Winthrop's Call Me MISTER cohort began in 2014. It stands for Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models.
ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Winthrop University's Call Me MISTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) cohort began as a tuition assistance and support program for male students from diverse
backgrounds and under-served areas who would like to teach.
Call Me MISTER has evolved since then into a program that lends support to other groups as well,
earning Winthrop's chapter the 2016 Outstanding Partnership Award from Rock Hill Schools.
Rock Hill Schools annually recognizes businesses, individual community partners, school
improvement councils and civic organizations for their much-needed significant contributions
to education. The district noted Winthrop's Call Me MISTER program's commitment to
excellence, specifically its recent mentor program with Oakdale Elementary School
students.
Oakdale seeks to have 100 mentors and/or volunteers at its school each year. The men
of Call Me MISTER responded, visiting Oakdale weekly for an entire school year. They
were each assigned a mentee and listened to their students and offered advice and
encouragement.
The group plans to continue this project in 2017.
Learn more about the Call Me MISTER program.
