{"id":6241,"date":"2024-02-08T16:45:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:27:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:27:36","slug":"aim-robert-borgon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/aim-robert-borgon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Robert Borgon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Robert-Borgon-circle-200x200-1.png\" alt=\"Headshot of Dr. Robert Borgon\" class=\"wp-image-6243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Robert-Borgon-circle-200x200-1.png 200w, https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Robert-Borgon-circle-200x200-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As a university, we strive to do our best for our students and provide them with quality courses. The Knights&#8217; Choice Award &#8211; a student nominated award &#8211; recognizes a faculty member that has been selected by a student(s) for not only their use of affordable course materials, but also how their course materials affected the student financially, academically, and perhaps even personally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Robert Borgon, an associate professor in the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, was selected by the Student Government Association (SGA) as the recipient of the 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/digitallearning.ucf.edu\/ilab\/aim\/ucf-aim-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knights&#8217; Choice<\/a> Award. He was nominated by multiple students from his BCH4024 and BSC3403 courses. He has used library-sourced materials and participated in the First Day program for his courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote blockquote-quotation\">\n  <p style=\"font-style: normal;\">Every student I&#8217;ve spoken to has only positive things to say about him.<\/p>\n  <footer class=\"blockquote-footer text-default pt-2\">Ashley Walden, UCF Student Nominator<cite title=\"Source Title\"><\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are a few excerpts from the student nominations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-3f7ed3e3 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none py-4\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve been able to get ahead in class, I&#8217;ve saved money on driving to school since I don&#8217;t have to commute (since he records his lectures on zoom), I [can] tell exactly what he wants us to know for the exam and I can spend time studying on material that I know he wants us to know rather than memorizing pointless things. I think I speak for all of my classmates when I say that he is a breath of fresh air for any pre-med student since he makes his class so efficient and low cost.&#8221;<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><cite class=\"uagb-blockquote__author\">Edwin Rodriguez, Student Nominator<\/cite><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-76b1c376 uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none py-4\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">&#8220;You can tell this professor cares about his students learning the material. He explains things well and is easily accessible if you have questions about the materials.&#8221; <\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><cite class=\"uagb-blockquote__author\">Carolina Rodriguez, Student Nominator<\/cite><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-blockquote uagb-block-80af1f0a uagb-blockquote__skin-border uagb-blockquote__stack-img-none py-4\"><blockquote class=\"uagb-blockquote\"><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__content\">&#8220;Dr. Borgon makes sure that textbooks are optional most of the time by providing homework and materials that offer many opportunities to learn topics without needing a textbook.&#8221;<\/div><footer><div class=\"uagb-blockquote__author-wrap uagb-blockquote__author-at-left\"><cite class=\"uagb-blockquote__author\">Ashley Walden, Student Nominator<\/cite><\/div><\/footer><\/blockquote><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote blockquote-quotation\">\n  <p style=\"font-style: normal;\">It goes to show that students recognize the work that goes into this.<\/p>\n  <footer class=\"blockquote-footer text-default pt-2\">Luci Blanco, SGA Director of Academic Progress<cite title=\"Source Title\"><\/cite><\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Borgon&#8217;s prior research focused on determining the molecular structure, activation, and interactions of proteins involved in cell adhesion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a university, we strive to do our best for our students and provide them with quality courses. 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