Every Journey is a QUEST: Looking Back on Summer 2019
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes Last May, we finished up finals, closed the textbooks, and said goodbye to our...
Category: Study Abroad & Travel
Q30’s Europe Takeover
The chance to pick up, move to another country, and return a few months later without any consequences does not present itself often. Through study abroad comes the opportunity to experience many new cultures...
A QUEST to Japan
Over winter break, QUEST students and faculty learned about quality in a slightly different context. A group of about 25, myself included, embarked on a journey to Japan – a land of tradition, culture,...
Israel Discovered, Lots More Uncovered
Thinking critically, communicating effectively, and developing empathy are important skills to have as students in QUEST. Similarly, Israel Discovered values these abilities as well. Israel Discovered is a trip that takes 25 community leaders...
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...
Where Are QUEST Students Going Over Spring Break?
Every student can agree that we cannot wait for spring break! Spring break is week-long relaxation period from schoolwork, early morning wakeups, and time commitments. This week, I went around QUEST asking students what their...
Springing into a New Setting – QUEST2Spain!
The QUEST2Spain course pioneered this past winter, where 20 students, both from within and outside of the QUEST Honors Program, spent 10 days total between Barcelona and Madrid to learn about design and innovation....
Rou Tzamaras and Andrew Jones (Q26) attend Forbes Under 30 Summit
Rou Tzamaras (senior, mechanical engineering major, international engineering minor, Q26) and Andrew Jones (senior, aerospace engineering major, Q26) both had the recent pleasure of being invited to attend the Forbes Under 30 Summit as U30...
An Inside Look at QUEST2Japan
By: Grace Cha (Q24) This school year for the QUEST2Asia study abroad trip, the program took 21 students to Japan. Japan is known as the birthplace of the total quality management (TQM) movement. Naturally,...
QUEST Entrepreneurs Take Silicon Valley
QUEST’s second annual Silicon Valley trip over spring break provided students with the opportunity to learn about design, innovation, and product and software development processes from firms in the region. This trip offered students...