Name: New Student Giveaway
Start: 2022-02-10
End: 2022-02-10

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New Student Giveaway

Thu, Feb 10, 2022

Virtual Event

PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES! When you register for University Orientation or sign your new student housing agreement in the month of February, you will automatically be entered to win one of these amazing prizes: 10 students will win a laptop package from the BGSU Ziggabyte Technology Store (Up to a $1,500 total value for each package.) Both students on campus and those commuting from home are eligible. Each package will include: One laptop* One four-year software insurance/warranty plan One laptop sleeve One TB external hard drive One 32 GB flash drive One cooler tote bag 20 commuting students will win a yearlong commuter parking pass. Students living on campus are not eligible; must be commuting from home. ($120 total value for each parking pass.) —------------------- [HOW TO WIN] Register for orientation or sign your 2022-23 housing agreement between Feb. 1-28 to be automatically entered to win. A randomized drawing will take place in March. The winners will be contacted in March through BGSU email and the phone number on file. If a winner doesn't respond within 24 hours, their right to the prize will be forfeited and a new winner will be selected. When contacted, details on how to claim the prize will be given to each winner. Questions about this giveaway should be directed to the Office of Admissions at choosebgsu@bgsu.edu. —------------------- [IMPORTANT DETAILS] There is no purchase necessary to enter. Winners must be 18 years old or older and must be a new incoming student admitted to BGSU to qualify -or- a parent/guardian of a new incoming student admitted to BGSU if the student is under the age of 18. BGSU will issue an IRS 1099-Misc income tax form to the winners of the Ziggabyte Technology Store laptop package and to the IRS. These winners must provide a W-9 upon collecting the prize. A limit of one entry per newly admitted student will be accepted and the odds of winning will be determined based on the number of students who sign their housing agreement or register for orientation during the month of February 2022. New students who will not be living on campus during the 2022-23 academic year are eligible to win the Ziggabyte Technology Store laptop package and the commuter parking pass. New students who will live on campus during the 2022-23 academic year will only be eligible to win the Ziggabyte Technology Store laptop package. —------------------- * Laptop Options: Winners of the laptop package will have the option to choose one of the following laptops: Entry-Level MacBook Air ($929 Value) Entry-Level MacBook Pro ($1,208 Value) Entry-Level Dell XPS 13 ($949 Value)

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RETURNING STUDENT HOUSING [GIVEAWAY]

Thu, Feb 10, 2022

Virtual Event

15 lucky winners will get to pick a room in the residence hall of their choice, before room selection officially begins, for themself AND a roommate of their choice! That's up to 30 winners! [HOW TO ENTER] Sign the 2022-23 Housing & Dining Agreement between Dec. 7, 2021-March 11, 2022. You must be a returning student admitted to BGSU to qualify. All Housing & Dining Agreements signed between Dec. 7, 2021-March 11, 2022 will automatically be entered to win. COMPLETE YOUR HOUSING AGREEMENT TODAY ➔ If you win, you will be able to pick a bed in Falcon Heights, Kohl Hall, Kreischer, McDonald Hall, Founders Hall or Offenhauer Towers – for yourself and one returning BGSU student of your choice. The randomized drawing will take place in April. The Office of Residence Life will reach out to each winner through BGSU email and the phone number on file. If a winner doesn't respond within 24 hours, their right to the prize will be forfeited and a new winner will be selected. When contacted, the Office of Residence Life will go over with each winner how to select their room for themself and their chosen roommate. _____________ Important Details: Students are not required to have their $200 initial housing payment made to be eligible to win. However, before any student can pick a room, the initial housing payment must be paid. The additional student who is pulled into the prize by a winner must have their housing and meal plan agreement signed and paid their $200 initial payment at the time of the room selection. They must also be a returning student at BGSU to qualify. This prize does not offer any discount on the housing rate and each student assigned to a room through this giveaway will be responsible for the full payment of the room in accordance with their student bill. Cancellations to the agreement by May 1, 2022, will receive a 100% refund and will not be billed. Cancellations after May 1, 2022, will be granted in accordance with the forfeiture schedule. If the winner does not submit an eligible student by the deadline set by the Office of Residence Life, the remaining space will be forfeited. The beds selected by the winner and their friend must be assigned to the same building. Any student who is assigned to a room through this giveaway does not have the rights to their room assignment. If one of the students decides to do a room change into a different room or building or cancels their contract, the vacant bed will open up to standard room selection and a random roommate will be assigned. New incoming students who will be enrolled full-time at BGSU, are not eligible to win. The Office of Residence Life is not responsible for prize notifications being marked as spam, junk or otherwise hidden from the recipient.