Each year, the Hoskins Lithgow Scholarship offers an amount of up to $30,000 to a Lithgow local government area resident under the age of 26 to assist with a tertiary course of study. 

Once again, the Trustees found it too difficult to choose a single winner from the strong field of contenders.

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Jarrad and Arie both attended Lithgow High School – Jarrad completed his HSC in 2016 and Arie in 2017.

Arie moved to Lithgow and started at Lithgow High School in 2014. He quickly became involved in many aspects of his new school, volunteering as a maths tutor and representing the school in debating and at the Festival of Speech.

He was selected as a student adviser to assist with the planning and organising of school events and acted as a role model for younger students at those events. He was also chosen to represent the school at the Student Leadership Conference at Parliament House in Sydney in 2017.

With two other members of the leadership group, Arie provided feedback and advice on aspects of the successful “Expect Respect” anti-bullying policy and its implementation, ensuring it was tailored to the school environment.

Outside school, he has assisted as a volunteer at Maranatha Campsite which runs holiday programs for young people as well as assisting youth at risk.

His diligent work ethic earned him strong academic results and an offer from the University of Newcastle to study his chosen course - Bachelor of Development Studies/Bachelor of Business where his studies will include topics such as aboriginal studies, sociology, economics, politics and environmental studies.  .

At this stage, he would like to use his degree to work in policy development.  He sees himself working initially at local government level as a policy maker or advisor. Arie’s long term goal is to be a senior policy maker within the state or federal government.

Jarrad was Dux of the school in 2016 and received numerous prestigious awards for his academic achievements. He was also elected as a prefect.

Throughout his high school years, he was involved in a number of activities at the school including – volunteering as a maths tutor, the Press Club, school musicals and various fundraising activities.

Jarrad is a keen swimmer and represented the school and the western area in swimming at the State carnival for a number of years. He has been a volunteer swimming instructor at the Lithgow Aquatic Centre and continues to work there part-time during university holidays as a life guard and a swimming instructor. 

In 2017, Jarrad commenced his degree in Medicine at the University of NSW in the Rural Medicine Program.

Inspired by a visit to the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) while still at school, Jarrad is interested in nuclear medicine and its ability to assist in the treatment of cancer. As a student in the Rural Medicine Program, his aim is to use the skills and experience he will gain from his studies and practical training to give back to rural communities.

The Trustees offer their warmest congratulations to Arie and Jarrad and would also like to thank all the other students who submitted detailed and impressive applications for the 2018 scholarship.

The Trustees are looking forward to meeting the applicants for the 2019 scholarship in September this year. Applications for the 2019 scholarship open on Monday, July 16, 2018.  

Further details regarding the scholarship and the application process are available on the Hoskins Lithgow Scholarship website.