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Ohio State will offer $50,000 in gift cards, football tickets and parking passes to Buckeyes who have been vaccinated starting the week of Aug. 2. Credit: Mackenzie Shanklin | Photo Editor Ohio State will now offer incentives for students, faculty and staff to get vaccinated in hopes of exceeding a 65 percent vaccination rate before the fall semester begins, University President Kristina M. Johnson announced in a universitywide email Friday. The university will award $50,000 in gift cards, football tickets and parking passes to Buckeyes who have been vaccinated and reported it to the university starting Aug. 2, according to the email. The prizes will be awarded through a random weekly drawing. “Don’t wait: The sooner you are vaccinated, the sooner you will enjoy the protections of the vaccines — and the opportunity to win prizes for doing so,” Johnson said in the email. Individuals who are not yet vaccinated…
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