Animals Calm Students Before Finals
By Madison Bonner, Writer
Photography from McKendree students, faculty, and social media
On Thursday, May 2nd, therapy dogs greeted students on campus from 11:00 to 1:30. This event was organized by a group of students in Dr. Sara Frank’s Health Communication class. Students Aspen Duggar, Karin Tebelius, Elana Melzer, Elizabeth Collins, Hanna Parisio, and Felicity Crowell created the event as a part of their group project to create a campaign for McKendree’s Counseling Services. The students were in charge of advertising and obtaining permission for the dogs to be on campus. At the event, they passed out fliers for Counseling Services.
Melissa McHenry, the assistant director at McKendree’s Counseling Services, helped the group contact and book the therapy dogs.
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