QUEST Honors Program
This Week In QUEST... 

QUEST Honors Program

September 26-30, 2011 

Calendars 

Make sure you add QUEST's Google Calendar  to keep up to date with the latest events! This is one of the ways we will try to inform you of future events, so make sure you check it often!


QUEST Shout-outs 

The QUEST faculty, staff, and recruiting team would like to give a shout out to 

Linda Rassenti 

and 

Karthik Menta 

for displaying wonderful QUEST spirit at the Engineering Picnic. We'd also like to thank all of the QUEST ambassadors who helped make the First Look Fair such a success. 

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The QUEST community would like to congratulate the winning teams of the 190 Computer Design Challenge!


 Team "Best QUESTern"

Benita Poon, Danny Laurence,  Savannah Vogel, Tom Oeste,   Nick Keninitz

(mentor, Angela Wu)  

 

"Team U.P."

Justin Winslow, Bryan Prince, Anne Gladding, Max Cooper, Melnida Pandiangan 

(mentor, Sophia Wu)

 

Way to go!
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Also, congrats to Justin Huang, whose name appeared in a Capital One ad in Monday's Diamondback. Capital One thanked him for his excellent performance at his summer internship. Great job, Justin!

"Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with 

creating the future." 

-James Bertrand

This week's events
Reminders from last week's TWIQ
QUESTPress Meeting- 10/4
Dr. Bailey's Office Hours
Career Opportunities

Reminders from last week's TWIQ

Last week, we mentioned two events that are actually occurring this week because we wanted to give you advanced notice so you could mark your calendars. 

 

Just a reminder...

Monday, Sept. 26th-

Goldman Sachs Event, 

6:15-7:00pm, 1520 VMH

 

Tuesday, Sept. 27th- 

QUEST to Brazil Information Session, 

6:30-7:30pm, VMH Frank Auditorium

 

If you want more details on these events, please refer back to last week's TWIQ.

QUESTPress Meeting- 10/4

The next QUESTPress meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 4th at 7:00pm in VMH 3332. If you are interested in contributing to this monthly publication, we would love to see you there! 

Dr. Bailey's Office Hours

Dr. Bailey will be cancelling his Wednesday and Thursday office hours this week. If you have any urgent concerns, please contact him via e-mail.

Career Opportunities

IBM Fall Recruiting  

 

Representatives from IBM will be conducting interviews on campus for prospective hires on Thursday, October 14. 

The deadline for resume submission is TODAY, September 26, so if you are interested in securing an interview spot, read on!

 

September 26, 2011  

Resume submission deadlines on Careers4terps, Careers4Engineers or HireSmith

 

October 14, 2011

On-Campus interview date

  

How to apply:  

Step 1:  Submit your resume and cover letter to your Career Services Office 
Step 2:  Submit your online profile and resume at  ibm.com/start/consulting/grads   

 

Job IDs:  
GBS-0423188 - Consultant 
GBS-0423190 - Sys. Integration/Design/Development 
GBS-0423193 - Oracle / SAP

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Accenture 

 

Accenture is recruiting top students and graduates from the University of Maryland to join their consulting teams. Meet the Accenture Recruiting team to learn more about their careers and network with consulting executives.

  

Engineering Information Session

October 4

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Martin Hall

  

Apply via Careers4Terps and Accenture's online recruiting system by October 10. 

 

Key Dates:

Resume Deadline- October 10

First Round Interviews- October 26

Second Round Interviews- October 27

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 UMD Career Fair

 

Interested in obtaining an internship or 

beginning the job search?

 

This annual 3 day event provides students an opportunity to meet face-to-face with employers to discuss internship as well as full-time and part-time employment opportunities. Each day has different employers so students are encouraged to plan ahead. Attendees should dress professionally and bring multiple copies of resumes.

 

When?

September 27th, 28th, and 29th

12:00pm - 5:00pm

 

Where?

STAMP Student Union

 

Click here for a list of registered employers that will be in attendance at this event.