On a misty Saturday morning in February,
College of Health Professions (CHP) Professor of Nursing Joanne Singleton, PhD; Pace’s service dog, Professor Spirit; and 25 CHP undergraduate students boarded a bus departing from Pace’s Pleasantville Campus. With coffees in hand, many students noted that while this 8:00 a.m. call-time was a departure from their traditional weekend sleep schedules, today was an exciting, special exception. The group was gearing up for a field visit to Educated Canines Assisting with Disabilities (ECAD), a nonprofit organization devoted to training service dogs who go on to be paired with individuals with disabilities. The field trip to ECAD would be about a lot more than just playing with cute animals—although it would be a little bit of that, of course.
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