Posted on 12/22/2018 4:19:24 PM PST by bgill
On a recent visit to Northwestern University, dozens of students stood patiently waiting as if a celebrity were signing autographs. At the front of the line, were the stars of the show: Hope and Winnie – two miniature therapy horses looking to be hugged so they could help the students de-stress from exams... This is the fourth year miniature therapy horses have made their way to the Northwestern campus during exams thanks to Mane in Heaven, a non-profit organization that provides therapy horses to people in need. Founded in 2012 and based in Barrington, President Dina Ewing Morgan said the organization has seven therapy horses that travel to area hospitals, social service agencies and even universities. “When we first started doing this for college kids, we wondered ‘Will it even have an effect?'” said Ewing Morgan, who is also a nurse. “We do this with special needs kids and hospital kids, and seniors, but we didn’t know if it would actually work on college kids and they love it.”
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
These days there are very few real exams at the end of the semester. The STEM courses have exams. In other courses the kids have to write a paper. ( yes, many of them download it from the internet)
Just wait until one of those comfort horses steps on your foot!
Dopinder is my hero.
CC
We didn't have therapy ANYTHING for exams when I went to college in the 1980s.
DANG!
Kitten farts are enough to asphyxiate a grown man.
Hate to see all the legal waivers which have to be signed and notarized ...
A horse steps on somebody’s foor and a stampede of lawyers descends
All those hitching post’s will make egress difficult.
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