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Georgia Gwinnett College’s (GGC) 2025 Top Claw Award recognizes 10 outstanding faculty and staff members whose dedication and service have made a lasting impact on students, their teams and our campus community. Each recipient embodies GGC’s core values of integrity, excellence, accountability and respect. 

The college honored this year’s award recipients on campus at a recognition celebration Thursday, Nov. 13. Top Claw honorees were nominated by their peers or students, making this award especially meaningful for each recipient. They each received an award memento and a reserved parking spot on campus for one year. Listed below are this year’s Top Claw recipients. Let’s celebrate their accomplishments!

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Michael Gurley headshot
Michael Gurley, director of Wellness and Recreation
Dr. Rebecca Cooper headshot
Dr. Rebecca Cooper, director of Academic Assessment
Emile Phommavongsy headshot
Emile Phommavongsy, Internationalization program specialist
Leslie Wilson headshot
Leslie Wilson, library operations and community engagement manager
Asad Ahmad Khan
Asad Ahmad Khan, lecturer, information technology
Dr. Pamela Smiths headshot
Dr. Pamela Smith, assistant professor of curriculum and instruction
Anubha Mittal
Anubha Mittal, lecturer of information technology
Jawaun Rogers
Jawaun Rogers, associate director of Student Life
Mandi Sena headshot
Mandi Sena, instructor of English
Heather Bjorensen headshot
Heather Bjorensen, assistant director of Admissions operations