Crossing the path with dogs, cats and other animals, a liberal art school in Florida, is part of the campus life for students at EKard College, which allows pets to live in the dormitory.
Acred Senior Sophie Nokera said that she probably knows the names of pets better than her fellow students.
“This is a case for a lot of students,” Nokera said, who lives with his border Koli, Zuko at Campus in St. Petersburg. “When I am walking my dog, I often hear, ‘Oh my God, hi, cold!” It is as if I am not there either. ,
Pets are welcome to some colleges and universities across the country from Massachusetts Institute of Technology to Stephens College in Missouri, Campus Residences.
For students, companionship can help reduce stress, anxiety and homeicness. In colleges, students also see benefits for engagement and help them to have relationships with each other.
Federal law requires public and private colleges to allow the service animals and emotional support animals in student housing. But the increasing number of schools is allowing pets with various restrictions.
Not all animals are welcome on pet-friendly complexes
The MIT allows cats only in limited numbers and in pre-eternal places. In Eckerd, students can bring their family pets to stay with them on campus after their first semester. Pets in college need to be part of domestic life at least six months before coming to the campus and should not be toxic or aggressive.
At the University of North Colorado, students are allowed dogs and cats in three of the more than a dozen residence halls on the campus. Animals should be at least 6 months old and not more than 40 pounds (18 kg). Students are limited to a pet. This decline would be the most registered pets in the campus in the school as it began to allow them a decade ago, Jadeh Cummins, Executive Director of Housing.
“One of the markers of adulthood is,” Can I not just take care of myself, but can I take care of being another? ” This is an important part of it, “Cummins said.
Molly Cheer, a senior nursing head, said that he chose North Colorado in part due to his pet-friendly policy. When he is emphasized about school, he said, it helps Louis to come to the house, which the cat he adopted during his first year.
“Whenever I feel stressed or overwhelmed, I pick her up and surprise her, and as long as I need it, he treats it.”
Eckerd has a pet-friendly dom since 1973. Assistant Dean Jack Ladon, assistant for residential life and student engagement, said that the college has hosted hundreds of animals, including rabbits, ferrets, chinchilla, birds, guinea pigs, bearded dragons, goes, turtles, snakes, frogs, fish, and even a target.
Pets change college experience for their owners
Nokera said that Zuko has helped to meet other people on the campus, as well as emotionally, when she was struggling with the decision to change her chief.
“I remember that I was coming back to my dom and was just melting on the floor, and I was there. And I remember that whatever happens tomorrow, I am going to wake up, and I am going to take him to the dog park. And, we are going to play regardless of our chief,” Nokera said that Nokera said that a student of Pete Life said that a student said a student said a student said that a student said a student said.
At Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania, Eva Chatterjee-Sutton saw that a first-year student could make a difference when a first year student was struggling to make a connection before suggesting her mother’s puppy. After the arrival of the dog, the student joined the campus life more, said Chatterjee-Sutton, vice-president of the student life.
“I think it has changed his relationship with his college trajectory and others in the campus,” said Chatterjee-Intton.
Residence Hall determines boundaries, get creative to support pets owners
PET-friendly dirs require colleges to avoid additional costs to avoid movement as well as how to avoid movement of animals during the alarm tests of fire. Some schools charge a pet fee, which vary by the school, involving the type of PET and often housing expenses. For example, at Stephens College, the annual fee for a dog or cat is $ 220, for a cage- or aquarium-diocese pet is $ 50 and free for fish. Others require students to make liability insurance and roommate agreements. Publicly needs to be restrained by pets, and most colleges need students to ensure that their pets are healthy and vaccinated.
Eckerd and other college graduate ceremonies recognize the role of pets in their students’ lives, allowing them to cross the phase of starting together in some cases.
“The pet is not clearly for all, and it’s perfectly fine,” Nokera said. “But for people that it is a good fit, it is worth it. It’s the upcoming year, I will graduate, and Zuko will be in his small pet graduate ceremony, running on stage with me.”
