A NOTE FROM THE DEANS We are proud to have the QUEST Honors Program at the University of Maryland. Each year, QUEST admits some of the best and brightest business, engineering, and science undergraduate students at the University of Maryland. As these students advance in their majors over the next three years, QUEST gives these students an opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in realword problems that span the three disciplines. Over the span of the last 28 years, QUEST has continued to innovate and improve on this mission. As a result, QUEST students are among the most successful and engaged alumni. As deans of the three colleges whose students participate in QUEST, we often use QUEST as a role model for multidisciplinary and experiential learning. In spite of some of the challenges our students, staff, and faculty faced this year because of the pandemic, QUEST students found new and innovative ways to learn and collaborate. As we in higher education consider how the University of Maryland must adapt to new learning environments, QUEST serves as an example of what we can and should be doing to prepare our students for a lifetime of success. Thank you to all of the students, alumni, staff, faculty, corporate partners, parents, and benefactors who have contributed to the success of QUEST. We look forward to your continued participation in the future!
Ritu Agarwal Interim Dean, Robert H. Smith School of Business
Robert Briber Interim Dean, A. James Clark School of Engineering
Amitabh Varshney Dean, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
Annual Report 2020
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