Auburn University School of Nursing Dean Gregg Newschwander is hosting a golf outing to raise funds for an alternative therapy area in the school’s new building, currently being constructed on campus, according to a University press release.
The event will be held on Friday, March 11, at Opelika’s Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Grand National, with a shotgun start scheduled for 8 a.m.
The specialized area in the new building will serve the school’s animal-assisted therapy program, Canines Assisting Rehabilitation and Education, or CAREing Paws, the release states. Assistant Professor Stuart Pope started the program four years ago as a way for students to learn about animal-assisted therapy through classroom teaching and hands-on clinical experiences. The program works with two dogs: Miller, a golden retriever, and Choa, a yellow Labrador retriever, for therapy visits.
“The program made me realize the important role animals, especially dogs, can play in people’s lives,” said Audrey Pattillo, senior in nursing, in the release. “They bring feelings of love and companionship that cannot be fulfilled from anything else. And they do an incredible job of lifting the spirits of those who are suffering from illness.”
Participants in the golf outing can register and have photographs taken with Miller and Choa starting at 7 a.m., on March 11. Lunch and the presentation of awards will begin at 1 p.m.
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