Students Get Armed for Fall, Win Tuition

Congratulations to the the grand prize winners of free tuition in the college’s Armed for Fall contest:

• Nolan Slate, Power Engineering

• Mengting Zhang (Marissa), Food Processing for Animal Proteins

• Bradley French, Culinary Arts

The contest, announced in May, aimed to encourage students to get vaccinated and help protect themselves and Manitoba in the fight against COVID-19.

“Winning this contest was an awesome experience and I was excited to find out I won. It was pretty unexpected and It will help me out through my second year,” said Slate.

Secondary prizes, including college prize packs and book store gift cards, have gone lucky winners across more than 10 other programs.

“Vaccines are an incredibly important response to our global fight against COVID-19. We feel a pronounced responsibility to do our part as an organization to encourage vaccine uptake across Manitoba, and particularly among students,” said Mark Frison, president of Assiniboine in announcing the contest this spring.

The college drew the initial winner on the September 6, made a second grand prize draw after an extended on September 30, and a final draw on November 5. All students who had received at least one dose of vaccine by the draw. dates were eligible to enter to win tuition up to $4,000.