Article by Dathan Scott (Q18)
Editor’s Note: Over the next few issues, QUESTPress will be having a special Student Profile column. Each month, we will be highlighting 1-2 new members of the QSO board. Enjoy!
Alumni Chair
DULANY WAGNER – Cohort 18
Dulany is a Finance and Accounting major, minoring in Environmental Economics and Policy whose ambition and motivation have driven her to be very successful inside and outside of the classroom. She was a great help in organizing and assisting with the QUEST alumni dinner last year.
Dulany was an active member in the Peer Leadership Council for two years, where she developed and practiced those intangible leadership skills and qualities that great leaders possess. She was also a great teammate and initiator as a member of our BMGT190 team, the Q-Tips! Being the great student that she is, Dulany loves to read textbooks and receiving excellent grades. With that being said, she is an outdoors person, having done fantastic things like biking the coast of Nova Scotia and hiking in the Alaskan backcountry!
As for her new position as alumni chair, Dulany has already brought great ideas for activities and events. Her main goal as alumni chair is to expand the QUEST brand and reputation to make the name of QUEST a stronger selling point for QUEST students during interviews and networking opportunities. In her campaign speech last semester during elections, she expressed, “I want the QUEST name to speak for itself and I want students to be recognized for the contributions they make to such a highly-regarded student program.”
Cohort 18 Champion
MANAS KULKARNI – Cohort 18
President of the American Marketing Association, Pledge Educator for Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, and member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Manas offers a significant amount of knowledge and familiarity about the campus community. He is the only returning member from QSO 2011. He is active and involved in a lot of organizations and also performs very well in the classroom. It is a marvelous spectacle seeing him give a presentation.
Manas is a Marketing and Operations double major who loves food and participates in badminton matches in his spare time. He also has a passion for playing the ukulele, putting this talent to action by posting a “happy birthday” video on Facebook for all his friends on their special day. When asked about QUEST and his goals for QSO this year, he responded, “I think QUEST is the best decision I’ve made as a Terp! I want to make QSO more than just an event-planning organization. We need to be active in the community at community events.”