California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) was awarded a five-year grant, "An Equitable Pathway to In-Demand STEM Careers", that began in Fall 2021 to create and expand a streamlined pathway for Hispanic students to pursue their educational and career goals with servingness culture support. In the first year, the grant team has completed six tasks assured by the grant proposal: (1) Establishing a budget in alignment with federal and district protocols; (2) Pursuing recruitment of key personnel to lead K-12 and community college engagement in strengthening on-ramps into CSUB's STEM programs; (3) Securing campus space to maintain workflow for cross-functional teams; (4) Finalizing internal/external evaluation service agreements and data collection procedures; (5) Launching STEM Careers Council for local partnership building; and (6) Purchasing instructional equipment and supplies in STEM lab building. In addition, quantitative and qualitative data have been gathered to assess the effectiveness of a research program in Summer 2022 and guest speaker presentations in regular semesters. To track the outcome of student learning, an indicator of the "Rate of Progress" is configured to monitor the status of student achievement across milestones of the STEM program pipeline. In the conclusion section, evaluation findings are reviewed to support three recommendations for project improvement. The entire evaluation framework incorporates a "participatory," "utilization-focused," and "program theory-driven" mechanism that conforms to the "utility," "feasibility," "propriety," and "accuracy" standards of program evaluation.