The Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM) is a consortium made up of Mississippi's four Ph.D. granting institutions. The University of Mississippi serves as the administrative lead institution, in collaboration with Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, and The University of Southern Mississippi. With a 2.5 million dollar grant award from the National Science Foundation, our goal focused on tripling the number of doctoral students, from underrepresented groups, receiving Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). After its initial five year period, AGEM exceeded its expectations and went from graduating 13 minority doctoral scholars in STEM areas and from the four institutions, during 1992-1997 to graduating 48 minority doctoral scholars from 1999-2004!