Introducing QUESTudo: A Proud Member of the QUEST Community

Article by Ehson Kashfipour (Q19)

Everything we do in QUEST is team-based, from classwork to projects to designing our first inter-cohort T-shirt. The idea for a t-shirt that could be worn by all QUEST students (as opposed to the various colors of cohort shirts) was initially proposed by the QUEST Student Organization (QSO) earlier this year. Once the Quality Guild announced the need for great design ideas from QUEST members, students put their creativity to work.

Over several weeks, a number of great designs were submitted and fellow classmates offered their input on each design to make them even better. On October 10, 2011 during the QUEST Ambassador’s meeting, the renowned Reeta Francis (Q17) suggested the idea of putting our school mascot, Testudo, on a purple shirt, dubbing the name “QUESTudo”. It was from here that the design for our new shirt originated.

An original mock-up was drafted later that week, but it took more contributions from fellow QUEST students and staff to create a fun yet professional design. Of course, the idea of a polka dotted bow-tie on QUESTudo was in the mix, but eventually discarded. On October 26, the newest T-shirt design was put to the test of how many “likes” it would earn on the QUEST Facebook page. After being embraced by the entire QUEST community, the design was submitted and approved by the Quality Guild.

As a member of the youngest cohort, I, as with my fellow classmates, am honored and grateful to be a part of the QUEST community and have the desire to give back. We see contributions being made by different students, each utilizing their own expertise and prowess to enhance the QUEST experience. Having had six months of training using Adobe Photoshop as a marketing intern under my belt, I felt it was my turn to show my gratefulness and love for QUEST.

QUEST is a community and everything we do is community-based. The design and production of our new inter-cohort T-shirt resembled that both in the process as well as in the design itself. The QUESTudo design is symbolic of the individuals who make the QUEST community what it is everyday- professional, but most importantly, lots of fun. Be on the lookout for QUESTudo on campus in the very near future!

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