Student Success & Leadership Centre
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OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS

University of Windsor Welcome Week Tuition and Prize Draw 2024

At various UWindsor Welcome Week 2024 events, ballots will be provided by volunteers and UWindsor Staff members to encourage Lancer spirit and participation among incoming students. Eligible Entrants (defined below) can submit ballots to the Prize Draw at the corresponding event where they were distributed for the chance to win sponsored prizes.

1. CONTEST
   1. The University of Windsor Student Success & Leadership Centre (“University”) is the sponsor of the University of Windsor Welcome Week Tuition and Prize Draw Contest (“Contest”).
   2. This Contest will begin Sunday September 1st, 2024, at 12:01am Eastern Time (ET) and end Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, at 6:00 pm ET (“Contest Period”).
2. ELIGIBILITY, HOW TO ENTER
   1. No purchase necessary. Limit one entry per person. This Contest is open to legal residents of Canada, excluding Quebec, who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory at the time of entry.
   2. The Contest is open to all individuals who are admitted as new students to the University of Windsor for Fall 2024, entering a first-degree entry undergraduate program, excluding law and consecutive education. The Contest is open to all registered first-year undergraduate students (“Entrant(s)”).
   3. Entrants may enter this Contest by completing all the following:
      1. Must attend the Welcome Week event that is drawing the prize.
      2. If an Entrant attends their Program Orientation or the Welcome Celebration where the $4000 tuition prize is being drawn, the Entrant will earn one (1) Contest ballot upon entry to the event.
      3. If an Entrant participates in Blue & Gold Bingo and wins 1 round of Blue and Gold Bingo, they can win the prize specified in that round. Ballots will not be given out for this event.
      4. An Eligible Entrant must completely and accurately fill out the required information listed on the front side of every ballot, prior to submission of ballots into the ballot box, to be eligible to win in the event that his/her ballot is drawn. Information collected from submitted ballots will be used solely to identify a winning entrant.
      5. An eligible Entrant must correctly answer a skill-testing question on the back side of every ballot, prior to submission of ballots into the ballot box, to be eligible to win in the event that his/her ballot is drawn.
   4. All University of Windsor staff members and Welcome Week volunteers are ineligible entrants.
3. HOW TO WIN
   1. For the $4000 Tuition Draw and other prizes drawn during the Welcoming Celebration one (1) winner will be randomly selected from all eligible entries received on at the Welcoming Celebration. All selected winners of a Welcoming Celebration prize must be present to win. If the selected winner is not present, another winner will be randomly selected from the remaining eligible entries. The University will contact the selected winners of a physical prize and arrange for the winner to pick up their prize in-person or have the prize mailed to the winner’s place of residence, subject to the University’s discretion. Odds of winning depend on the number of valid entries received.
   2. For the Blue & Gold Bingo Event winners can win 1 prize designated to each round. After winning a prize, participants cannot win a second prize. Odds of winning depend on how many rounds of Bingo occur.
   3. As a condition of winning a prize, all winners must correctly answer the University administered, time-limited, skill testing question.
   4. Each winner agrees that the University may publish the winner’s name.
   5. All selected winners of a tuition prize must remain registered in Fall 2024 courses, either with a part-time or full-time course load, (subject to verification) until the next calendar day after the Financial Drop Date for Fall 2024 courses, the date as set by the University of Windsor Office of the Registrar (the date to be announced and subject to change). If the selected winner is deemed ineligible due to withdrawal from all courses and cease being a University of Windsor student, the prize will be forfeited, and another winner will not be selected. All winners of a tuition prize will receive their prizes in their UWindsor student account the next calendar day after the Financial Drop Date for Fall 2024 courses, the date as set by the University of Windsor Office of the Registrar (the date to be announced and subject to change).
   6. All entries must be submitted into the ballot box by the final entry time, as specified at each event, on the day of the event. Any outstanding ballots will be considered void after this point in time.
4. PRIZES
   1. The available prizes are:
      
      Sunday, September 1st
      Event: Blue & Gold Bingo
      Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
      Location: CAW Student Centre Commons
      Prize(s):
      3 – Devonshire mall gift cards – $50 each
      2 – Backpack and perfume sets from Hudson’s Bay – $200 each
      1 – 11-inch iPad Air 128GB from Whamburg – $678
      1 – Sony Bluetooth wireless speaker – $200
      1 – TCL ROKU 32 Inch TV from Turtle Island – $180
      1 – Stanley Quencher H2.0 Cup from SSLC – $60
      1 – Ninja AF101C Air Fryer from SSLC – $100
      1 – JBL Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker from SSLC – $70
      
      Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
      Event: Welcoming Celebration
      Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
      Location: Toldo Lancer Centre
      Prize(s):
      1 – Tuition Award up to a maximum of $4000 from the Alumni Association – $4000
      1 – Pair of Apple Airpods from the Division of Student Affairs – $250
      5 – OPUS Prize Packs – $25 Gift Card + OPUS Swag items – $30 each
      1 – Lancer Swag Bag – t-shirt and pillow – $50
      1 – Pair of JBL Over-ear Headphones from the UWSA – $280
   2. The prizes must be accepted as awarded. No substitutions of the prizes are permitted except by the University at its discretion. Prizes are non-transferrable and are not redeemable for cash or credit, in whole or in part.
5. GENERAL RULES
   1. By participating in this Contest, each Entrant and winner agrees to:
      1. Be bound by these Official Rules and Regulations and the decisions of the University; and
      2. Release and hold harmless the University of Windsor, its Board of Governors, officers, employees, and agents, including without limitation their advertising and promotion agencies, from and against any and all liabilities, losses, claims, causes of action, suits, covenants, debts, contracts, demands, costs and expenses, including lawyer’s fees and litigation expenses, whatsoever, to which any of them may become subject arising from any action or omission by the Entrant, including but not limited to, claims based on negligence, breach of contract and fundamental breach and liability for physical injury, death or property damage which the entrants or his or her administrators, heirs, successors or assigns might have or could have, by reason of or arising out of the Entrant’s participation in the Contest and/or in connection with the acceptance and/or use by the Entrant of the prize awarded, and the winner agrees to sign a written release confirming same.
   2. The decisions of the University in relation to this Contest will be final and binding on all Entrants.
   3. The University reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, suspend, or modify this Contest at any time without prior notice or if it determines that for any reasons the Contest cannot be run as originally planned or if fraud or any other occurrence compromises the fairness or integrity of the Contest.
   4. Each prize claimed is subject to verification by the University and/or its designated representatives. Entries made with multiple accounts, under multiple identities, or with any device or other method to enter multiple times or entries that are more than the permitted number of entries are automatically void. All Contest entries obtained through unauthorized sources, or which are incomplete or in any way not in compliance with these Official Contest Rules and Regulations are automatically void. The University is not responsible for lost or late entries. The University is not responsible for any miscommunications, failed communications systems, software malfunctions, or for any human errors in connection with this Contest.
   5. The information collecting in connection with this Contest is collected under the authority of the University of Windsor Act, 1962-63 and will be used solely in connection with administration of the Contest including the notification of winner. If an Entrant has any questions in connection with the collection of their information, they may contact: Amber Norman, Student Development Specialist-Volunteer/Leadership Development, anorman@uwindsor.ca, 519-253-3000 ext. 3462.
   6. This Contest is subject to all applicable laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada, as well as these Official Contest Rules and Regulations.
   7. No purchase necessary.
   8. An eligible entrant may win multiple prizes.
   9. Unique ballots exist for each UWindsor Welcome Week event hosting a Prize Draw. Ballots particular to an event are considered void after the Prize Draw at that event has been completed and are considered ineligible at any other UWindsor Welcome Week events.
   10. Prizes equal to or less than $50 in value will be awarded to winning entrants at the UWindsor Welcome Week event location immediately following the Prize Draw.
   11. Prizes greater than $50 in value must be claimed at a later date. The winning entrant will receive a form immediately following the Prize Draw in lieu of his/her prize. This form will list instructions on how to claim his/her prize, what prize he/she has won, and the UWindsor Welcome Week event where the Prize Draw took place.
       1. The winning entrant must claim his/her prize in The Student Success and Leadership Centre -North (Room 103 Dillon Hall) during regular business hours where it must be approved that he/she is an incoming University of Windsor student registered in the Fall 2024 semester.
       2. Valid photo identification and University of Windsor student ID must be presented for the winning entrant to collect his/her prize.
       3. If it is verified that the winning entrant is in fact an ineligible entrant, his/her prize will be forfeited.
       4. Prizes must be claimed between September 9th and October 10th, 2024, or they will be forfeited.