Success Mentor Program Timeline
| 2007-2008 | Funded by a Title V Grant through the U.S. Department of Education, the Peer Mentoring Program was established through the Center for Research on Teaching Excellence. Twenty-nine mentors served more than 100 mentees. |
| 2008-2009 | With the support of UC Merced's Summer Bridge Program, 29 mentors served 206 mentees. |
| 2009-2010 | This year served 274 mentees with 36 mentors. |
| 2010-2011 | This year served 215 mentees with 38 mentors. |
| 2011-2012 | Now situated within the Calvin E. Bright Success Center, and funded in part by a gift from the Bright Foundation, the program was scaled back to 12 mentors who mentored about 60 mentees. |
| 2012-2013 | After undergoing a revision process, the program was renamed the Success Mentor Program. Twenty-three mentors served 140 mentees. |
| 2013-2014 | This year served 216 mentees with 33 mentors. |
| 2014-2015 | This year served 192 mentees with 31 mentors. |
| 2015-2016 | This year served 174 mentees with 30 mentors. |
| 2016-2017 | There were 27 mentors this year. |
| 2017-2018 | |
| 2018-2019 | This year served 190 mentees with 27 mentors. |
| 2019-2020 | This year served 198 mentees with 32 mentors. |
| 2020-2021 | Due to COVID-19 the program was scaled back to 15 mentors who served 121 mentees. |