Pet Therapy Kicks Off Midterms Stress Relief Events at the SSC

To help our students de-stress, the Student Success Center
will be hosting stress-relief activities every day this week. 

Several studies have shown that interacting with animals can help relieve mental stress. Today, SD Mines students tested those results personally by playing with four, sweet kittens and an excited puppy in the Student Success Center. These animals were kindly brought in by the Humane Society of the Black Hills and they provided some much-appreciated pet therapy for SDSM&T students.

Buster (who will be up for adoption next week) brought lot of energy to share with his new friends!

These four ladies took over the corner with our famous orange couch.

Queen Kitty of the Orange Couch rules over her kingdom.

Warm kitty, soft kitty, little ball of fur...

Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr....

Puppy poses for a picture while getting the belly rubs.

All worn out from a hard day's work!

Be sure to drop by the Student Success Center all week for other stress-relief activities!