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Hello, QUESTers!
We hope you enjoy reading about QUEST happenings in a new format this month! Please let us know what you think about these changes to QUESTPress, and, as always, be in touch with any questions, comments, or suggestions in general.
The QUEST Team
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QUEST Senior Conference
 Article by Dr. Joseph P. Bailey, QUEST Executive Director
Thursday December 9, 2010 was a marvelous day highlighting the accomplishments of our QUEST Seniors as they completed their capstone course on a consulting and innovation practicum. Each year, the QUEST community gathers to hear QUEST Seniors present their findings from their capstone learning course BMGT/ENES490H: QUEST Consulting and Innovation Practicum, or 490 for short. This year twelve teams of students presented their projects to their classmates in the QUEST Honors Program, University of Maryland faculty and staff, family, friends, and-perhaps most importantly-their client. Each team of four or five QUEST Seniors was asked to work with an external client to solve a real problem as part of the 490 class...Read More |
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Alumni Profile - Obinna Ekezie
 Interview Conducted by Kylie Goodell - 11/18/2010
Who is Obinna Ekezie? I was born in Nigeria on August 25th 1975.After my secondary school studies, I moved to the United States to continue my education and play high school basketball at Worcester Academy in Massachusetts for two years (1993-1995). I earned a full athletic scholarship to attend college and play basketball at the University of Maryland...Read More
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Current Student Spotlight - Kyle Zhang
Interview Conducted by Luxi Wang - 12/18 /2010
Who are you, Kyle Zhang? My name is Kyle Zhang and I am a junior finance and accounting double major in the R. H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. I am a member of Cohort 17 and a mentor to the Cohort 18 students. I am also the Vice President of Finance for the QSO and an ambassador for the QUEST program....Read More
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190H Computer Design Challenge
Article by Brett Schwab
During our first week in the 190H class, our team, Team Rafiki, was informed that we were going to be involved in a computer design challenge. We had each heard rumors of this daunting project from members of other cohorts. While scanning Newegg.com, looking for potential computer parts to fit into our $500 budget, there were many disagreements on how to approach the challenge...Read More
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Johnson & Johnson Visits QUEST
Article by Manas Kulkarni
A tremendous benefit of the QUEST program is the opportunity for its students to interact with people whose jobs revolve around the very ideas taught in class: quality, voice of the customer, and many more. On November 11th, the Bailey Bowtie took a break from its post at the front of the class as Cohort 18 had the privilege of hearing from Linzell Harris, Vice President for Global Strategic Operations at Johnson & Johnson. Mr. Harris' presentation focused on J&J's different customers and how the company reacts to the different voices of those customers...Read More
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Student Recruiting Team - Past, Present, and Future
Article by Reeta Francis
Since the inception of the QUEST program in 1993, eighteen cohorts of students from different schools have come together to learn about quality enhancement, systems, and teams in a reality based environment. What originally started as a 5 year program sponsored by IBM has grown into a renowned undergraduate program that filters in a new crop of students each year from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, the James Clark School of Engineering, and now the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences...Read More
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QUEST Bowling
Article by Jay Vogel
The QUEST program has once again proven its ability to combine an educational experience with an involved social community. One can hardly brand the IQ events that are required to be fulfilled each semester as a chore, that is, unless a chore can be defined as getting free food from well-known establishments and participating in a fun and otherwise costly activity...Read More
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