Change to masking guidance

March 4, 2022

Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its masking guidance to align with new metrics for COVID-19 risk in local communities.

With the national shift in masking guidance, it makes sense for our universities to do the same. Effective March 1, we will adopt a more localized approach. Under this new approach, each chancellor will be responsible for setting masking expectations at each of their locations based on the CDC’s COVID-19 community levels. System office �Ӱ�ԭ��s and others working or studying at locations outside their home university’s community will follow the local university guidance.

With this change, chancellors will manage this important safety measure as COVID-19 ebbs and flows in their communities. This is the first step in a process to eventually move beyond pandemic response and into normal operations alongside COVID-19.

Please watch for an email in the coming days, which will have more information from your chancellors. Each university’s masking expectations will also be shared on their COVID-19 pages.

Thank you for your continued patience and diligence as we move toward a long-term approach to managing COVID-19 across our university communities.

Sincerely,

Pat Pitney, President

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