On November 5th, the WVU School of Nursing Alumni Association held their annual banquet and class reunions at the Pines Country Club in Morgantown. The banquet concluded with the presentation of the 2004 Alumna of the Year award to Sam Cotton, MS, CANP, Class of 1984. This was followed by the announcement of the selection of the Honorary Alumna, Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/NPP, FAAN, FNAP.

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Sandra (Sam) Cotton, Class of 1984 "2004 Alumna of the Year"	Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, Class of 1979 "Honorary Alumna for 2004"
Bernadette Melnyk & Denise Liston, Alumni Association President, with Honorary Alumni plaque	Sam Cotton with Alumni of the Year plaque to which her name has been added & Denise Liston
Mary Jane Smith & Marti-Lou Workman Glover, Class of 1964, reminisces her days as an SON student.	Dean Martin, Sam Cotton, Bernadette Melynk & Dr. Robert D'Alessandri (Vice President, Health Sciences Center)
Dean E. Jane Martin	Dean Martin, Sam Cotton & Lois Evans, Class of 1965 and 1995's Distinguished Alumnus.
Sam Cotton & Karen McKay	Family of Bernadette Mazuek Melnyk