Earthmover Credit Union Awards Four College Scholarships Totaling $4,000

Earthmover Credit Union (ECU) awarded four Teen Investment Program (T.I.P.) College Scholarships totaling $4,000 to four local high school students. The tiered scholarships (first place: $2,000, second place: $1,000, third place: $500 and fourth place: $500) were awarded to the following students. The winners were based on outstanding academics and an essay about what financial literacy means to them.  

This year’s winners are:

First place: Owen Miller, Aurora: University of Iowa, mechanical engineering

Second place: Aidan Qitaku, Montgomery: Iowa State University, architecture  

Third place: Thomas O’Driscoll, Aurora: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, civic engineering

Fourth place: Rich Meszaros, St. Charles: Michigan Technological University, construction management