To the members of QUEST,

The semester is winding down and finals are around the corner. We're just about done for the year, but here's some things that we'd like you to know about (particularly the first thing!)

ESAC Recognition Award
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Queer Undergraudates in Engineering, Science and Technology was recognized on April 13th, 2009 as the Engineering Student Activities Council group of the year! QUEST was "recognized because of their status as a relatively new club and their excellence in the running of their organization." The board would like to take this time to thank all those who were able to put forth their time and energy into this organization. We would especially like to thank the professionals, students, advisers and most importantly our general body for taking this organization from a vision of a couple of students and turning it into the continually expanding group that we are today. In the future we hope to continue working with an excellent group of students to create meaningful programming and tangible change on campus.

See the attached picture of our award!
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National Day Of Silence
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The National Day of Silence brings attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools. Each year the event has grown, now with hundreds of thousands of students coming together to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior.

Come now and join ALLIES for UPenn's day of Silence!  It will occur on April 22. Show your support and take a vow of silence and get a free T-Shirt to wear on the day of silence! T-shirts can be found this week on the walk or in the LGBT center. The breaking of the silence will be at 6 in the LGBT center. Come join us and listen to spoken word or read a piece that you have written!
 
If you have any questions or concerns feel free to e-mail Eliza Chute (elizach@sas.upenn.edu).
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