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July 14, 2021 - 6:20 PM
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MICHIGAN
Michigan names 1st winners of $50K vaccination sweepstakes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) â Michigan officials have announced the first four $50,000 winners of the stateâs $5 million COVID-19 vaccine sweepstakes. The winners announced Wednesday live in New Baltimore, Southfield, Detroit and Wyoming. The state launched the sweepstakes with $5 million in cash and college scholarships, as well as a $2 million jackpot, a $1 million prize and daily drawings of $50,000 through July 30 in an effort to reach a goal of a 70% vaccination rate. As of Monday, 62.4% of state residents ages 16 or older had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, which amounted to a roughly 0.4 percentage point increase over when the contest was announced, according to the state health department.
7/14/21 - Good News For Hope College Students
Hope College will drastically change their tuition model to a pay-it-forward approach.
Hope President Matthew Scogin, said they have been working towards this new approach for some time.
The pilot Hope Forward program will launch this fall with 22 students whose tuition is funded by an anonymous donor. They will only need to pay for room and board. Tuition will eventually be free for students who will be asked to donate once they graduate.
The school also believes the business model of higher education is broken and we want to pursue a more sustainable framework, Scogin said in the release.