Driven 2 Educate

Where Students Can Learn "On Purpose" with Wayfinding Academy Part 1 When Michelle Jones gave her last lecture at the Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, she shared her imminent endeavor with her audience: starting a college that was an alternative to traditional institutions. Gina Lorubbio, a brand manager, who was sitting in the audience absorbed Michelle’s message and enthusiasm, loved it and knew she was going to be part of it. Today, Michelle, Gina and a team of change makers are in the process of accepting applications for their dream come true: the Wayfinding Academy, a two-year college at the heart of a movement to re-imagine higher education. Michelle’s last lecture was the culmination of about a decade of thinking and trying to change higher education from within the system – a quest Michelle had to realize was too hard to accomplish. Early on in her career, she had come to see that the role she was in with students as a full-time professor wasn’t quite the mentor role