AGEP PROJECT PROFILE INFORMATION:

Alabama Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate

PI: Dr. Louis Dale Vice President for Equity and Diversity The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1530 3^rd Avenue South, CH 401 Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 (205) 934-8762 (205) 934-1650 ldale@uab.edu	Program Coordinator / Director: Dr. Carolyn Braswell Assistant Vice President for Equity and Diversity The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1530 3^rd Avenue South, CH 401 Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 (205) 934-8762 (205) 934-1650 cbraswel@uab.edu
Preferred day-to-day contact person: Dr. Carolyn Braswell Assistant Vice President for Equity and Diversity The University of Alabama at Birmingham 1530 3^rd Avenue South, CH 401 Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 (205) 934-8762 (205) 934-1650 cbraswel@uab.edu	Primary partners (Ph.D. Granting Institutions): Alabama A&M University Auburn University Tuskegee University The University of Alabama The University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama in Secondary partners (Undergraduate Institutions): Alabama State University Miles College Oakwood College Stillman College Talladega College Tougaloo College Huntsville

Disciplines / departments:

• Science
• Technology
• Engineering
• Mathematics

Website address: http://www.uab.edu/aamp/

Impact nugget:

1. Since beginning the alliance in 1998, the AAGEP Project has seen a doubling of its STEM Ph.D. graduates… 16 in 2000, 31 in 2001, and 34 in 2003. There are now more than 50 faculty mentors among 6 alliance university campuses in 2003. Twelve feeder schools incorporate another 150 faculty in the region. Total STEM minority graduate enrollment has increased from 87 students in 1997 to 144 students in 2003 (66% increase). The project continues to work closely with LSAMP and HBCU-UP projects, particularly with regard to conferences and meetings providing networking opportunities for students and educators. In addition, through collaboration with the LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate program, ten minority students were recruited into Alabama AGEP doctoral programs.

2. The annual Alabama Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AAGEP) STEM Graduate School Fair has become a regular event, with both students and faculty in the region looking forward to the event and department chairs using the event as part of recruitment activities. The Fair attracts over 200 undergraduate students each year from Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, majoring in science, engineering, and mathematics. This event provides an opportunity for graduate schools to recruit minority students from these institutions in a single location. Graduate school recruiters set up displays, interact with students, and distribute brochures, applications and other information that would be helpful to students as they contemplate attending graduate school. Students have the opportunity to visit with recruiters and graduate school representatives of their choice and receive literature that will assist them in the decision-making processes regarding graduate school. The 2003 Graduate School Fair included two LSAMP projects and four HBCU-UP projects and hosted 200 participants from more than 20 institutions.

Statement:

By networking extensively with other large HRD-funded projects in the region, the Alabama AGEP is significantly increasing the professional opportunities its minority students have once they are prepared to enter the STEM workforce.