**Pending campus safety, PAWS+ sessions may be unavailable and/or cancelled. Our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding.

** As you can imagine, we're pretty swamped with requests and do not have the resources to support all of them. We strongly encourage you to try and work this PAWS+ request into one of our 4 weekly sessions on campus (see events.tc.umn.edu/PAWS/).

•°•°• PAWS+ is unavailable during the month of May, 2026 •°•°•

PAWS+ is a feature of Boynton Health’s PAWS Program available to UMN students, staff, faculty, and community groups to support mental health and well-being. In order to support our weekly PAWS sessions, PAWS+ requests are charged at $150/hr. 

PAWS+ is a 1- to 2-hour session scheduled between the hours of 9am-8pm, Monday thru Thursday. Fridays and Weekends are scheduled on a case-by-case basis. NOTE: PAWS+ sessions are typically not scheduled when the University is closed, or at the same time or within one hour of the start/stop of weekly PAWS sessions. Please see boynton.umn.edu/paws for our schedule and to confirm your request falls outside of those parameters. 

PAWS animals are well-loved on campus and unfortunately this means we cannot accommodate every request. PAWS+ requests are handled on a first-come, first-serve basis and must be received at 10 days prior to your scheduled event. An ideal PAWS+ space is an enclosed room/space that can comfortably hold all your participants and the PAWS teams. Removing as many tables and chairs as possible is also helpful. If you have any additional questions or a unique request that falls outside of these parameters, please contact Tanya Bailey, PAWS Program Manager, at tanya@umn.edu. 

Please complete the following form to request your PAWS+ session for 2026.