{"id":241315,"date":"2026-09-29T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=241315"},"modified":"2026-09-29T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:06:12","slug":"dogs-help-uh-hilo-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/29\/dogs-help-uh-hilo-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue dogs help 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo students de-stress"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Anna Alfred hopes students can mingle with rescue dogs to reduce stress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rescue dogs are lending a paw to help University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo pharmacy students manage the stress of finals.<\/p>\n

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Pharmacy students mingle with dogs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo pharmacy student and student senator Anna Alfred launched “Pause for Paws,” where students can take a break from studying and spend time with rescue dogs. The first event drew 41 students during finals week last May, with another planned for this fall.<\/p>\n

“As pharmacy students, finals week can be incredibly stressful and emotionally draining, so I wanted to create an opportunity for students to take a short break, decompress, and connect with something positive during such a demanding time,” Alfred said.<\/p>\n

Three rescue dogs\u2014Oreo, Phoebe and Cora\u2014visited the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy through Action 4 Animals Hawaiʻi<\/span>, a nonprofit co-founded by 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo anthropology professor Lynn Morrison.<\/p>\n

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Organization Action 4 Animals Hawaiʻi brought the rescue dogs to campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Students spent time petting the dogs, taking photos and relaxing together outside the classroom.<\/p>\n

“Many students shared that spending even a few minutes with the dogs helped ease stress and improve their mood during finals week,” Alfred said.<\/p>\n

Alfred hopes to bring the dogs back for December finals and continue other efforts that support student wellbeing and build community.<\/p>\n

Read more on 糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo Stories about the pups helping pharmacy students de-stress.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

糖心视频<\/abbr> Hilo pharmacy student and student senator Anna Alfred launched “Pause for Paws.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":241321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[52,91,14,907],"class_list":["post-241315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-pharmacy","tag-student-life","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-hilo-stories","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t