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Nursing association to host homecoming  The MUSC Nursing Alumni Association will celebrate Homecoming 2007 Saturday, March 3 at The Citadel's Holliday Alumni Center.    The event will include an oyster roast, class reunions, presentation of four student scholarships, and the announcement of the Outstanding Alumni Award recipients.   An open house will take place at the College of Nursing from 10 a.m. until noon with a nostalgic visit to CON. Nursing Dean Gail Stuart, Ph.D., and other college representatives will attend.   One of the highlights of the evening will be the charity silent auction for student scholarships. The Alumni Association awards annual student scholarships that are supported by proceeds of the auction. Last year, the auction raised more than $4,000. Parking is available in front and beside the alumni center and across the street at Johnson Hagood Stadium. Some anniversary-year classes are planning individual class activities on Friday or Saturday, as announced to class members. Contact the Alumni Office at 792-7979 or toll free at (800) 202-9306 for further information.   The Nursing Alumni Association was initiated in 1942 as the Graduate Nurses Association.    In 1945 it changed its name to the Alumnae of the School of Nursing of the Medical College of the State of South Carolina. The College of Nursing Alumni Association remains very active with 4,983 members, including 492 full-life members and 368 Golden Graduates. In addition to sponsorship of alumni events and recognition of alumni achievement, members are actively involved in career mentoring for current nursing students. Current officers for the association are: Florence Simmons-president; Ethel Amerson—past-president; Markita Ebersole—president elect; Karlayne Toole—secretary; Karen Rankine—treasurer; Mary Bierman/Rhonda Flynn—membership committee chairpersons; Vickie Hoover-Daniel/Stephanie Chomos—Outstanding Alumnus Award chairpersons; Brenda Gumm-Carey/Kim Harris-Eaton—Nominating Committee chairpersons; Tanya Lott/Jill Barton—members at large.     Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.