‘Your Shot to Win’ vaccine incentive program winners chosen, COVID-19 cases continue downward trend

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Thirty-four Florida State University students and employees won prizes in the Your Shot to Win drawing, with more than 12,000 fully vaccinated students and employees participating in the incentive program.

Students and employees who voluntarily submitted documentation of receiving both doses of a 2-dose COVID-19 vaccine series (Pfizer or Moderna) or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine (Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen) by Oct. 1 were eligible to participate in the prize drawing.

Of the 12,264 total submissions,10,905 were from students while 1,359 were from employees.

The incentive program is one of several efforts the university has implemented to promote healthy behaviors and slow the spread of the virus.

Since their peak at the beginning of the fall semester, positive COVID-19 cases on campus have steadily declined. On Sept. 8, there were 599 positive COVID-19 cases affiliated with the university in isolation. As of Oct. 15, there were 39.

FSU has also completed more than 1,200 PCR tests in its rapid response COVID-19 testing lab since Oct. 1. During that time, only one specimen was positive.

The Your Shot to Win chance prizes are:

Student Prizes

  • Package worth $3,500 of tuition and fee assistance (six winners)
  • $150 in Dining Dollars for use at any Seminole Dining location (four winners)
  • $150 FSU Bookstore gift card (four winners)
  • Apple iPad Air 10.9 4th Generation valued at $549 (two winners)
  • Use of a luxury suite during a future FSU commencement ceremony of their choice at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center valued at $1,750 (one winner)

Employee Prizes

  • $150 in Dining Dollars for use at any Seminole Dining location (four winners)
  • $150 FSU Bookstore gift card (four winners)
  • 2 Champions Club Football Tickets for the FSU Homecoming game on October 23 (five winners)
  • Reserved parking spot for the remaining 2021-2022 academic year (one winner)
  • Use of a suite at the Donald L. Tucker Center during an FSU ACC home men’s basketball game (one winner)
  • Use of a suite at the Donald L. Tucker Center during an FSU ACC home women’s basketball game (one winner)
  • Use of a suite during an FSU Baseball game at Dick Howser Stadium (one winner)

All prize winners have been notified by email.

For more information, visit https://stayhealthy.fsu.edu/.