Wednesday, July 14, 2021
OSU Announces Opening of Pet Therapy Center This Fall Kaleb Tadpole Staff Reporter This summer OSU announced the opening of the nation’s largest university-based pet therapy center coming this fall. The center will be an evolution of Pete’s Pet Posse and will be home to both Pete’s Pet Posse and the Ruff Riders, the group of student volunteers in the program. The center will be based out of the Student Union; However, furry friends will continue to be active on campus. “Our mission is still to go out and serve students around campus.” Kendria Cost, Director of OSU Center for Pet Therapy said. With the opening of the pet therapy center, it will provide a place where people can come in and ask questions about the program, but it will not always serve as a home for the dogs. After OSU opened back up campus last year while still following guidelines by the CDC, students were hit with various problems regarding mental health. It was an extremely challenging Zach Hake/O’Colly Roscoe, one of the therapy dogs in Pete’s Pet Posse, enjoys a head scratch from an attendee Tuesday at the Bow Wow Film Festival at the Student Union Theater.
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Are COVID-19 symptoms different if I’m infected with the delta variant? Kaleb Tadpole Staff Reporter As public health officials continue to urge Americans to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccines, coronavirus infections have been on the rise in areas where vaccination rates remain low. That’s due in no small part to the delta variant, which has become the dominant strain in the United States. delta has taken over in an alarmingly short time. Based on genomic testing, the Centers for See COVID-19 on pg.2
Courtesy of ghanabusinessnews.com.