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VOLUME 27 · ISSUE 23 · MARCH 21, 2018
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Therapy dogs celebrate five years on campus Jennifer Will NEWS EDITOR Ω Therapy Thursday is well known to be one of the best days on campus, where students can destress by hanging out in Old Main with the St. John’s Ambulance dogs. On March 15, the Wellness Centre celebrated the fifth anniversary of the therapy dog program on campus. Chelsea Corsi, TRU’s wellness coordinator, said the idea for
the program came from looking at other schools and from suggestions by TRU employees. “About six years ago I’d been hearing about other universities, like law schools for example, bringing puppies in during exam time. I thought that was an interesting idea and thought how we could make that work,” Corsi said. They started the program off as a nine-week pilot project where they brought in the dogs every Thursday for a fourhour drop-in period.
“It was so successful that we couldn’t imagine not continuing on,” Corsi said. “What I know from working here so long, is that students are stressed throughout the entire semester. It doesn’t matter if it’s an exam time or midterms or just a transition to a new place.”
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Hanging out with the therapy dogs has proven to be a big source of stress relief for many students and is an easy way to take a quick break from an otherwise hectic semester. (Juan Cabrejo/Ω)