Lauren Filocco (Q17) did not always see herself operating a Barre Studio out of College Park, MD. If you had asked her about her plans for the near future a couple years earlier, she might have expressed interest in moving up the pipeline at McCormick
QUEST Students and Alumni Meet for a Night of Bowling
By: Olivia Wolcott (Q30) QUEST Corporate’s Bowling with Professionals Event took place on April 16th at Lucky Strike in DC. The event consisted of casual networking between QUEST students and alumni in a fun environment. Alumni represented companies
QUEST Well Represented at Innovate Maryland
On April 11th, 2018, The Academy for Innovation & Entrepreneurship hosted their annual Innovate Maryland event. The event recognizes innovative and entrepreneurial students from across campus and almost 30 QUEST students were nominated for this year’s
Dr. Suarez’s Book featured in The Washington Post Bestseller’s List
Recently, Professor J. Gerald Suarez was featured in the Washington Post Bestseller’s List for his book Leader of One. In the era of “analytics,” Dr. Suarez reminds us of the wisdom in the maxim, Not everything that counts can be counted, and
Cohort 27’s Final Presentations
All the quality tools, design thinking skills, data analysis mastery, and consulting prowess QUEST students accumulate over their time in college is eventually displayed for all to see at the QUEST Conference. On May 3rd, 2018, students of Cohort 27 put
Goodbye and Good Luck to our QUESTPress Seniors
Another year here at UMD is coming to a close and so naturally, we are losing some of our seniors to the real world. While we wish them the best, we also wish we had more time to learn from them and share more memories and laughs. With this said, QUESTPress
A Sneak Preview of Alumnus Yash Mehta’s New Podcast!
Yash Mehta (Q22) began his own podcast to commemorate the beginning of 2018. While it’s still at its infancy, Yash has sights on expanding the podcast to feature even more “influencers, as the podcast name, The Great Influencers, suggests. At the
Noah Vernick Selected for NewDay USA Character Driven Leadership Award
QUEST student Noah Vernick (Q28) was recently selected for an award through New DayUSA for his efforts and leadership within the club, D4 Athletics, that he has been pioneering this past academic year. I had the chance to sit down with him to get his
Zack Khan Selected as KPCB Fellow
Congratulations to Zack Khan, CMNS student and member of Cohort 29, for his acceptance into the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) Fellows Program! KPCB is a national venture capital firm headquartered in Silicon Valley that specializes in investments
QUEST Students Study Design in Silicon Valley Over Spring Break
Spring break means many fun trips for students in college, and for some of our QUEST students, it meant a trip to California’s Silicon Valley. On this trip, our students got to explore some Fortune 500 companies and startups to see how QUEST themes