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WVU announces second round of COVID-19 vaccine verification incentives

vaccine vaccination verification

West Virginia University is giving employees and students the opportunity to win prizes for verifying their vaccine with the University. 

Those who complete the vaccine verification process will be automatically entered to win. Each week of giveaways will be themed in the following ways: Sports Week (July 8-14), Technology Week (July 15-21) and Adventure Week (July 22-28). Detailed announcements of the week’s giveaways will be available each Thursday in UNEWS and ENEWS.

Sports Week prizes include: 

  • 1 winner will be selected to recent two pregame field passes for a select WVU football home game during the 2021 season (visit field level during pre-game, watch warmups up close, see the Mountaineer Marching Band and the team enter the stadium).  

Also,

  • Guaranteed football season tickets (for you and three friends – guaranteed to each home game in the student section area of your choice) (2 total)  

  • Guaranteed basketball season tickets (for you and one friend – guaranteed to each home game in the lower student section area) (2 total) 

  • WVU tailgating prize packs (5 total ~$300 value)  

  • Fan Shirt giveaway (5 total; $24 value)  

  • Game day dinner VISA gift cards (5 total; $25 value)  

To verify your vaccine today and to be entered to win prizes, visit myhousing.wvu.edu. The verification takes around three minutes to complete and makes our campus safer ahead of the fall semester. 

If you’ve already verified, you are automatically enrolled into the program. Winners will be notified via email each Tuesday and have until Wednesday at noon to claim their prize. 

Winners from Spirit Week (July 1-7) include:

  • Kylie Conkle – Books for the semester

  • David Prince - $250 Dining Dollars

  • Erika Wickline - $250 Chick-fil-A

  • Mary Kunesh - $250 Chick-fil-A

  • Skylar Sweet - $250 Dining Dollars

  • Ben Maatman - $250 Dining Dollars

  • Alex Holcomb - $250 Mountie Bounty

  • Rachel Gandee - $250 Mountie Bounty

  • Sara Levengood - $250 Mountie Bounty

  • Kylie Trent - $500 donation to a student org. of their choice 

  • Morgan Roediger - $500 donation to a student org. of their choice 

  • Alex Snyder - $500 donation to a student org. of their choice 

  • Susan Pinto – WVU Prize Pack

  • William Oscanyan – WVU Prize Pack

  • Grace O’Boyle – WVU Prize Pack

  • Heather Henderson – WVU Prize Pack

For more information, rules for the competition, and the list of past winners, visit the Return to Campus website.