February-May 2013
For current high school students
Snap a photo of the provided college box with college materials in it (not your socks) sitting on your floor, next to the TV, in the backseat of your car–wherever. Then post it to the official College of Mount St. Joseph Facebook page, or tag us on Twitter and you’ll automatically be entered into a drawing to win one of five $25 gas gift cards.
Get Creative
Don’t be shy, you can be in the photo too!
To enter
- Take a photo, either by cell phone or digital camera, of your provided college box with college materials inside, either material provided by the College of Mount St. Joseph or other collected college materials.
- If submitting a photo via Facebook: Go to the College of Mount St. Joseph’s official Facebook page, log-in and click “Like. On the official College of Mount St. Joseph Facebook timeline, post your photo OR If submitting a photo via Twitter: Go to the College of Mount St. Joseph’s official Twitter page and click “Follow.”Tweet your photo through your personal account and add the words “@_themount” in the Tweet in order to link to the Mount’s official Twitter page.
- Once you have posted a photo to either Facebook or Twitter, you will receive a message and a copy of the official contest rules.
- To validate your entry, you must reply to the message with your first and last name, current high school name and graduation year, and e-mail address. Note: We will not share your contact information with third parties.
- Upon receipt of your required information and verification that you have completed the steps above, you are officially enrolled in the contest to win one of five $25 gas gift cards
- Drawing takes place on Friday, May 31, 2013 and winners will be notified within one week.
Complete Contest Rules
- No purchase necessary.
- Contest begins February 18, 2013 and ends May 30, 2013. All entries must be received by the College of Mount St. Joseph by Midnight Eastern Standard Time on May 30, 2013.
- Only one (1) entry per person will be accepted. Any subsequent posts to either Facebook or Twitter will not increase your odds of winning.
- All entrants and contest winners must be legal residents of the United States and enrolled in a high school in the spring of 2013.
- Entries made online are declared to have been made by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at time of entry. An authorized account holder is defined as the natural person who is assigned to ane-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g. business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. The potential winner may be required to provide the College of Mount St. Joseph with proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the winning entry.
- Enter via Facebook or Twitter. Not both.
- You are not officially entered into the contest until we have received the required personal information.
- Entry into the contest indicates acceptance of the Contest Rules.
- Instagram photos are allowed but must be posted/linked to the official Mount Facebook or Twitter profiles.
- There will be five (5) winners selected at random by a staff member of the College of Mount St. Joseph by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on May 31, 2013. Each winner will receive one (1) $25 gift card to BP Gas Stations.
- Winners will be notified within a week of the drawing via the website submission was posted to and by the e-mail supplied. Upon notification, the winners will be required to supply a mailing address where the gift card(s) can be mailed.
- Prizes must be accepted as awarded. There is no prize or cash substitution. If winner is ineligible or declines to receive the prize, College of Mount St. Joseph will select an alternate winner.
- Except where prohibited by law, entry into the Contest constitutes permission to use each winner’s submitted personal information and/or prize, photo or information, without limitation, for promotional purposes without further permission or compensation. As a condition of being awarded any prize, except where prohibited by law, winners may be required to execute an additional written consent to the use of their submitted personal information and/or prize, photo or information, without limitation, for promotional purposes without further permission or compensation.
- If a high school student does not have a Facebook or Twitter account and would like to participate, they may take a digital photo and e-mail the photo, first and last name, high school name and graduation year to design_office@mail.msj.edu by the deadline. The Mount then owns the rights to the submitted photo and reserves the right to use the photo and information collected.
- Students, employees, and the immediate families of students and employees of the College of Mount St. Joseph are not eligible to participate in this contest.
- Winners agree that the College of Mount St. Joseph, students, employees, and the immediate families of students and employees of the College of Mount St. Joseph shall not be liable for losses or injuries of any kind resulting from acceptance of or participation in prize or contest.
- Noncompliance with these rules will result in disqualification and an alternate winner may be selected. The College of Mount St. Joseph is not responsible for lost, illegible, stolen, postage due or late entries.
- Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.
- All decisions of drawings are final.
- This contest may be terminated at any time without prior notice.
Any questions about these Official Rules or the Contest, can be sent to design_office@mail.msj.edu or to: College of Mount St. Office of Marketing & Communications, 5701 Delhi Road, Cincinnati, OH 45233.