QSocial is one of QUEST’s exciting and community-driven clubs. They take on the task of planning and hosting all of our social events to bring our close-knit community together. From tailgates to happy hours, QSocial knows how to show our QUESTees a fun time. I talked to the current QSocial lead Abby Bond to reflect on QSocial’s events this semester and what we can look forward to next semester.
Abby Bond is a senior Bioengineering major in Cohort 37 and has been the QSocial lead since her sophomore year. She finds her favorite part of being lead is a tie between all the connections she’s made with QUESTees and members of other QUEST organizations and seeing QSocial events bond others together. She said, “It’s extremely rewarding to give back to the QUEST community and help others foster those friendships and memories that have made me love QUEST so much.” She has found the most challenging part of being lead is getting students involved during the post-COVID slump and trying to rebuild that togetherness pre-COVID students experienced. Abby has brought a lot of great changes to QSocial including revitalizing the Big/Little program and growing the organization to be three times bigger than when she started.
QSocial has had a busy semester putting on so many fun events including Big/Little Kickoff, Welcome Back Mocktails, the Homecoming Tailgate, and Friendsgiving. They don’t plan to slow down next semester either! Classic events like QUEST Formal will be back in the spring along with some new mystery events like the Welcome Back Event. There will also be an alumni dinner and an end-of-the-year picnic. While Bond has a love for all of the events, she found the tailgate to be her favorite because “it’s a wonderful combination of current students, the Quality Guild, alumni, and great times. Plus you can’t really beat fresh caramel apples!” She’s looking forward to passing on her legacy to new co-leads Rohan Gudwani, Cohort 42, and Anna Fulton, Cohort 42. She’s also excited for QUEST Formal to come back.
QSocial is integral to the close community and network we value as part of the QUEST program. Bond has put so much time and energy into making it an amazing organization, and we are looking forward to the work the new co-leads will do. Thanks QSocial!