Three students from the WA School of Mines, Curtin University have been awarded prestigious West Australian Mining Club Scholarships. <\/p>\n
WA School of Mines students were successful in three of the five categories in which they were eligible. <\/p>\n
Third year Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering) student Anis McGowan was presented with the Female Student in a Technical Discipline in the Mining Sector scholarship, while first year Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering) student Elliot Puccinelli was granted the Engineering in the Mining Sector Scholarship.<\/p>\n
The Geology Scholarship was awarded to Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology) second year student Przemyslaw Jakub Cichosz. <\/p>\n
The students each won $10,000 plus mentorship as part of their prize.<\/p>\n
Professor Sam Spearing, Director of the WA School of Mines, congratulated the scholarship recipients and finalists.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is really pleasing to see that of 15 finalists, the WA School of Mines had nine and won three of them,\u201d Professor Spearing said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very proud of all of them and in fact, of all our students.\u201d<\/p>\n
WA Mining Club President Neil Watson said the calibre of the applicants was the best received to date. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe received almost 200 applications, the largest interest so far, and the quality of candidates was exceptional. It was a very competitive year,\u201d Mr Watson said.<\/p>\n
Formed in 1972, the WA Mining Club contributes to the advancement of WA\u2019s mining industry through promoting and encouraging general and technical information as well as knowledge sharing. It offers a number of scholarships annually to encourage students undertaking tertiary studies in the disciplines of environmental science, metallurgy, mining engineering and geology.<\/p>\n
Please visit http:\/\/waminingclub.asn.au\/giving-back\/scholarships\/ for more information on the scholarships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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