The UW System is offering incentives to students in an effort to boost vaccination rates on campus. Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinAt UWM, students who get vaccinated on campus can UWM receive hats, shirts and socks. They can also be entered into a raffle to win prizes like Brewers tickets, theater tickets and a laptop. The largest incentive, however, is the 70 For 70 campaign. The UW System will give away 70 scholarships for $7,000 dollars each to vaccinated students on any UW campus, excluding Madison.There is a catch. Vaccinated students are only entered for a chance to win a scholarship if their campus reaches a 70% vaccination rate.Madison is not included in the '70 For 70' campaign because their student body is already nearly 90% vaccinated. "This vaccine is safe. People should take it. If you look in the hospitals, the people who are in intensive care and the people who are dying are the people who did not get vaccinated," said UW System president, Tommy Thompson.While meeting with students on UWM's campus Friday, Thompson said he felt incentives were more likely to get the most vaccinations on campus, rather than a vaccine mandate. "Both the chancellor (Mark Mone) and I would like to see 100% vaccinated. We won't get that. We never will," Thompson said. "My goal is to get as many people vaccinated and especially the students, the professors and the employees, because I know it's going to prevent deaths and serious sickness."WISN 12 saw at least a dozen students taking advantage of the free walk-in vaccination clinic on campus Friday. Most students who spoke to WISN 12 said they liked the ease of getting the vaccine on campus. Other students who were already vaccinated said they liked that UW was offering so many incentives. "I think that's going to be pretty cool because a lot of my friends are short on money. Some of them haven't even gotten the vaccine yet," said Shanley Lance, a freshman at UWM who said she got the vaccine in May. UWM officials did not have an answer to how many students on campus were vaccinated, but said it was certainly not 70%. Officials said they hoped to release those numbers by the end of next week. Sign up for coronavirus email alerts from WISNGet breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 app.Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube