FU All The Time

Team Members: Keli Fewox, Mike Gardner, James Lindsey, Chad Lott, Lustra Miller, Bobby Rettew, Johnny Sellers

MODELS Academy visited Anderson University on January 28, 2025, for a full day experience. The pilot visit is intended to be a springboard for future visits at Anderson University and other four-year institutions in South Carolina. Anderson University welcomed 15 MODELS Men from Emerald High School High School and Greenwood High School.

The day was filled with a tour of the campus, meeting other Anderson University faculty, staff, and students in the cafeteria, across campus, inside classrooms and labs, housing, and athletic facilities. The experience included visiting a genetics lab, digital media lab, education classrooms, performing arts facilities, lunch in the cafeteria, and athletic facilities where the students were able to meet coaches, and a few were able to lift weights in the football facilities.

As they walked across campus, MODELS students met other Anderson University students and even exchanged phone numbers as a few prepared to apply and had already applied to Anderson University. There were many pictures taken including a few selfies that included faculty, staff, administration, and even a few football staff members.

Project Overview

MODELS Academy is a holistic mentoring and personal development program that addresses the social, academic, career and cultural development of African American males in grades 4-12. MODELS Academy is hosted at Piedmont Technical College serving 40 schools in Greenwood, Lawrence, Edgefield, Abbeville, McCormick, Newberry in Saluda. The goal of this project is to expose MODELS Men attending Piedmont Technical College to a four-year institution like Anderson University, working to increase success rates among African American males in baccalaureate education institutions.