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Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students

Service Awards

The division of Enrollment Management & Student Affairs Service Award is intended to recognize staff members who have made exceptional contributions of service to the PSU campus community.  Any member of the PSU community may nominate a staff member who they feel fits the criteria below:

  • the employee goes above and beyond to serve students;
  • the employee places the success of others as the highest priority;
  • the employee finds ways to preserve, recognize, and advance our University priority of student success;
  • the employee has made significant contributions to our campus community

Service Awards are given annually to between 5 and 10 staff members who work in the division.  Past award winners are listed below:

Jessica Amo, Women's Resource Center 2011 Award Winner
Heather Goah, Student Health & Counseling, Testing 2011 Award Winner
Jeff Pinkerton, Admissions, Registration & Records 2011 Award Winner
Mary Ann Barham, Undergraduate Advising & Career Services 2011 Award Winner
Melanie Dixon, Diversity & Multicultural Student Services 2011 Award Winner
Jeff Stein, Campus Recreation 2011 Award Winner
Onnie Granados, Student Affairs Tech Team 2011 Award Winner
Gabrielle Sysyn, Undergraduate Advising & Career Services 2010 Award Winner
Jeffrey Smith, Diversity & Multicultural Student Services 2010 Award Winner
Cindy Baccar, Admissions, Registration & Records 2010 Award Winner
Alicia Printemps-Herget, Student Health & Counseling, Medical Services 2010 Award Winner
Joelle Kenney, Campus Recreation 2010 Award Winner

 

Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students

The Cumpston Award for Service to Students is given annualy to an academic professional or unranked Univeresity administrator who has demonstrated excellence in the area of service to students.

Mary H. Cumpston was a beloved colleague whose enduring contributions to Portland State University and to the community have enhanced the development and delivery of student services.  Mary graduated from Portland State in 1957 and returned to the University after seven years of teaching in Portland Public Schools.  She served as director of the PSU Career Center for most of her career until retirement in 1999.  During her tenure, she was a tireless student advocate.  Her work touched the lives of countless men and women, fostering friendships and creating opportunities for student success in college and beyond.  She was known for her ability to bridge the academic and administrative spheres of influence, and was elected presiding officer of Faculty Senate in 1981-82.  Her work centered on methods to improve educational access, persistence, and post-graduate professional preparedness.  She was known to see the best in everyone and sought ways to help all those with whom she came in contact to achieve full personal and professional potential.  Her gift was the ability to identify individual and University needs and to match these needs with creative and effective solutions.  Mary embodied the meaning of excellence in service to students and to Portland State University.

 

2011 Winner - Dan Fortmiller

2010 Winner - Mary Beth Collins

2009 Winner - Layton Borkin

2008 Winner - Dee Thompson

2007 Winner - Veda Kindle

2006 Winner - Clevonne Jackson
2005 Winner - Sandy Franz