Do I suck it up and take it as it is.
My advice is to take it as is.
The "prize" was a soft cost for a marketing program designed to raise awareness for their course. Obviously, they do not feel that they raised enough awareness for the course.
If you want to do something else, be my guest. But, before acting, I'd ask myself, "what is this really going to accomplish? And, whether that outcome is worth the energy invested...