: For Students, Faculty, and Staff 
PAWS (Pet Away Worry and Stress) will be returning to Wilson Library this semester. Take a study break and drop in at any time to meet Boynton’s registered therapy animal teams—including dogs, bunnies, cats, chickens, and other therapy animals.
Sessions are FREE and open to the University of Minnesota community. Add these dates to your calendar and bring a friend.
Fall semester dates at Wilson Library, first floor
- Thursday, September 14 at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Thursday, September 28 at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Thursday, October 12 at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Thursday, October 26 at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Thursday, November 16 at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Thursday, November 30 at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
- Thursday, December 14 at 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Boynton Health’s PAWS program provides Animal-Assisted Interactions (AAI) with registered therapy animals – including dogs, cats, rabbits, and chickens – and a licensed clinical social worker staffs each session. While these sessions are not therapy, they are certainly therapeutic and part of the University’s initiative to support student mental health. PAWS is a safe, welcoming, and fun setting that is open and FREE to everyone who is part of the University of Minnesota community. No appointment is needed, and students are invited to attend PAWS as often as they can throughout the school year to interact with the therapy animals, their handlers, and other attendees.
