Cargill Awards $18,000 in Scholarships to 2015 Newark Memorial High School Grads

NEWARK, CA -- Cargill has awarded 12 Newark Memorial High School graduating seniors a total of $18,000 in college scholarships through Cargill’s Claire Lopez Memorial Scholarship Program.

Winners were:

$4000 Tanzeela Khan

$3000 Rijul Narang

$2000 Karina Castillo

$1000 Shaina Mae Esquejo, Edgar Loza, Maralgoo Namjil, Corey Ng, Michael Ng, Marina Raie, Mariana Rangel-Castrejon, Alexis Ureno, and Alexa Garcia-Contreras.

Since initiating the Claire Lopez Memorial Scholarship program with a single grant of $1000 in 1999, Cargill has given $115,500.  In recent years, scholarships have been reserved for STEM majors.  Applicants are judged by a committee of Cargill employees on the basis of grades, extra-curricular activities, community service, essay, recommendations and financial need.

Cargill provides food, agriculture, financial, and industrial products and services to the world. Together with farmers, customers, governments and communities, we help people thrive by applying our insights and 150 years of experience.  We have 152,000 employees in 67 countries who are committed to feeding the world in a responsible way, reducing environmental impact, and improving the communities where we live and work.  Locally, Cargill employs 200 union and management workers at its Newark plant, producing 500,000 tons of salt each year to supply food, agriculture and industry in the Western United States.