California College Offering Students Gift Cards to Remain on Campus During Spring Break
On 3/10/21 at 7:58 PM EST
In the shadow of last year's late-spring coronavirus surge, a handful of U.S. universities are taking extra steps to dissuade students from traveling in 2021. One northern California university is offering $75 vouchers to those who pledge to remain local during spring break.
The University of California at Davis, one of ten undergraduate and graduate education institutions within the state's UC system, unveiled its spring break grant program last week. Part of the university's and the city of Davis' collaborative "Healthy Davis Together" project, the grant initiative asks students to agree to remain in the area over the weeklong break. The application also asks that interested applicants undergo a COVID-19 diagnostic test.