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title: "Spherion Awards Three High School Graduates with Sandy Mazur Excellence in Leadership Scholarship"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6f818f52-a00a-4a58-9cfb-c5966ac6422d
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20220715_spherion_awards_three_high_school_graduates_with_sandy_mazur_excellence_in_.html
category: "Staffing"
industry: "Business Services"
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topics: ["People"]
published: 2022-07-15T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:07:12.521Z
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# Spherion Awards Three High School Graduates with Sandy Mazur Excellence in Leadership Scholarship

**TL;DR:** Spherion awarded three high school graduates with the Sandy Mazur Excellence in Leadership Scholarship, each receiving $2,500 for their continued education. The scholarship honors Sandy Mazur's legacy and contributions to the Spherion franchise community.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-07-15. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20220715_spherion_awards_three_high_school_graduates_with_sandy_mazur_excellence_in_.html).*

## Story

Through academic and service achievements, Reeder, Wunderlich and Schultz have all made significant contributions to benefit their respective communities. The three winners embody the qualities of leadership, excellence and passion that distinguished Mazur’s legacy at Spherion, earning them each $2,500 to put towards their continued education. Each year, the Spherion franchisee network comes together to celebrate Mazur’s impactful career by donating to the scholarship fund and keeping her “pay it forward” mentality at the forefront of their community.

“Every year, we are astounded by the incredible passion each scholarship applicant demonstrates toward bettering the world around them,” Mazur said. “In this third year of the scholarship, I am honored to continue empowering our franchisee network to get involved by supporting the future leaders in their home communities.”

The Spherion franchise community, led by franchisees Michael Chalmers and Beth DeLaney, coordinated with nonprofit The Richland County Foundation - which disburses grants for charitable organizations - to review hundreds of applicants and choose the finalists. From there, a group of franchise community representatives including Chalmers, DeLaney and Mazur chose the winners. With the names and locations removed, the group reviewed the applicants and, solely based on their merits, selected Reeder, Wunderlich and Schultz as the 2022 scholarship recipients.

“Sandy has been an integral part of our network’s community-focused mission, and this scholarship is an excellent reminder of her incredible contributions to Spherion,” said Rebecca Rogers-Tijerino, president of Spherion. “We are thrilled to celebrate Jacob, Elizabeth and Emma this year, each of whom exemplifies the qualities that make for selfless future leaders.”

The annual Sandy Mazur Scholarship honors graduating high school students who best represent the qualities of excellence, leadership and passion that Mazur put forth daily during her tenure at Spherion. Her willingness to “go the extra mile” for others has inspired the network of franchise owners to donate funds in her name and celebrate graduates aspiring to further their education with college, technical or skilled training.

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- Franchising.com (publication)
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- community service (topic)
- Spherion (company)
- Rebecca Rogers Tijerino (person)
- scholarship award (topic)
- leadership excellence (topic)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20220715_spherion_awards_three_high_school_graduates_with_sandy_mazur_excellence_in_.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6f818f52-a00a-4a58-9cfb-c5966ac6422d).