QUEST Honors Program
This Week In QUEST... 

QUEST Honors Program

October 24-28, 2011 

QUEST Shout-outs 

A big thank-you goes to the QUEST Recruiting Team for all of their hard work and dedication in getting the word out about QUEST to prospective Q20 members. Way to go, team!

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Speaking of the QUEST Recruiting Team, congrats goes out to Danny Laurence and Shirley Han, who were elected to serve as the new Q19 recruitment representatives! Nice work!

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Also, a big congratulations goes out to "Team QUEST Formal?", the winning team at QUEST Bowling last Thursday! They also happen to be the winning team from last year's bowling event. Great job Garrett Wenger, Jay Vogel, Mike Hamilton, and Ben Bulka! Make sure to stop by the QUEST office to pick up your prizes!

Guests this week

QUEST would like to extend a big welcome to Debbie Feinberg (Q1), who will be serving as a guest lecturer in the mentor's class on Tuesday.

 

We are also thrilled to have representatives from IBM visiting in 490 this Wednesday. 

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!



(To add calendars, open the link and click the "Google calendar" icon on the bottom right to link to your calendar.)

"The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go."

- Helen Prejean

This week's events
QUESTPress Meeting- 11/1
Prospective Student Info Session- 10/24
QUEST Tailgate- Request your ticket!
QUEST Formal Volunteers Needed
Last call for Brazil- 10/29
QUEST Electives- Spring 2012
Maryland Leadership Conference
Register for FIA at UMD!

QUESTPress Meeting- 11/1 

Do you enjoy attending QUEST events? 

Do you like talking with QUEST students, staff, and alumni? 

 

If so, you should consider writing an article 

for November's issue of QUESTPress!

 

Attend the next meeting to find out more details.

 

When?

Tuesday, November 1st

7:00pm

 

Where?

VMH Room 3332

 

Bring your friends to help brainstorm ideas and discuss current and future QUEST events. Food will be provided.  

Prospective Student Info Session- 10/24

The QUEST Recruiting Team will be holding an information session tonight, October 24th from 6:30-8:00 p.m in VMH1511

 

Make sure you spread the word today to any interested freshmen, and feel free to come and share your QUEST experiences with prospective students.

QUEST Tailgate- Request your ticket!

Are you planning on attending the QUEST student-alumni tailgate on November 5th?

 

Request tickets now - student ticket request ends tomorrow.

 

 

Look for us in Lot PP*. We'll be at the bottom of the steps leading up to the Comcast center with a QUEST banner.

Event hosted by QUEST Alumni Board. 

QUEST Formal Volunteers Needed

Attention QUESTers attending QUEST Formal!

 

QSO is looking for volunteers to assist with set up and clean up for the upcoming QUEST Formal on November 3. 

 

Volunteers would need to arrive 1 hour before the event (6:30 p.m.) to help arrange last minute details of the event. The clean up team would only need to stay 30-40 minutes after the event to take down d�cor etc. 

 

QSO members, along with Kate Hartinger and Sara Bleistein, have been working very hard to organize this event, so show them your appreciation by signing up to pitch in!

 

If you think you can help, please e-mail 

Kate (Q17, [email protected]) 

or 

Sara (Q19, [email protected]

by Monday October 31.  

Last call for Brazil- 10/29

We are so excited to have an amazing group of students signed up for the QUEST to Brazil trip this winter! The staff has been extremely busy planning many exciting events and excursions, and we know everyone who is signed up will have a fabulous time in January.

 

If you've been kicking yourself for not registering by the cutoff date, we have good news! Our travel partner has recently notified us that they are willing to open one or two additional spots for interested students. Therefore, we are doing an absolute LAST CALL for any interested students to join us in Brazil.

 

You have until Friday, October 29th to let us know if you want in on this amazing trip! 

 

If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Melanie Ashton at [email protected] as soon as possible. 

QUEST Electives- Spring 2012

The following QUEST electives are being offered for Spring 2012:

 

*ARHU390: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Quality

 

BMGT332: Operations Research For Management Decisions 

 

BMGT385: Operations Management

 

*BMGT/ENES390H: Systems Thinking for Managerial Decision Making 

 

BMGT434: Introduction to Optimization 

 

*BMGT438Q: Special Topics in Operations Management: Non-Profit Consulting Practicum  

*BMGT468Q: Special Topics in Management and Organization: Social Ventures Consulting Practicum

 
BMGT485: Project Management

 

BMGT487F: Six Sigma Innovation

  

BMGT498Q: Special Topics in Business and Management: Success and Failure - Building a Winning Team

 

CMSC434: Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction

 

ENCE320: Introduction to Project Management   

 

ENES462: Marketing High-Technology Products and Innovations 

 

ENES465: Entrepreneurial Design Thinking

   

ENES489P: Special Topics in Engineering: Hands-on Systems Engineering Projects   

 

ENME489B: Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: Six Sigma Strategy and Methods

 

*Indicates a QUEST-only course.

 

All of the courses above are worth 3 credits. Please visit Testudo to check the course descriptions and any additional course restrictions. 

Maryland Leadership Conference

Maryland Leadership Conference:

Unstoppable Leadership Starts Here!

 

Please consider joining the 33rd annual Maryland Leadership Conference November 5th and 6th. UMD is host to the first leadership conference on a college campus in the country and we're building on more than three decades of success!

 

When:

Saturday, November 5th- Sunday, November 6th  

Where:

Skycroft Conference Center, Middletown, Maryland
(Transportation is included!)

 

The Maryland Leadership Conference is a weekend retreat experience open to all students.  Participants explore various dimensions of leadership and learn more about the process of engaging in leadership for social change. The conference is focused on strengths-based approaches to leadership and the content will transform one's thinking about how to create change.  Students will have the opportunity to complete the Gallup Organization's StrengthsQuest instrument, learn more about one's top 5 strengths, connect with other students on campus, enhance one's leadership skills, all while enjoying the sites and surroundings of the beautiful conference center.


 Registration deadline is Monday, Oct. 31 at 5:00pm.
 Registration & Information at www.thestamp.umd.edu/mlc 
Register for FIA at UMD!

Register for the Future of Information Alliance

 

Leading innovators from Google, Microsoft and Twitter will be featured in four important campus events the week of Nov. 14-18 to mark the launch of the Future of Information Alliance, a campus-wide initiative at the University of Maryland.

 

These two-hour events are open to the entire campus community and will also feature more than a dozen distinguished faculty members whose widely diverse areas of expertise -- from entrepreneurship and digital art to food safety and the Arab Spring -- intersect around a common
theme: the challenges and opportunities at hand and ahead for contemplating the role of information in our lives and our world.

Space is limited -- so avoid delay in registering if you would like to attend. Details and registration are available at http://www.fia.umd.edu