Dairy and Animal Sciences together are popular majors in the agricultural sciences in the US Currently, minorities make up a small but growing student population in higher education. Today’s student population represent our future leaders in this field. With the complex challenge of providing food security for 10 billion people by the year 2020 on current or less natural resources in the future, it is imperative that an educated and diverse work force is prepared by our land grant institutions to resolve this problem. To ensure interested students from all populations matriculate through our dairy and animal sciences’ programs, mentoring is believe to be one area to support student success, especially among minorities. One such organization was undertaken at North Carolina A&T State University. An 1890 land grant institution in Greensboro that also is the largest HBCU in the country and has the largest enrollment among the 1890s in the College of Agriculture. The organization was called “Men-on-the-Move (MOTM).” Focusing on mentorship, leadership and engagement by minorities, especially African American males, an effort was taken to see what impact MOTM would have on retention (RR) and graduation rate (GR). Started by open enrollment in the Department of Animal Sciences with 15 students, the organization has grown to over 35 members in 10 department and 5 colleges/school campus wide. Leadership training has impacted elected executive officers among 5 organizations which has grown from 1 to 5 AA males. Peak mean values tended to grown, but not significant (P > 0.05) in RR (86% vs. 80%) and GR (35% vs. 45%) between AA males in MOTM when compared with those in the Department of Animal Sciences. Mentorship, leadership and peer support played a vital role in successful engagement and achievement of the AA males at North Carolina A&T State University. The organization has been recognized for its achievement in the region, and student success continues to improve.