a7 Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students Becki Ingersoll, M.S. '97 BECKI INGERSOLL, a Portland State Universiry alumna, joined PSU in 1995 and has served as associate director of Advi'ing and Career Serr iccs since 2010. For the past decade, she has worked to advance student success initiatives, first in the Financial Aid Office, then in Admissions, and in the Undergraduate Advising & Support Center, and now in Advising and Career Services. Ms. Ingersoll always puts students first and has their best interests in mind. Ms. Ingersoll's recent student initiarives include imporranr projects such as the Coordinated Service Network, Four Year Degree Guarantee, Excessive Credit Prolect, the Last Mile Committee, and involvement with five diferent TeTHINK initiatives in the past thlee years. Ms. Ingersoll has served as the floor manager for the Portland State University Spring Commencemenr Ceremony for the past nine straight years, impacting the fir-ral moments and experiences of approximately 1 8,000 students. Ms. Ingersoll has served for 10 years on the Academic Requirements Committee and remains or-re of the mosr sready and deroted parricipanrs reviewing student petitions. Ms. Ingersoll has also served on the Deadline Appeals Committee for the past four years. The committee reviews l.-00 pcririons each year, meaning Tngersoll has had a hand in approving up to 6,800 Deadline Appeals Petitions. Ms. Ingelioll's direcr service ro students, her leadership in advising, and her engagemenr with student success initiatives clearly demonsrrares a commitment to servir-rg students and improving the systems that support them. Ms. Ingersoll represents the outstanding service to students that the Cumpston Award strives to honor. The Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students is given annually to an academic professional or universiry administrator, without academic rank, who has demonstrated excellence in the area of service to students. Mary H. Cumpston was a beloved colleague who truly embodied the meaning of excellence in service to students to the Portland State Universitv15
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