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May 18, 2020
THREE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AWARDED SOUTH32 STEM SCHOLARSHIP
Three Santa Cruz County high school graduating seniors were recently recognized by South32 for
showing a strong academic performance and for their plans to study science, technology, engineering
or math (STEM).
German Cabello of Rio Rico High School, Arriana Tovar of Patagonia Union High School, and Juan
Arvizu of Nogales High School each received the South32 Hermosa STEM Scholarship. They were
chosen by an independent selection committee that reviewed their scholarship application essays earlier this month.
The South32 Hermosa STEM Scholarship is a one-time $2,500 scholarship awarded to local college bound seniors with a 3.0 or higher GPA and an expressed desire to major in a STEM-related field.
“STEM skills have always been critical to the world but are poised to be ever more important in the future business landscape, across all industries and sometimes in unexpected ways,” says Pat Risner,
president of the Hermosa Project near Patagonia. “We want to help students pursuing their dreams in
these fields and see them flourish. Our support of their pursuit is rooted in our purpose of improving
people’s lives now and for generations to come.”
ENDS
About South32
South32 is a globally diversified mining and metals company. We produce bauxite, alumina, aluminium,
energy and metallurgical coal, manganese, nickel, silver, lead and zinc at our operations in Australia,
Southern Africa and South America. We are also the owner of the Hermosa Project a high-grade zinc,
lead and silver development option, and have several partnerships with junior explorers with a focus on base metals. Our purpose is to make a difference by developing natural resources, improving people’s lives now and for generations to come, and to be trusted by our owners and partners to realise the potential of their resources.
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