--- title: Around Campus - Therapy Dogs in Hammond Main Lounge description: Around Campus - Therapy Dogs in Hammond Main Lounge image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_050-Feb-01-2023-07-27-05-1570-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Around Campus - Therapy Dogs in Hammond Main Lounge Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on January 31, 2023 at 5:45 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) This afternoon, students got a little break from classes, tests and projects this afternoon by spending a little time with Daisy, Moka, Penny, and  [Fitchburg State University Police's](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/about/university-police) own Odin in the Hammond Main Lounge. These therapy dogs were a welcome respite from the stress that comes as the semester begins. Keep your eyes on [University Events](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/campus-life/events) for future visits. ![Image_026-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6036-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_026-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6036-PM.jpg?width=2513&height=1668&name=Image_026-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6036-PM.jpg) ![Image_007-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3894-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_007-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3894-PM.jpg?width=2459&height=1705&name=Image_007-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3894-PM.jpg) ![Image_041-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4590-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_041-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4590-PM.jpg?width=1968&height=2131&name=Image_041-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4590-PM.jpg) ![Image_013-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-7590-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_013-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-7590-PM.jpg?width=1765&height=2375&name=Image_013-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-7590-PM.jpg) ![Image_033-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3574-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_033-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3574-PM.jpg?width=1893&height=2215&name=Image_033-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3574-PM.jpg) ![Image_042-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6095-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_042-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6095-PM.jpg?width=2390&height=1754&name=Image_042-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6095-PM.jpg) ![Image_038-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6204-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_038-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6204-PM.jpg?width=2028&height=2067&name=Image_038-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6204-PM.jpg) ![Image_034-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5987-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_034-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5987-PM.jpg?width=2363&height=1774&name=Image_034-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5987-PM.jpg) ![Image_014-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4716-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_014-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4716-PM.jpg?width=2339&height=1792&name=Image_014-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4716-PM.jpg) ![Image_017-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5287-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_017-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5287-PM.jpg?width=2333&height=1797&name=Image_017-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5287-PM.jpg) ![Image_025-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5831-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_025-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5831-PM.jpg?width=1719&height=2439&name=Image_025-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-5831-PM.jpg) ![Image_023-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6091-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_023-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6091-PM.jpg?width=1665&height=2518&name=Image_023-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-6091-PM.jpg) ![Image_044-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3352-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_044-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3352-PM.jpg?width=2375&height=1765&name=Image_044-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-3352-PM.jpg) ![Image_021-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4806-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_021-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4806-PM.jpg?width=1701&height=2465&name=Image_021-Feb-01-2023-07-26-24-4806-PM.jpg) ![Image_050-Feb-01-2023-07-27-05-1570-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_050-Feb-01-2023-07-27-05-1570-PM.jpg?width=2509&height=1671&name=Image_050-Feb-01-2023-07-27-05-1570-PM.jpg) Topics: [Student Experience](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/student-experience), [Events](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/events) ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic A-Z - [Academic Affairs (20)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/academic-affairs) - [Admissions (160)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/admissions) - [Adult Learning in the Fitchburg Area (ALFA) (5)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/adult-learning-in-the-fitchburg-area-alfa) - [Advanced Placement Summer Institutes (1)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/advanced-placement-summer-institutes) - [Alumni (73)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/alumni) - [Athletics (51)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/athletics) - [Behavioral Sciences (52)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/behavioral-sciences) - [Board of Trustees (7)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/board-of-trustees) - [Business Programs (12)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/business-programs) - [Campus (110)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/campus) - [Campus Safety (36)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/campus-safety) - [Career Services (56)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/career-services) - [Center for Diversity and Inclusiveness (4)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/center-for-diversity-and-inclusiveness) - [Center for Italian Culture (6)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/center-for-italian-culture) - [Center for Professional Studies (20)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/center-for-professional-studies) - [Clubs and Organizations (138)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/clubs-and-organizations) - [Commencement (15)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/commencement) - [Communications/Media (219)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/communications-media) - [Community (544)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/community) - [Commuters (15)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/commuters) - [Creative Arts Enterprise (76)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/creative-arts-enterprise) - [Creative Arts Therapies (74)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/creative-arts-therapies) - [Criminal Justice (123)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/criminal-justice) - [Digital Media Innovation (10)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/digital-media-innovation) - [Dining (6)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/dining) - [Early College Program (13)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/early-college-program) - [Economics, History, and Political Science (30)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/economics-history-and-political-science) - [Education Program (61)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/education-program) - [Engineering Technology (41)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/engineering-technology) - [English Studies (51)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/english-studies) - [Environmental Science (18)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/environmental-science) - [Events (191)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/events) - [Exercise and Sports Science (16)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/exercise-and-sports-science) - [Faculty (70)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/faculty) - [Fine Art (51)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/fine-art) - [Fitchburg Access Television (FATV) (18)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/fitchburg-access-television-fatv) - [Fitchburg Art Museum (15)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/fitchburg-art-museum) - [Game Design (36)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/game-design) - [Graduate Programs (7)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/graduate-programs) - [Greek Life (32)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/greek-life) - [Health and Natural Sciences (225)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/health-and-natural-sciences) - [Housing (13)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/housing) - [Humanities (145)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/humanities) - [IdeaLab (4)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/idealab) - [Information Session (180)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/information-session) - [Information Technology (3)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/information-technology) - [International Admissions (23)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/international-admissions) - [International Education (36)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/international-education) - [Internship (2)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/internship) - [Library (10)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/library) - [Mathematics (12)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/mathematics) - [Meet the Faculty (14)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/meet-the-faculty) - [Music Programs (69)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/music-programs) - [Nursing Program (98)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/nursing-program) - [Occupational Vocational Education (15)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/occupational-vocational-education) - [Our Faculty (42)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/our-faculty) - [Our Students (181)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/our-students) - [Podcasts (3)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/podcasts) - [Police Program (131)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/police-program) - [Preparing for College (46)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/preparing-for-college) - [President (61)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/president) - [Programs (23)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/programs) - [Programs and Majors (233)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/programs-and-majors) - [Psychological Science Program (4)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/psychological-science-program) - [Research (9)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/research) - [SGOCE (4)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/sgoce) - [She Soars (3)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/she-soars) - [Staff (65)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/staff) - [Student Affairs (3)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/student-affairs) - [Student Engagement (16)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/student-engagement) - [Student Experience (443)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/student-experience) - [Study Abroad (16)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/study-abroad) - [Theater Block (10)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/theater-block) - [Theater Program (58)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/theater-program) - [University Police (19)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/university-police) - [Upward Bound (1)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/upward-bound) - [Veteran Services (14)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/veteran-services) [see all](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/around-campus-therapy-dogs-in-hammond-main-lounge#) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ### **Connect with Us** Copyright © 2024 Fitchburg State University. All rights reserved 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg MA 01420-2697 978.665.3000 [Directions ](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/about/maps-and-directions)|[Contact Us](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/about/contact-us) |[Visit](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/admissions-and-aid/visit) |[Offices & Services](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/offices-and-services) |[Campus Accessibility](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/student-support/disability-services/campus-accessibility)