If you’re looking for more opportunities to get involved on campus, check out more events, find new or easier ways to share your voice on important issues, and get rewarded for your efforts, then UASU Perks is definitely for you! Whether you’re a new or returning Perks user (or still thinking about joining), we made this list to help you get the most out of the app (and the shop) this semester.
1. Participate!
It probably sounds obvious, but to get the most out of UASU Perks, you’ll actually need to use it! Your UASU fills the Perks app with tons of upcoming events (both on UAlberta campuses and off), fun trivia quizzes, and surveys–sometimes they’re silly, and sometimes they’re about serious topics that your UASU Execs might use when advocating for student concerns.
We’ve even run scavenger hunts and Dungeons & Dragons campaigns through Perks! So whether you’re looking for the next event to attend, or you just need a brain break, you’ll always find something to do in Perks and collect some points. You just need your CCID to sign in at perks.uasu.ca or download the UASU Perks app from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
2. Check daily
From the start to the end of each Fall and Winter term, your UASU adds new stuff to Perks every single day (even weekends)! To get the most out of Perks this semester, we recommend checking the app daily to see what’s new. You’ll earn Perks points for everything you do in Perks, which you can redeem for prizes. That means if you check the app more frequently, you can earn more points, which means you can take home more prizes!
3. Save money on Member Mondays
In addition to raising your campus involvement and earning prizes with Perks points, UASU Perks members also get exclusive discounts. Every Monday through the Fall and Winter terms, you can save 10% at all UASU businesses when you show the Member Mondays offer in-app at time of purchase. That means UASU Perks members can save money on Mondays at:
- The Daily Grind
- SUBmart
- SUBprint
- Dewey’s
- Balmoral Lounge
4. Spend your points (obviously)
You can’t get rewarded for doing all that stuff in Perks if you don’t spend your points! We have great prizes in the Perks Shop throughout the semester, including gift cards, free coffees from Daily Grind, cute UASU merch you can pick up in SUBmart, event passes, raffles, and big gatecrasher prizes that might take you the whole semester to save up for! You also have the option to donate your leftover points to the Campus Food Bank if you’ve already gotten everything you want from the shop.
However you plan to spend your points, just make sure to do it before the end of each semester. Your points expire at the end of each term, meaning everyone who participates on Perks starts from 0 at the start of each term. So, yeah. It’s literally use ‘em or lose ‘em.
5. Give us your feedback
We want to make sure that UASU Perks continues to be something that students enjoy using, and we need your help to do that! We often run feedback surveys towards the end of each semester to get your thoughts on the content and prizes from that term so that we can try and make sure the next semester is even better! But you don’t have to wait for those end of semester surveys to tell us what you think. If you encounter any issues using Perks, or want to share your thoughts with us ASAP, you can reach us anytime at perks@uasu.ca.