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Hello, QUESTers!
Well, the school year is back in full swing. We hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable summer and are geared up for an exciting year ahead!
In this issue, read about the wonderful time that was had by Cohort 19, the QUEST staff, mentors, and teaching assistants at QUEST Camp last month. Also, learn a bit about what these mentors think about having this new role in our mentor interview article. 490 students also had an exciting and challenging retreat with Accenture this month, and the entire QUEST community is getting adjusted to the new IQ policy regarding event attendance. Students have been taking advantage of the many events QUEST has offered this month, such as the Resume Review event, which you can read about below. We had a great time this month and are excited for the events up ahead in October!
Best,
Kathryn Weiland
QUEST Graduate Assistant
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"This one time, at QUEST Camp..."
Article by Meenu Singh (Q19)
From August 25th to 26th, QUEST Cohort 19 voyaged to Harrisonburg, Virginia to spend a day and a half at the Outdoor Learning Center at Camp Horizons for QUEST New Student Orientation.
The Cohort departed bright and early on the 25th for a two-hour bus ride to the picturesque Shenandoah Mountains. Though the weather was less than perfect, the spontaneous bouts of torrential downpour failed to put a damper on QUEST Camp activities...Read More
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Thoughts from a QUEST Mentor
 Interview conducted by Sophia Wu (Q18)
Angela Wu (Q18), mentor, reflects on her experiences in her new role and what she hopes to convey to the students of Cohort 19.
1. Please introduce yourself and tell us how you became a mentor for Cohort 19.
I'm a Junior in Fire Protection Engineering, and I'm in Cohort 18. I became a mentor this semester because: a) 190H was the most refreshing class I've taken at UMD thus far, and b) my mentors were fabulous and inspired me to follow in their footsteps. Shoutout to Aaron Wertman and Michele Fried!...Read More
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QUEST Senior Retreat with Accenture
Article by Valentine Kravets (Q17)
Upon arriving at the Ronald Reagan Building in D.C. on September 16th, seniors of QUEST's Cohort 17 did not know what to expect of the annual Accenture business retreat. Students shuffled into the Ronald Reagan building, bleary-eyed and dressed in their business professional attire as the Accenture team gathered in the lecture room for their presentation. The meeting between Accenture employees and QUEST students turned into quite an unforgettable experience...Read More
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Life on a Sheet of Paper
 Article by Chul Kwon (Q18)
"We've failed," I said to myself after the results for last year's 190H Computer Challenge were released. Despite the fact that my team's design had a dual-monitor configuration and over-clocked CPU and over-clocked RAMs, my team had placed in second on features and third on performance, ultimately having insufficient scores to win the competition. Furthermore, despite my team's repeated assurance, the audience deemed our computer very unreliable, as they gave us a failing mark on reliability. My team could not believe our eyes and complained about how irrational the audience behaved. It took me weeks to finally figure out what was wrong with my team's product. The problem wasn't in our design, but us...Read More
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New IQ Events Policy
 Article by:
Artem Shvadskiy (Q18) & Vikram Bhandari (Q18)
It's official...mandatory IQ events are a thing of the past. After analyzing the voice of the customer, QUEST Director and Bowtie Extraordinaire Dr. Bailey, along with other members of the Quality Guild, has decided to rethink his approach to these activities. The events will continue, make no mistake of that. Now, however, instead of being confined by the bounds of an LE (Learning Event) or CE (Community Event), QUEST events will have a larger community focus with an emphasis on innovative ways of bringing QUEST together. This shift involves taking the co-curricular component out from the LE events and putting them into the 190, 390, and 490 curricula...Read More
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