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Molly Berendt
Ms. Molly Berendt, MPA’19, will receive
a Rising Star Alumni Award on Friday,
February 21, 2025 at the UIS Student Union.

Ms. Molly Berendt, MPA’19, will receive a Rising Star Alumni Award on Friday, February 21, 2025 at the UIS Student Union. This award is to celebrate alumni “who have demonstrated emerging and unique innovation, creativity and success in their chosen career, and whose accomplishments reflect admirably upon or bring honor to their Alma Mater” (UIS Advancement webpage). Ms. Berendt founded Compass for Kids in 2011 to serve Youth in Springfield Public Schools-District 186. For more details about this nonprofit organization, please visit Compass for Kid's About Us page.