The Third Evaluation Report: Strengthening STEM Education for Latinx Students at CSUB

California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) has been implementing a Title Vb grant, "Promoting Excellence in Graduate Education and Increasing Hispanic STEM Related Degree Completion," to continue "strengthening the STEM program support" for students of Latino origin and "developing a Graduate School-Going culture" across the campus. In Year 3, the grant team has completed five tasks: (1) Assessing the quality and capacity of the faculty mentoring program; (2) Maintaining weekly management meetings to sustain program operation; (3) Hosting another annual Grad Slam to showcase student research; (4) Participating in 50 Virtual Grad Fairs to promote the graduate programs; and (5) Delivering effective workshops to strengthen student support. In addition, the grant funded a Graduate Student-Faculty Collaborative Research program and supported 12 Faculty Fellows to enhance STEM mentorship for 15 students, of which seven had Hispanic ethnicity. At the institutional level, partnerships have been established between CSUB and two universities to expand education pathways for graduate studies. Guided by the project logic model and a well-established Results-Based Accountability framework, quantitative and qualitative data have been gathered to triangulate evaluation results across different components of the grant support. The report ends with a "Conclusion" section to review the past recommendations and adduce new recommendations for project improvement.