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Therapy Dog Returns to 91社区 to Support Students During Finals

91社区 will welcome back Kol, a certified therapy dog, on Monday, Dec. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. Kol will provide comfort to students studying for final exams in the Wimberly Library, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.

Kol, a certified therapy dog, provides comfort to students studying for final exams in the Wimberly Library.


By kelsie weekes | 12/7/2015

91社区 will welcome back Kol, a certified therapy dog, on Monday, Dec. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. Kol will provide comfort to students studying for final exams in the Wimberly Library, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus.

The award-winning canine and his owner, Jane Eisenberg, are volunteers with Therapy Dogs International and have spent the last three years comforting Hospice patients. The 71-pound golden retriever enjoys the attention from students and doesn鈥檛 mind cuddling with them or posing for a 鈥渟elfie.鈥

鈥淪tudies have shown that therapy pets can help to reduce stress and anxiety and a growing number of universities are having success with golden retrievers during final exams,鈥 said Rita Pellen, associate dean of Libraries. 鈥淜ol鈥檚 visit to 91社区 puts a different face on the academic library and shows our students that we care about what they are experiencing.鈥

Kol鈥檚 visit is hosted by 91社区 Libraries and the 91社区 Mentoring Project.
For media coverage, contact Carol West at 561-297-0245 or聽clewis36@fau.edu, or Kelsie Weekes at 561-350-5705 or聽Weekesk@fau.edu.

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