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Joseph Goodwin
Ball State students use Quest to identify majors, classes and careers appropriate for them. The primary audience is students who are undecided about their majors or who have no idea where their majors can lead them professionally. A secondary audience is prospective students, who can learn more about Ball State programs that match their interests.
In the fall of 2003, the Career Center was invited to create a technology project to help students connect with majors and to help increase retention. Studies show that students who connect with majors and who have educational and career goals are more likely to graduate than those who are undecided.
"We expect Quest to help students make those decisions and to be more successful in college," said Joseph Goodwin, assistant director of the Career Center and leader of the Quest development team. "The NACE Excellence Award recognizes Quest's contributions to student development."
The project was developed over the last year by the Career Center with assistance from University Communications and University Computing Services, support from University College and a Lilly Endowment grant. The site has averaged 2,000 users and 25,000 page hits a month since it was introduced Aug. 20.
Founded in 1956, NACE is the leading source of information for career services practitioners on college campuses who advise students and alumni in career development and the employment process, and for human resources professionals who recruit and hire college graduates. NACE represents the interests of more than 1,800 college career services offices at four-year, two-year, technical, and graduate schools and more than 1,900 HR/staffing functions in business, industry, nonprofit organizations and government.
