Top Dawg Award

About Top Dawg

The Top Dawg Award was created for GWU to promote excellence and to provide visible recognition of exceptionally consistent and superior performance of GWU Staff.

Eligible Employees: All full-time and part-time administrative and staff employees who have been employed for more than 2 years at GWU, are eligible for Top Dawg.  Prior recipients are not eligible to be considered for a Top Dawg award until 3 years have passed. 

Criteria for Nominees:  

  • The staff member has consistently demonstrated exceptional performance and remarkable proficiency in his/her assigned duties;
  • The staff member has demonstrated hospitality and has been active in promoting a pleasant and positive work environment.
  • The staff member made a significant contribution towards the achievement and mission of GWU.

How Staff will be recognized for Top Dawg:

  • Faculty, Staff and Students can nominate a staff member by filling out the survey provided through Qualtrics. (Employees may not nominate themselves.)
  • A link to the survey will be sent out to Faculty, Staff and Students at the beginning of each semester to nominate a staff member.
  • Top Dawg nominations will be compiled and chosen by the staff recognition committee.  If a Staff Recognition committee members is nominated for Top Dawg, then he/she will not have a vote in selecting Top Dawg recipients.  If majority of the Staff Recognition committee is nominated, then it will be turned over to the staff council to vote.
  • Two staff members will be selected and recognized each fall and spring semester.
  • Each “Top Dawg” recipient will receive $100.00 gift card/certificate to the Campus Shop and a plaque.
  • The recipients will be featured on our website including any other social-media outlets as our Top Dawg(s) for the semester.

Past Winners

Spring 2025
Erica Phillips – Office Manager, Graduate Studies
Carrie Baker – Director of Academic Services for Student-Athletes

Fall 2024
Ben Flournoy – Coordinator of the Learning Resource Center
Kimberly Ledbetter – Post Office Associate

Spring 2024
Robin Hamrick – Associate VP for Business & Finance
Kevin Jones – Assistant AD for Athletic Training

Fall 2023
Sherri Jackson – Associate Registrar
Hope Saunders – Assistant Director of Student Engagement

Spring 2023
Pam Scruggs – Senior Associate Athletics Director
Susan Jenkins – Clinical Site Specialist for Nurse Practitioner Programs

Fall 2022
Linda Lee – Administrative Assistant, Music and Social Sciences
Molly Allison – Director of Admissions

Spring 2022
Steve Harrington – Circulation Manager
Jessika Raduly – Associate Director of Student Engagement

Fall 2021
Drew Powell – Business Services Manager
Debbie Hill – Administrative Assistant College of Arts & Sciences

Spring 2021
Marie Davis – Coordinator of Undergraduate Nursing Admissions
Amy Revis – Secretary for Mathematical & Natural Sciences

Fall 2020
Ashley Chapman – Administrative Assistant, Psychology/Counseling, Religious Studies & World Languages
Mavia Lee – Assistant Vice President for Digital Learning

Awardees were nominated by faculty, staff, and students by completing a survey through Qualtrics.