Official Scholarship Rules
Miami Gardens-Hy, LLC dba Hyundai of North Miami $1,000 Weekly HBCU Scholarship
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. No purchase, vehicle transaction, test drive, financing application, or other payment is necessary to nominate a student, participate, be selected, or receive a scholarship. A purchase will not increase the likelihood of being selected.
1. Sponsor
The Hyundai of North Miami $1,000 Weekly HBCU Scholarship (“Scholarship Program”) is sponsored by Hyundai of North Miami.
Hyundai of North Miami is affiliated with Lithia Motors, Inc. and/or applicable related dealerships and affiliated entities.
The Sponsor is Miami Gardens-Hy, LLC, d/b/a Hyundai of North Miami (the “Sponsor”).
WPLG is a promotional partner of the Scholarship Program and is not a sponsor or administrator of the Scholarship Program.
2. Scholarship Program
The Scholarship Program recognizes eligible students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (“HBCUs”).
During the promotional period, ONE (1) $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER WILL BE SELECTED EACH WEEK, subject to eligibility requirements and these Official Scholarship Rules.
Each weekly scholarship has an approximate value of $1,000.
The Scholarship Program begins on 9/2 and ends on 11/21, and consists of 12 weekly nomination periods (each, a “weekly period”). One $1,000 scholarship will be awarded for each weekly period, for a total of 12 scholarships.
3. Eligibility
To be eligible to receive a scholarship, a nominated student must:
· Be currently enrolled at an eligible Historically Black College or University (HBCU);
· Be actively enrolled in at least one course or class at that HBCU during the applicable academic term, or otherwise provide acceptable evidence of current enrollment;
· Be at least eighteen (18) years of age and a legal resident of the United States;
· Be able to provide reasonable proof of current HBCU enrollment if selected;
· Not be an employee of the Sponsor, Lithia Motors, Inc., WPLG, or their respective affiliates, dealerships, or advertising or promotion agencies, or an immediate family or household member of any such employee;
· Satisfy all other requirements contained in these Official Scholarship Rules.
The Sponsor reserves the right to verify enrollment and eligibility before confirming any scholarship recipient.
If a potential recipient cannot provide satisfactory proof of eligibility, the student may be disqualified and another eligible nominee may be selected. A student may receive no more than one (1) scholarship during the Scholarship Program.
4. How to Nominate
Complete the official online scholarship nomination form. Each nomination must identify ONE STUDENT ONLY.
A nomination may include:
· Student’s full name
· Student’s email address
· Student’s phone number
· Student’s HBCU school
· Student’s major
· Reason the student deserves to be nominated
· Nominator’s full name
· Nominator’s email address
· Nominator’s phone number
Each completed submission constitutes one nomination. If someone wishes to nominate another eligible student, a separate submission must be completed.
Duplicate, automated, fraudulent, incomplete, or manipulated submissions may be disqualified.
5. Weekly Selection
The Scholarship Program operates over multiple weekly periods. One eligible scholarship recipient will be selected for each applicable weekly period.
The Sponsor must specify before launch whether nominations automatically carry over into subsequent weeks or whether a new nomination is required.
Weekly scholarship recipients will be selected on the basis of merit, not chance. All eligible nominations received during a weekly period will be reviewed by judges selected by the Sponsor and evaluated on the strength and specificity of the reasons given for the nomination and the student’s demonstrated commitment to their studies, campus, or community. In the event of a tie, the judges will re-review the tied nominations and select the recipient.
The Sponsor’s eligibility and selection decisions are final, subject to applicable law.
6. Winner Verification
Potential scholarship recipients may be contacted using the information provided in the nomination.
Before receiving the scholarship, a potential recipient may be required to:
· Verify identity
· Verify current HBCU enrollment
· Provide proof of enrollment
· Complete eligibility documentation
· Sign applicable acknowledgments or releases, which may include authorization for the student’s HBCU to confirm enrollment
Failure to establish eligibility may result in disqualification. If a potential recipient cannot be reached using the contact information provided, declines the scholarship, or does not complete required verification within a reasonable time specified by the Sponsor, the scholarship may be awarded to another eligible nominee or not awarded.
7. Scholarship Award
Each confirmed weekly recipient will receive a scholarship award with a value of $1,000.
The Sponsor will determine the lawful method of scholarship payment and communicate it to the recipient.
Scholarship recipients are responsible for applicable tax obligations to the extent required by law.
8. Information and Communications
Information submitted through the nomination form may be collected and processed by Hyundai of North Miami and applicable service providers for purposes including:
· Administering the Scholarship Program
· Reviewing nominations
· Verifying eligibility
· Contacting nominators and potential recipients
· Preventing fraud or abuse
· Maintaining appropriate records
· Complying with applicable legal requirements
· Other purposes described in the Privacy Policy
Where the person submitting the nomination separately provides legally appropriate marketing consent, that person’s information may also be used by Hyundai of North Miami, Lithia Motors, Inc., and applicable affiliated or related dealerships for marketing and promotional communications, subject to applicable law and the Privacy Policy.
Submitting another person’s contact information as part of a nomination does not, by itself, constitute that person’s consent to receive marketing communications.
Where consent is required, marketing communications directed to the nominated student require appropriate consent from that student or another person legally authorized to provide such consent.
Consent to marketing communications is not required to submit a nomination or receive a scholarship unless otherwise permitted by applicable law.
9. Publicity
Where permitted by law, confirmed scholarship recipients may be asked to authorize use of their name, photograph, likeness, HBCU affiliation, and scholarship story in connection with announcing or promoting the Scholarship Program.
Obtain any additional authorization required by applicable law separately.
10. Privacy
Personal information collected in connection with this Scholarship Program will be handled in accordance with the applicable Privacy Policy and applicable law. The Privacy Policy applicable to the Scholarship Program is available at https://nominateyour.com/privacy-policy
11. General Conditions
The Sponsor reserves the right, subject to applicable law, to disqualify nominations involving fraud, false information, manipulation, automated submissions, interference with the website, or violation of these Official Scholarship Rules.
If circumstances outside the Sponsor’s reasonable control materially affect the Scholarship Program, the Sponsor may modify, suspend, or terminate the program to the extent permitted by law.
Submitting a nomination constitutes agreement to these Official Scholarship Rules. The Scholarship Program is void where prohibited by law. These Official Scholarship Rules are governed by Florida law and any dispute arising out of the Scholarship Program will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Miami-Dade County, Florida. If any provision of these Official Scholarship Rules is held invalid, the remaining provisions remain in effect.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, nominators and recipients release the Sponsor, Lithia Motors, Inc., WPLG, and their respective affiliates, dealerships, agencies, and service providers, and the employees, officers, and directors of each of them, from claims arising out of participation in the Scholarship Program or the acceptance or use of a scholarship, and agree that those parties are not responsible for late, lost, incomplete, or misdirected nominations or for technical failures. This paragraph does not limit any right that cannot belimited under applicable law.
12. Questions
Questions regarding the Scholarship Program may be directed to:
Hyundai of North Miami — HyundaiofNorthMiami.com
