Oswego, IL – Earthmover Credit Union (ECU) recently awarded four Teen Investment Program college scholarships totaling $4000 to four local high school students.  The tiered scholarships (1st Place: $2000, 2nd Place: $1000, 3rd Place: $500, and a 4th Place: $500) were awarded to these four students.  The winners were based on outstanding academics, extracurricular involvement, and an essay about an experience from their life and how it influenced their development.

This year’s winners are:

1st Place: Caitlin Guist , Oswego IL: State University of Iowa, Nursing

2nd Place: Audrey Dyer, Aurora, IL: Wake Forest University, Economics

3rd Place: Jared Pavlick, Oswego, IL: University of Michigan, Biomedical Engineering

4th Place: Elizabeth Uhrhammer, Aurora, IL: Drake University, Actuarial Science

The Earthmover Credit Union Board of Directors and staff wish them the best as they pursue their studies.

Pictured L to R: Jared Pavlick, Audrey Dyer, Noreen Wilkerson (ECU Interim CEO): Caitlin Guist, Elizabeth Uhrhammer

Earthmover Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit, full service banking institution that has been serving the community for over 60 years.  Membership is available to anyone living or working in Kendall, DuPage, Kane, DeKalb, LaSalle, Grundy, and Will counties and their families.  As a not-for-profit organization, ECU returns its earnings to its members through lower loan rates and higher savings rates.  ECU currently provides banking services to over 28,000 members at its six branch offices, located in Yorkville, Oswego, Aurora, Montgomery, North Aurora, and a student-run branch in Oswego High School.  For more information, please contact Earthmover Credit Union at 630.844.4950 or visit www.earthmovercu.com.