Megan Okkonen (right) received the Illawarra Retirement Trust Gerontic Prize. Also pictured are the Dean of the Division of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Professor Patrick Crookes and Mary Carroll from the Illawarra Retirement Trust

April Ash was one of the Dean’s Merit List recipients pictured with her proud parents Wayne and Pauline Ash

Sian Morton was the recipient of the Illawarra Police Nursing Medal. She is pictured with the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Professor Don Iverson; Dean of the Division of Health and Behavioural Sciences, Professor Patrick Crookes; Superintendent Wayne Dedden; and the Associate Head of Nursing, Angela Brown