From the 2005 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards:
Sandra J. Franz, associate director of the Center for Student Health and Counseling, has served Portland State for nearlv 37 years. The nomination portfolio for the Cumpston Award is a testament to her excellence in serving students at Portland State University.
Ms. Franz began her career at the University as a staff nurse. Her professional expertise, work ethic, and dedication to nursing and to the students resulted in a pattern of career advancement that led to her appointment as director of student health services in 1990.
Ms. Franz's ongoing contributions to student services and to the University confirm that she has achieved her self. stated objective of promoting quality health care and health education for students.
Ms. Franz's professional colleagues at the University wrote that she is professional, knowledgeable, dedicated. dependable, hard working, and good at relationships. Throughout the years she has increasingly shared her talents and skills with various professional groups in the health care community.
The Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students is given annually to an academic professional or unranked University administrator who has demonstrated excellence in the area of service to students. Ms. 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. Her gift was the ability to identify individual and University needs and to match these needs with creative and effective solutions.