Following guidance from the Board of Governors and in collaboration with the other State University System institutions, effective May 10, 2021, UCF encourages rather than requires our campus community to wear face coverings indoors and to follow CDC guidelines on our campuses and everywhere you go.
With the exception of masks still being required at the Student Health Center, this is a change from our previous requirement to wear face coverings everywhere, and it reflects our campus community’s many efforts to get vaccinated and the low number of COVID-19 cases at UCF. It is on each of us to take the personal precautions necessary to protect our campus community.
How to Wear Your Face Covering
Be sure to Armor Up properly. Take the steps below to help protect yourself and those around you.
Wear Your Face Covering Correctly
Wash your hands before putting on your face covering
Put it over your nose and mouth and secure it under your chin
Try to fit it snugly against the sides of your face
Make sure you can breathe easily
Don’t put the covering around your neck or up on your forehead
Don’t touch the face covering, and, if you do, wash your hands
Take Off Your Face Covering Carefully
Untie the strings behind your head or stretch the ear loops
Handle only by the ear loops or ties
Fold outside corners together
When you are home, place covering in the washing machine
While you are eating, place covering with the outside part face down on a napkin or paper on your table.
Be careful not to touch your eyes, nose, and mouth when removing and wash hands immediately after removing.
Distribution Locations
Forgot your face covering or want an additional one? You can purchase them through many of our vending machines stocked with face coverings listed below. The UCF-branded cloth masks are available for $5, and disposable masks are also available for $2.
UCF Main Campus
Vending machines stocked with face coverings:
- Business Administration I Building (outdoors)
- Business Administration II Building
- Classroom I Building (two on first floor)
- Classroom II Building
- Colbourn Hall
- Education Complex
- Engineering I Building (two on first floor)
- Engineering II Building
- Ferrell Commons (outdoors)*
- Global Building
- Harris Corporation Engineering Center (two on first floor)
- Health Sciences I
- Health Sciences II
- Howard Phillips Hall
- John T. Washington Center*
- Library (main floor)*
- Mathematical Sciences Building
- Millican Hall (first and second floors)
- Nicholson School of Communication and Media (two on first floor)
- Psychology Building
- Research I Building
- Student Union (food court)*
- Teaching Academy (two on first floor)
- Visual Arts Building
UCF Downtown
Vending machines stocked with face coverings:
- Communication and Media Building (Card Services)
- DPAC (second floor near library)
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Vending machines stocked with face coverings:
- Outside Bookstore
*Vending machines that do not have face coverings available for purchase.
Buy UCF Face Masks
Get your own UCF face masks from Rock ‘Em to show school pride. Choose from 12 designs available while supporting the Armor Up, Knights fundraiser. The fund helps students facing hardship or obstacles that make it difficult to continue their education at UCF.
For each face covering sold, $5 will go to the UCF Student Emergency Fund. If you buy one of the special three-pack collections, $15 will be donated to the fund.
Get Your UCF Face MaskCOVID SELF-CHECKER
Students and Employees
The self-checker remains available in the UCF Mobile app and online as a tool for screening symptoms.
Visitors
All UCF visitors and vendors are encouraged to conduct symptom monitoring through the COVID Self-Checker before arriving on campus.
Frequently Asked Questions
Check out the most frequently asked questions about wearing face coverings and masks while on UCF campuses. We’ve also compiled a list of FAQs about academics, operations, employment, health and safety, and more. Explore all coronavirus FAQs.
Our expectation is that students, faculty and staff wear masks while indoors, in line with CDC guidance and with Florida’s State University System and to help protect our campus community. However, neither the university nor individual faculty and staff members may require individuals to wear masks if they choose not to do so. The exception to this involves health-care facilities such as the Student Health Center, UCF Health, and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), which still require face coverings inside their buildings. Additionally, as a simulated clinical environment, the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center at the College of Medicine also requires face coverings.
No member of the UCF community is permitted to require any other member of the UCF community to wear a face covering on campus, whether in an office, classroom or other location. You may encourage others to wear face coverings, but you may not require them to do so.
No. UCF has ordered enough face coverings for all students and faculty and staff members, and they will be available throughout the summer and fall semesters.
UCF Card Services is open for students and employees in need of a new or replacement UCF Card.
New students who have not yet received their UCF ID will receive their face covering in conjunction with distribution of their UCF Cards later this summer.
It is recommended that the face coverings are washed by hand with mild liquid detergent after each day’s use and then hung dry.
Disposable masks will be provided to building liaisons for distribution upon request, and more information will be shared with those individuals in the coming weeks.
More information is listed in the COVID-19 Return to Campus Policy.