Published Oct. 13, 2021
Gov. John Bel Edwards gives ULM Student Government Association President Lauren Fee
a Shot for $100 gift card during a visit to the campus COVID-19 vaccine and testing
clinic Tuesday. The governor made a stop at the university to give gift cards to students,
and members of the public, receiving their first vaccine, and to visit with President
Ron Berry.
Siddarth Gaulee/ULM Photo Services
The Louisiana Department of Health and Louisiana National Guard offers the free COVID-19
vaccine and testing clinics from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday in the
SUB.
To encourage the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. John Bel Edwards visited the University of
Louisiana Monroe Tuesday, where he gave Shot for $100 gift cards to students and members of the community receiving their first dose of
the vaccine.
“Nothing is more important than giving the Shot for $100 cards to the students,” said
Edwards, who was pleased with the number of students at the vaccine clinic in the
Student Union Building.
After meeting with students, the governor visited President Ron Berry and congratulated
him on his investiture on Oct. 1.
Michael Crenshaw and Gov. John Bel Edwards
“We are honored to host the governor and thank him for his leadership during these
challenging times with COVID-19,” Berry said. “Gov. Edwards is a strong supporter
of Higher Education and has provided us one of the best budgets in years.”
Michael Crenshaw, a ULM Hawkseeker and accounting major who is already vaccinated,
came to meet the governor and compliment Edwards on his TikTok account.
“It’s really cool to see that level of engagement,” Crenshaw said. “The governor uses
TikTok to promote vaccines. To meet him was an opportunity I could not pass up.”
The Louisiana Department of Health and Louisiana National Guard offers the free COVID-19
vaccine and testing clinics from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday in the
SUB.
