By CAITLIN HOFEN, Features Editor
Kennedy Mount can be found walking through the Student Center, chatting in her office or supporting Ranger athletics.
While she isn’t a new face to Northwestern, Mount has a different role on campus than she did four years ago.
A native of Biloxi, Mississippi, Mount came to Northwestern when she accepted a graduate assistant coaching position for the soccer team.
“I graduated from Belhaven University in 2019 with a degree in sports medicine and exercise science,” Mount said.
“I started my master’s degree at Northwestern after accepting the coaching position.”
Mount graduated from Northwestern in December 2020 with a master’s degree in education.
In August 2021, Mount accepted a position at the Northwestern Foundation & Alumni Association as the relationship manager.
“My main role includes processing endowment and scholarship contracts while working to increase donor to student liaison,” Mount said.
“I also work on stewardship through the Foundation, so I work to increase community relations and foster healthy relationships with our donors.”
Mount has played soccer all her life, something she carried with her through college.
“I started playing soccer because I have an older sister who played soccer, and I grew up watching her from the sidelines,” Mount said.
“Soccer was something we could bond over. One reason I chose to play soccer in college was my sister didn’t have the opportunity to finish playing or finish school. That was something I wanted to do in honor of her and my family as a first-generation college student.”
Mount said her family still lives in Mississippi, but she has plans to continue moving to different places.
“I always wanted to venture out,” Mount said.
“I plan to move on further in a few years.
“I think moving and experiencing new places gives a sense of growth you can’t experience staying home.”