The QUEST to Appian World
Catching up with QUEST alumni is always an interesting opportunity. Learning more about the path they’ve followed since they were in the same shoes as us current students is incredibly valuable, as they provide...
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Spring 2019 Senior Send-Off
We’re at the most bittersweet part of the year. Our seniors are graduating, moving on from our bubble of College Park and off to take on the real world. With that said, I got...
Q29 Takes the QUEST Conference
On May 9, 2019, Cohort 29 took the stage to present their achievements in 490H, demonstrating mastery of all the skills and talents they have developed during their time in QUEST. The concepts and...
Student Charles Grody Tackles Water Conservation with Startup Company Hydraze
“This may sound a little weird, but have you ever experienced a phantom flush?” When Charles Grody (Q29) first asked me this sophomore year, I actually started to laugh! All I could think of...
Student Adith Thummalapalli Leads the QUEST to Improve Campus Accessibility
My name is Adith Thummalapalli, and I’m a Mechanical Engineering major in Q30! Recently, I helped publish a report outlining accessibility issues and barriers for students with disabilities on campus, called the Campus Accessibility...
QUESTech Hosts First QCombinator
For the first time in QUEST history, student org QUESTech held its very own QCombinator. Spearheaded by Dan Selzer (Q28) and Akshay Guthal (Q27), the QCombinator was a design challenge that allowed for past...
Ice Cream, Spice, and Everything Nice: Ori Zohar, Q12
There is a certain comfort in planning, in mapping out your future in exquisite detail. However, it is impossible for such a plan to account for the surprises of reality, to incorporate the arbitrary...
QUEST Takes Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is known for its tech innovation, engineering culture, and startup ecosystem, but to QUEST students, it’s also known as the destination for the annual spring break trip. Each year, a group of...
QUEST Welcomes Q33 & Q34
After reviewing 280 applications and interviewing 150+ students this February and March, QUEST welcomed 90 new students to Cohorts 33 and 34! I got a chance to speak with a few of them: Jack...
Worlds Collide Again Between QUEST & ODK
QUEST is excited to announce that yet again our students and staff have been inducted into the University of Maryland’s Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Sigma Circle National Leadership Honors Society. Congratulations to staff member...
QUEST Students Selected for NewDay USA Leadership Awards
On March 1, 2019, finalists were chosen for the NewDay USA Student Leadership Awards offered by the Ed Snider Center for Enterprise and Markets in collaboration with NewDay USA. Among the finalists were five...