder students are not eligible to be concurrently degree-seeking students at Â鶹Çø. We welcome Wayfinder students to apply to Â鶹Çø degree programs upon completion of Wayfinder.

Support the Wayfinder Program

Â鶹Çø, in collaboration with community and institutional partners, launched the Wayfinder Program, Michigan's first Clemente Course, in summer 2024.Ìý

This program responds to the desires heard in the focus groups and community conversations we convened through the . It is modeled after —an award-winning college-level liberal arts program for motivated low-income adults seeking to build better lives.

Help support this program to sustain future cohorts.

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