Campus Discovery $5,000 "Value of College"
Scholarship: Official Rules
SPONSOR:
CampusDiscovery.com, a division of WiseChoice Brands, LLC, (“Sponsor”)
1.
ELIGIBILITY: The Campus Discovery $5,000 "Value of College" Scholarship is
open to any survey participant who fulfills each of the following requirements:
a.
Is a citizen or legal resident of the
b.
Is currently enrolled at, or graduated in 2008, 2009, or 2010 with an Associate’s
or Bachelor’s degree from, any accredited 2-year or 4-year college or university in the 50 United States
or District of Columbia.
c.
Completes a survey and answers the required open-ended question online at http://www.campusdiscovery.com
.
Current employees, officers, directors and
agents of Sponsor and its related companies, affiliates and members of their immediate
families (defined as spouse, parents, siblings and children) and persons residing at the same
address are not eligible to win. Void
where prohibited.
2. HOW
TO ENTER: To enter, beginning on February 1, 2010, submit
a complete survey, including answering the required open-ended question online at
the Sponsor’s Website www.campusdiscovery.com no later
than January 31, 2011 at
11:59
pm Eastern Time. Limit one
(1) Survey per person. The submitted Survey must include name and contact
information and a short original, previously unpublished written response to
the scholarship topic, "What have you gotten out of your college experience and why has it been valuable to attend?"
Your written
response must be written in English, with correct spelling and grammar, and it
must not exceed two-hundred (200) words.
No substitutions of new drafts or corrected pages will be
accepted once you have submitted your original Survey. Responses that are obscene, pornographic,
libelous or otherwise objectionable will be disqualified. All Surveys become the property
of the Sponsor and will not be returned.
Sponsor assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, or
unintelligible entries. By
submitting a Survey, you fully and unconditionally accept and agree to these
Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding.
3. SELECTION OF POTENTIAL
WINNERS. Sponsor is looking for eligible
Survey participants who follow directions and submit theSurvey responses,
including answering the final survey open-ended question listed in rule #2,
that are well-written and clearly and creatively address the topic. On or about February 28,
2011, a qualified panel of judges will select one (1) potential winner based on
the criteria of writing ability (25%), wisdom (25%), originality (25%), and
overall excellence (25%). The personal demographic survey questions will not be
used to determine winners and will not be judged. Sponsor will select at least one (1) of the submitted
Surveys as the potential Prize Winning Survey question response. In the event of a tie, the
potential winner will be the Survey participant with the higher score for
overall excellence. The
potential winner will be notified by e-mail, at which time he/she will be
required to sign further documentation as explained below. Sponsor shall have no liability for any
potential winner notification that is lost, intercepted or not received by the
potential winner for any reason. Portions
of the Prize Winning
Survey may be posted on the Sponsor’s Websites, or used in other marketing
materials, without further compensation or notice to the winner.
4. PRIZES. One (1) winner will receive a Scholarship
Prize in the amount of five thousand dollars and zero cents ($5,000.00). The Scholarship Prize will be in the form of
a check made payable to the accredited post-secondary institution of
higher education attended by the Scholarship Prize Recipient.
If the Scholarship Prize Recipient is not currently enrolled in a
post-secondary institution, Sponsor may
award the prize as a check payable to the winner. Scholarship Prize Recipient
must submit proof of enrollment or evidence of completion of a degree or past
attendance at one of the Listed Schools on or before June 30, 2011. Scholarship Prize may not be assigned,
transferred, or changed, except at the sole discretion of Sponsor. No cash equivalent prize will be awarded. The
awarding of any Scholarship Prize is contingent upon full compliance with these
Official Rules. Survey participants agree to be bound by Official Rules and
agree that if any Scholarship
Prize Recipient fails to provide proof of
identity, refuses to provide required affidavit, refuses to complete and provide
any requested tax forms (including IRS W-9 form) is found to have violated the
Official Rules or otherwise does not meet eligibility criteria, the Scholarship
Prize will be forfeited and the Survey participant who submitted the Survey
with the next highest score will become an alternate potential Scholarship Prize Recipient. Survey participants understand that Sponsor is not liable
for injuries, losses or damages of any kind arising from participation in this
Scholarship Program and acceptance, possession and use of Scholarship Prize. Sponsor is not responsible for any typographical or other
error in the printing of the offer, administration of the Scholarship Program
or in the announcement of the Scholarship Prize. Taxes on prize are sole responsibility of Scholarship Prize Recipient. Scholarship
Prize Recipient may be issued a 1099 tax
form.
5. PRIVACY: By submitting a
Survey, you acknowledge that the Sponsor and its related companies may also
call and/or send you information it thinks may be of interest to you.
Information will be treated in accordance with Sponsor’s Privacy Policy.
6. PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, by
accepting a Scholarship Prize, the Scholarship Prize Recipient
agrees that Sponsor may, without any limitation or further compensation or
notice, use his or her name, voice and/or likeness in any and all media,
worldwide, for the purpose of advertising and promoting the Website, the Sponsor,
the Scholarship Program, or any other promotion, contest or sweepstakes
sponsored by CampusDiscovery.com or WiseChoice Brands, LLC.
7. OWNERSHIP. By submitting a
Survey, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) Sponsor will own your Survey data,
including your written response submission, and (b) as between you and Sponsor,
Sponsor will own all publishing rights in and to the Survey data, including the
written response submission. Each Survey participant hereby irrevocably grants,
transfers, sells, assigns and conveys to the Sponsor, its successors and
assigns, all present and future right, title and interest of every kind and
nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all copyrights, and all
rights incidental, subsidiary, ancillary or allied thereto (including, without
limitation, all derivative rights) in and to the written response submission(s)
for exploitation throughout the universe, in perpetuity, by means of any and
all media and devices whether now known or hereafter devised (the "Rights").
Sponsor shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to edit, composite,
morph, scan, duplicate, or alter, the written response submission(s) for any
purpose which Sponsor deems necessary or desirable, and each Survey participant
irrevocably waives any and all so-called moral rights they may have in the
written response submission(s) submitted by him or her. Each Survey participant
hereby acknowledges that such Survey participant does not reserve any rights in
and to the written response submissions.
8. DISPUTE
RESOLUTION: Except where prohibited, by participating,
Survey participant agrees that all issues and questions concerning the
construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official
Rules, or the rights and obligations of participants and Sponsor and their
agents shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia without giving effect to any principles of
conflicts of law of any jurisdiction. Survey participant agrees that any action
at law or in equity arising out of or relating to this Scholarship Program, or
awarding of the prizes, shall be filed only in the state or federal courts
located in the Commonwealth of Virginia and Survey participant hereby consents
and submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts for the purposes of
litigating any such action. Except where prohibited, by participating in this
Scholarship Program, Survey participant agrees that: (a) any and all disputes,
claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Scholarship
Program, or awarding of the Scholarship Prizes, shall be resolved individually,
without resort to any form of class action; and (b) any and all claims,
judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred,
including costs associated with participating in this Scholarship Program but
in no event attorneys' fees; and (c) under no circumstances will any
participant be permitted to obtain awards for and hereby waives all rights to
claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages,
other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have
damages multiplied or otherwise increased. Some jurisdictions do not allow the
limitations or exclusion of liability for incidental or consequential damages,
so the above may not apply to you.
9. REPRESENTATIONS
10. FURTHER DOCUMENTATION. Except where prohibited, potential Scholarship
Prize Recipient (or his/her parents or legal guardians if
he/she is a minor at the time of survey) will be required to complete and
return an Affidavit of Eligibility, Publicity/Liability Release, and Copyright
Assignment within ten (10) days of notification or the Survey participant with
the Survey with the next highest score will become an alternate potential Scholarship
Prize Recipient. If
notification to a potential Scholarship Prize Recipient
is returned as undeliverable, the Survey participant with the Survey with the
next highest score may become an alternate potential Scholarship
Prize Recipient.
11. NO OBLIGATION TO USE. Sponsor shall have
no obligation (express or implied) to use any winning Survey, or to otherwise exploit
a winning Survey or continue the development, production, distribution or
exploitation thereof, and Sponsor may at any time abandon the use of the
winning Survey for any reason, with or without legal justification or excuse,
and the Scholarship Prize Recipient shall not be entitled to any
damages or other relief by reason thereof.
12. IMPORTANT. PLEASE READ - GENERAL RELEASE
13. SPONSOR’S RIGHT TO MODIFY, SUSPEND OR
TERMINATE. In the event Sponsor is prevented from continuing with the
Scholarship Program by any event beyond its reasonable control, then Sponsor
shall have the right in its sole discretion to modify, suspend, or terminate
the Scholarship Program.
14. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Sponsor reserves
the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual who is found to
be tampering with the Survey process or the operation of the Scholarship
Program or the Website; to be acting in violation of these Official Rules; to
be answering the survey questions dishonestly or inaccurately; or to be acting
in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner.
In the event of a dispute as to the identity of any entrant, the
authorized account holder of the email address used to enter will be deemed to
be the entrant. The “authorized account
holder” is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access
provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning
email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. If a Survey is confirmed by Sponsor to have
been erroneously deleted, lost or destroyed, the entrant’s sole remedy shall be
the opportunity to submit another Survey, if time permits. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of
these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that or of any other
provision.
15. LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP PRIZE RECIPIENTS: The name(s) of the
Scholarship Prize Recipients of this Scholarship Program
will be posted on the CampusDiscovery.com Website (http://www.campusdiscovery.com).
16. SPONSOR: The Scholarship
Program is sponsored by CampusDiscovery.com, a division of WiseChoice Brands, LLC.
CampusDiscovery.com
C/O WiseChoice Brands, LLC
http://www.campusdiscovery.com
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