TEMPE – On Friday, Arizona State University announced that students will be required to wear a face covering. The new policy requires face coverings for all employees, students and visitors while in buildings.
Face coverings will also be required in outdoor community spaces where social distancing isn’t possible.
Examples of outdoor community spaces include garages and parking lots, ASU shuttles, bicycle racks and sidewalks.
ASU had already announced this requirement for the start of the fall semester.
According to a statement issued by University President Michael Crow, the move comes in response to the request ASU received earlier this week from the business community urging Greater Phoenix Leadership members, including the state’s universities, to encourage wearing masks in public settings because “it is incredibly important that we do our part to slow the transmission of the COVID-19 virus.”