{"id":10103,"date":"2021-10-19T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=10103"},"modified":"2021-10-19T09:34:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T14:34:57","slug":"max-the-vax-vaccine-incentive-program-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/19\/max-the-vax-vaccine-incentive-program-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Max the Vax vaccine incentive program ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.52);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% 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0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oct. 19, 2021&#8211;Missouri Western State University\u2019s Max the Vax COVID-19 vaccine incentive program has ended with drawings to award a $5,000 cash prize to one student and one employee. The student grand prize winner was Alicia Castaneda, a junior elementary education major from St. Joseph, while the employee winner was Dr. David Kratz Mathies, adjunct faculty member in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThank you to Alicia, to David, and to the more than 1,200 other Griffons who received the vaccination and did their part to help keep our campus healthy,\u201d said Dr. Elizabeth Kennedy, Missouri Western\u2019s president. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As of the last update to our COVID-19 dashboard Monday, there hadn&#8217;t been an active case of COVID-19 on campus since Sept. 29, and those who have been vaccinated helped us accomplish that.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, more than one-third of the campus has told the University that they are vaccinated, including 29 percent of students and 85 percent of employees. Participation was voluntary, so organizers believe the actual vaccination rate is higher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAlthough we would like to see higher vaccination rates, I\u2019m pleased that participation among students almost doubled from 15 percent at the time of our first drawing,\u201d said Dr. Crystal Harris, dean of the College of Science and Health and Missouri Western\u2019s COVID-19 response coordinator. \u201cParticipation by employees went up significantly during the incentive program as well, from 59 percent to 85 percent. My hope is that we will continue to see students and employees get vaccinated and get boosters as recommended.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The University continues to encourage COVID-19 vaccination and will host another<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/covid-19\/vaccines\/\" class=\"broken_link\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">vaccine clinic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with Heart to Heart International on Tuesday, October 26.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A total of $24,000 in cash and prizes were awarded to students and employees in weekly drawings from Aug. 27 through Oct. 15. Previous winners in the Max the Vax program include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Students<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$2,500 cash prize: Hunter Rumachik<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$500 cash prizes: Lesley Felix, Kaitlyn Slagle and Gabby Trump<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$250 Barnes &amp; Noble College Bookstore Gift Certificate: Dan Bruce, Talia Garcia, Mataya Gilbert, Kiah Kitchen, Hai Le, Winter McCrary, Tara Stoll, Tamrin Swann, Kathryn Thompson and Grace Williams<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$100 Barnes &amp; Noble College Bookstore Gift Certificate: Zack Cushing, Amanda Daniel, Bailey Daniels, Ruta Dobson, Rokhaya Drame, Shelby Emory, Kiersten Howell, Marissa Hunt, Kennedy Ruffcorn and Hunter Rumachik<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Employees<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$2,500 cash prize: Beth Roland<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$500 cash prizes: Linda Evans, Laura Nold and Kim Sigrist<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$100 in Flex Dollars from Aramark Dining: Claudia Baer, Megan Berberich, Susan Deering, Angela Haas, Susan Martens, Beth Ann Reinert, Mike Ritter, Nila Schneider, Paula Sigman and William Stout<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$50 in Flex Dollars from Aramark Dining: Jana Frye, David Harris, Andrea Keller, Adam McGowan, Jones Mutua, Evan Noynaert, Maureen Raffensperger, Cassie Robbins, William Russell and Zhao Zhang<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reserved parking space for one year: Ronnie Estes, Jacklyn Gentry, David Kratz Mathies and Baoqiang Yan<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. 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