Vax to school
Support a safe return to campus for millions of students
As the Delta variant causes increased uncertainty on campuses around the country, it’s more important than ever to give students instant access to essential resources and provide clear communication about policies and procedures.
That’s why Mainstay is partnering with institutions to provide real-time communications support around vaccination updates, at no cost. Working with colleges and universities nationwide, we’re working to give 3 million students the information they need to navigate a safe return to campus. Partners in our free Vax to School program will be able to send their students custom, research-backed texts with COVID-19 information that is specific to their institution, and updated in real time based on guidance from health authorities.
Let’s work together to make every campus a safe and healthy space for students, faculty, and staff this fall. Sign up today to join our collective effort to provide all students the information they need for a safe return to school.
Texting works
Try our most effective campaigns — for free
Why free texting?
Research from institutions such as Georgia State University and Winston-Salem State University has found that communicating via text message (SMS) helps students complete immunization requirements. As part of a collective effort to help all students get back to campus as safely as possible, we are providing this service to the higher ed community — completely free of charge.
How does the program work?
If you are interested in sending vaccine reminders through SMS to your students, a Mainstay Partner Success Manager will help you upload your students’ phone numbers, customize the text messages they’ll receive, and schedule your free campaign.
What can I learn from this?
After the text messages are sent, we’ll show you a free report highlighting students’ aggregate declared data, so you can learn whether your students are hesitant to get vaccinated, and why.
How do I upload my students' contact information?
A Mainstay Partner Success Manager will show you how to import data from your system of record into your free Mainstay account.
Where does the data go and who owns it?
Mainstay is a data fiduciary and fully FERPA compliant. Data will be used to send text messages to students. Mainstay does not share or sell any student-level data, and any reporting is done in aggregate and/or anonymized.
Frequently asked questions
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Get students vax to school
Step 1
Securely share student information, including cell phone numbers, for any students you would like to message with COVID-19 vaccination reminders. Mainstay is FERPA-compliant.
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Solutions for every engagement strategy
Mainstay helps you engage students or employees in a variety of ways — from one-on-one, personal interactions to behaviorally intelligent conversations at scale. We’ll partner with you to support your current objectives, and adapt with you as your engagement strategy matures.
Examine these helpful resources about engagement strategy, student and employee impact, and Behavioral Intelligence trends.
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WSSU used proactive SMS texting to increase their students’ immunization compliance by 37%.
Proven success with
improving immunization
GSU proved through a Randomized Control Trial that SMS texting effectively reduces summer melt and increases
on-time immunization by 9.3%.
- 97% of today’s students read every text they receive: there’s simply no better communication channel to get students’ attention when it comes to important topics like campus health.
- Vax to School allows you to send your students important resources and reminders to help them complete COVID-19 immunization requirements for returning to campus in the fall.
- Custom reporting visualizes how your student population is engaging with the immunization campaigns, giving you insight into their sentiments, questions, concerns, and more.
After sending three campaigns to specific audiences, UWY reduced the number of students who hadn't submitted immunization forms by 72%.
Step 2
A Mainstay Partner Success Manager will help you customize the content of our research-proven vaccination text campaigns and send them out. We’ll do all the heavy-lifting, but you’ll have full control over what gets sent to your students.
Step 3
Students will receive text messages with helpful resources and reminders about completing your institution’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements.
Step 4
You will receive a custom Mainstay report with aggregate information about how your students responded to the campaigns.
Georgia State University
University of Wyoming
Winston-Salem State University
