July 19, 2021
Dear Colleagues:
Last week marked the beginning of our series of weekly drawings for our COVID-19 vaccination incentive program for both Ball State employees and students. Kathy Wolf, our Vice President for Marketing & Communications, with help from Charlie Cardinal, randomly selected four eligible employees and eight eligible students who received incentives.
We would like to congratulate the following employees and students selected last week:
Employees:
- Robin Ginn: $100 bookstore voucher
- Amanda Clevenger: $100 Tech Store voucher
- Timothy Lapeer: $100 general parking permit
- Polly Spengler: $100 in campus dining cash
Students:
- Lydia Waters & Cameron Coppedge: $100 bookstore voucher
- Sara Hollenbeck & Austin Gill: $100 Tech Store voucher
- Boston Betz & Ella Davis: $100 Commuter/Residence Hall/Stadium parking permit
- Ashley Owens & Jovanni Alcantar: $100 in campus dining cash
Please join Becca Polz Rice, our Vice President for Governmental Relations, at noon on Wednesday, July 21, at bsu.edu/live as she helps select our next group of eligible employees and students. We will once again randomly draw the names of four employees and eight students to receive one of the following incentives: $100 in vouchers at the bookstore and Tech Store, a $100 general (employees) or Commuter/Residence Hall/Stadium (students) parking permit, and $100 in cash at our excellent campus dining facilities. Winners will be notified via email.
As a reminder, if you have not been vaccinated for COVID-19, or are yet to verify your vaccination on our website, we encourage you to do so by 4 p.m. tomorrow to be eligible for Wednesday’s drawings. If you are eligible for the incentives, your name will be included in each drawing every week, unless you have been selected in previous drawings. Employees and students who are selected for an additional incentive will not be included in the pool for subsequent drawings.
To qualify for our all-employee COVID-19 vaccination incentive program, employees should receive their vaccine before August 1, and then complete the online form by August 31. Our employee program includes the choice of one of two benefits for all full- and part-time vaccinated employees: a one-time $100 credit off our healthcare premium or four additional hours of paid leave. The weekly incentives are in addition to these choices.
For students to be eligible for our weekly incentives drawings, you must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, and then verify your vaccinations by completing our online form. As a reminder, vaccinated students are not required to wear a face mask on campus, and are exempt from pre-arrival testing for the Fall 2021 semester and any mandatory surveillance testing. Fully vaccinated students will also be exempt from quarantine requirements if identified as a close contact of an infected person and do not experience COVID-19 symptoms.
We also encourage you to read our employee and student COVID-19 Response Plans to learn more about Ball State’s updated health and safety protocols.
Employees and students with questions about our incentive program can visit bsu.edu/vaccine/incentive for frequently asked questions. For more information, employees can contact Human Resources at 765-285-1834 or humanresources@bsu.edu. Students seeking more information can contact Student Affairs at 765-285-3734 or studentaffrs@bsu.edu.
We are grateful for your continued cooperation and discipline. We are making significant progress in our mission of substantially increasing the number of fully vaccinated people who are teaching, working, learning, socializing, and living on our campus.