Posted by: Elizabeth Richardson on May 7, 2021, No Comments
Once a week during spring semester, East Stroudsburg University junior Georgia Murray would sit outside Koehler Fieldhouse for an hour making notes on how many people wore a mask as they entered or left the building.
Murray was one of 10 ESU students taking part in a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that is looking at mask-wearing on 53 college campuses around the country. ESU’s participation is led by Dr. Christine M. Fisher, assistant professor in the health studies department, who recruited students to take part.
Due to the pandemic, the normally bustling campus wasn’t crowded. Most ESU classes this spring were virtual but some lab and health science courses were in-person because of the hands-on requirements of the curricula. Six spring sports, plus men’s and women’s cross-country teams and the women’s swimming team, all competed this spring as well.