{"id":8025,"date":"2016-05-10T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T16:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/noon-today-may-10-come-chill-with-hero-the-therapy-dog-a-doggone-good-way-to-relax\/"},"modified":"2016-05-10T12:15:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-10T16:15:05","slug":"noon-today-may-10-come-chill-with-hero-the-therapy-dog-a-doggone-good-way-to-relax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/noon-today-may-10-come-chill-with-hero-the-therapy-dog-a-doggone-good-way-to-relax\/","title":{"rendered":"Noon today (May 10): Come chill with Hero the Therapy Dog &#8212; a doggone good way to relax!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-65943\" src=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/therapy510-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"therapy510\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stressed about exams? Anxious about that research paper?<br \/>\n<strong><em>Hero the Therapy Dog is here to help! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Come to the Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Atrium in the Marvin Library Learning Commons on<br \/>\n<strong>Tuesday, May 10 from noon &#8211; 2 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>to decompress, have fun, and relax.<br \/>\nTake a few minutes out to recharge your batteries!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Research has demonstrated that interacting with an animal can lower feelings of anxiety and stress, lower blood pressure, and improve mood and sense of well being. Therapy dogs undergo extensive training and ongoing testing to meet\u00a0the highest safety standards. Therapy dogs can be found in\u00a0schools, nursing homes, hospitals, and increasingly,\u00a0 on college campuses. These canine critters\u00a0help students cope with the stress of exams, provide support to students, faculty and staff; and are sure to get the happy endorphins flowing. \u00a0For more information on the benefits of therapy dogs on college campuses during high stress times, visit the library&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/hvcc.libguides.com\/wellness\/therapy\" target=\"_blank\">Research Genius Wellness guide<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Don&#8217;t forget to take time out Tuesday, May 10 between noon and 2 p.m. to unwind with Hero. He will remind you there is light at the end of the spring 2016 semester tunnel!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 10 May 2016 12:15:05 +0000 by\u00a0v.waldin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Stressed about exams? Anxious about that research paper? Hero the Therapy Dog is here to help! Come to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-announcement-college-related"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}