OSF Saint Clare announces 2023 scholarship opportunities

 
PRINCETON – OSF HealthCare Saint Clare Medical Center in Princeton is accepting applications for the 2023 health care scholarship awards. Three scholarships are available for students pursuing a career in health care. The OSF Saint Clare Health Career Scholarship (formerly the Abbie Jean Gunning Scholarship), Harold Morine Scholarship and Pierson Nursing Scholarship will be awarded to recent high school graduates and advanced degree candidates with permanent residence in Bureau County. Applicants must prove a demonstration of academic achievement accompanied by high school or college transcripts, volunteer or work history and health-related activities. Interested students can download a scholarship application by visiting osfsaintclare.org by May 1.
Abbie Jean Gunning was the first Auxiliary president. In 1960, the first scholarship in her honor was awarded. Following integration with OSF HealthCare, the scholarship was renamed the OSF Saint Clare Health Career Scholarship. The Morine Scholarship is an award bequeathed by Harold Morine in 1981 in memory of his wife, Marilyn Morine. She was a nurse at Perry Memorial Hospital. The Pierson Nursing Scholarship is an award bequeathed in memory of Hilma S. Pierson, Ralph H. Pierson and Martha J. Pierson for those pursuing a nursing career.