{"id":2069,"date":"2018-06-06T09:02:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T09:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/dr-susan-agolini-receives-marymount-university%c2%92s-outstanding-faculty-award\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T19:41:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T19:41:40","slug":"dr-susan-agolini-receives-marymount-university%c2%92s-outstanding-faculty-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/dr-susan-agolini-receives-marymount-university%c2%92s-outstanding-faculty-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Susan Agolini Receives Marymount University\u0092s Outstanding Faculty Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr. Susan Agolini received the Robert A. Draghi Outstanding Faculty Award during Marymount University\u0092s Recognition Day awards ceremony on Saturday, May 19. An annual commencement weekend tradition, the award is presented by the graduating seniors to a faculty member who demonstrates teaching excellence, contributes to strengthening the overall university community and supports Marymount\u0092s mission and \u0093students come first philosophy.\u0094 <\/p>\n
It\u0092s named for Dr. Robert A Draghi, professor of philosopy and dean of Marymount\u0092s School of Arts and Sciences, who was a member of Marymount\u0092s faculty from 1961-2003. Draghi was known for his kindness, collegiality, dedication to his discipline and \u0097 above all \u0097 his abiding concern for students.<\/p>\n
\u0093I\u0092m so honored by this award, which took me completely by surprise,\u0094 said Agolini, who just completed her third year as the Clare Boothe Luce assistant professor of biology and physical sciences at Marymount.<\/p>\n
\u0093Dr. Agolini truly epitomizes what it means to be a compassionate mentor and source of support for each of her students,\u0094 said Brenna Cook \u009218. \u0093Her selfless commitment to her students, inside and outside of the classroom, as well as her enthusiasm for the field of science is truly unmatched.\u0094<\/p>\n
Cook praised Agolini for returning to campus during evenings and weekends to both help students and participate in campus events. Agolini served as Cook\u0092s honors thesis mentor and the two founded Food For Thought, a student-run organization that aims to alleviate local food insecurity and promote sustainable living through urban agriculture.<\/p>\n
The group has volunteered at St. Andrews Episcopal Church garden and worked with Arlington Friends of Urban Agriculture. This year it built raised garden beds on campus to raise produce for the Arlington Food Assistance Center, and started a chapter of the Food Recovery Network to donate prepared-but-unused food from Marymount\u0092s dining hall to the Arlington Street Peoples Assistance Network.<\/p>\n
\u0093Food For Thought is still actively seeking volunteers throughout the summer, so please reach out to them if you are interested!\u0094Agolini suggested.<\/p>\n