To contribute to the diversity of the next generation of NIH funded biomedical researchers, ensuring that undergraduate student participants enter and succeed in graduate school is one of the goals of the BUILDing SCHOLARS center at the University of Texas at El Paso. To accomplish this goal, the center implemented the Johnson and Bozeman Asset Bundles model. Using the Student Hallmarks of Success developed by the NIH Diversity Program Consortium as guidance, and mapping each program activity to the model, academic metrics in combination with results from a comprehensive evaluation plan for the first three cohorts of participants will be presented.