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Iva Mae Blaum Trust Scholarship
Available for Nursing and Agriculture students
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[February 05, 2025]
LINCOLN, IL – Heartland Bank and Trust Company
has announced applications are being accepted for the 2025 Iva Mae
Blaum Trust Scholarship. This scholarship is available to Logan
County residents who are graduating high school seniors pursuing a
bachelor’s degree in agriculture or nursing.
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scholarship, given in memory of Arthur B. Blaum and Iva Mae Blaum,
is a renewable award designed to fill the gap between billed tuition
and any other scholarships or grants awarded to the student. Each
semester’s award may not exceed the base tuition rate at the
University of Illinois, Champaign. The scholarship is paid directly
to the student’s chosen institution of higher education and is
renewable up to eight semesters if the student continues to pursue
an agriculture or nursing degree, completes 12 or more credit hours
per semester and maintains at least a 3.0 GPA.
Iva Mae Blaum was a graduate of Deaconess Hospital of Lincoln and
retired from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in 1985 after 46
years of service.
Applications for the 2025 Iva Mae Blaum Scholarship
are available from local high school guidance at Lincoln Community
High School, Mt. Pulaski High School, Hartsburg Emden High School
and Olympia High School. Or students may request an application via
email from Marty Orris at mjorris@hbtbank.com or by calling
309-664-8921.
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Only electronic submissions will
be accepted this year. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on
Friday, March 7, 2025. Applications and essays must be submitted
in PDF format and emailed to Marty Orris, vice president and
senior wealth advisor.
Heartland Bank and Trust Company is a community bank with total
assets of $5 billion. Headquartered in Bloomington, Illinois,
the bank has branches throughout Illinois, as well as eastern
Iowa, offering a
complete line of financial services to commercial and retail
customers and municipal entities. For more information, visit
www.hbtbank.com.
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