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| Better Business Bureau Recognizes CollegiateZone with Winner of Distinction Award |
| Award honors company's achievements and commitment to
overall excellence and quality in the workplace |
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| Houston, TX (May 24, 2010)–
CollegiateZone (CZ) received the 2010 Winner of Distinction Award at the Better
Business Bureau (BBB) Awards for Excellence luncheon held at the
InterContinental Houston. |
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| CollegiateZone is the creator of Topquest
(www.topquest.net) a powerful online tool that streamlines the high school to
college, college to college, or college through college prep/application
process, allowing students to search, match and apply to colleges, funding and
resources. |
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| “Receiving this award is an honor and reflects
the commitment that our team has to promoting higher education and helping more
kids get into college," said Stuart Scandridge, President and Founder of
CollegiateZone. |
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| Topquest is a software tool that automatically matches
students to colleges, scholarships, grants and resources. Detailed results are
based on the student’s personal and academic criteria. Students complete the
one-time, online CZ College Prep Form and use this one application to databank
their information. Used in conjunction with the unique CZ Auto-fill Tool™,
students can apply to multiple colleges with the click of a few buttons, saving
hours. |
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| The BBB Awards for Excellence recognizes businesses
and non-profits for their achievements and commitment to overall excellence and
quality in the workplace. Proceeds from the event help fund the BBB Education
Foundation which educates consumers about scams and fraudulent business
practices in the Greater Houston area. |
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| Katy ISD |
| Katy ISD has joined the CollegiateZone family to offer TOPQUEST to its students. Katy is one of the fastest-growing districts in Texas, with annual enrollment increases of about 6%. The district has six high schools. CollegiateZone welcomes Katy. |
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| Mustang Engineering |
| Mustang Engineering has partnered with CollegiateZone to provide employees with TOPQUEST, a college prep and development service that allows students/parents to search, match and apply to colleges; use the one-time CZ College Prep Form/Auto-fill Tool which auto-fills multiple applications, including the FAFSA Prep Form – saving hours; search for and match to scholarships and grants, and more. The partnership gives employees with high school students access to TOPQUEST for a full year. |
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| Mustang believes in offering its employees benefits that will help them and their families. The partnership shows their commitment to providing a solution to the laborious task of finding and applying to college and finding scholarship dollars. |
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| Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Mustang Engineering provides quality engineering design and project management services to the upstream oil and gas, process plants, pipeline, automation and control and process and industrial industries. |
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| DeSoto School Signs Up for TOPQUEST |
| Desoto High School students will be using CollegiateZone’s TOPQUEST service to search, match and apply to colleges, as well as search for funding. With the web-based system, students will also be able to apply to multiple colleges using the one-time, online CZ Common App and Auto-fill software. |
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| “I am very excited about this service,” said Georgette Felder, DeSoto High School guidance counselor. “As counselors we stay busy – whether we’re advising students on the classes to register for, handling concerns or attending training classes. Having a service like this will allow students to easily search for colleges and scholarships on their own without solely relying on their counselor to find opportunities for them.” |
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| Waller High School Signs Up for TOPQUEST CollegiateZone |
| Waller High School has entered into an agreement with CollegiateZone (CZ). The 2-year contract allows students to use TOPQUEST to search, match and apply to colleges, as well as search for funding. Students also can to apply to multiple colleges using the one-time, online CZ Common App and Auto-fill software. |
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| “We are excited about the alliance with CollegiateZone,” said Kelly Baehren, principal of Waller High School . “Students can begin researching colleges and scholarships earlier and on their own. And, it lets our guidance counselors focus on other responsibilities, like preparing students for college entrance exams.” Waller H.S. guidance counselors participated in a 90-minute training session on May 1. |
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| The agreement adds nearly 1500 students to the CZ system. |
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from the February 04, 2003 edition
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