{"id":13262,"date":"2026-01-12T09:29:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin-new\/?post_type=campus_story&#038;p=13262"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:29:06","slug":"meet-mocha-uw-eau-claires-new-campus-therapy-dog","status":"publish","type":"campus_story","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/story\/meet-mocha-uw-eau-claires-new-campus-therapy-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Mocha, UW-Eau Claire\u2019s new campus therapy dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The college experience brings excitement, challenges, new friendships and new experiences for students.<\/p>\n<p>Every once in a while, however, it can also bring a longing for the comforts of home.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new employee on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus who can help provide that comfort. She\u2019s furry, has four legs and goes by the name Mocha.<\/p>\n<p>Mocha works for the University Police department as its newest therapy dog. It\u2019s a position that demands a lot of responsibility for lifting the mood of students, faculty and staff across campus.<\/p>\n<p>And even though Mocha is just over 10 weeks old, she\u2019s already shouldering that responsibility like a champ.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/YvNPPgYF_rA?si=Ol8pWiH-uA5ghlQg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Written by UW-Eau Claire<\/p>\n<p>Link to original story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwec.edu\/stories\/meet-mocha-uw-eau-claires-new-campus-therapy-dog\">https:\/\/www.uwec.edu\/stories\/meet-mocha-uw-eau-claires-new-campus-therapy-dog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The college experience brings excitement, challenges, new friendships and new experiences for students. Every once in a while, however, it can also bring a longing for the comforts of home. There\u2019s a new employee on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus who can help provide that comfort. She\u2019s furry, has four legs and goes by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":13264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","institution":[96],"story_category":[147],"class_list":["post-13262","campus_story","type-campus_story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","institution-uw-eau-claire","story_category-community"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story\/13262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campus_story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/campus_story"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=13262"},{"taxonomy":"story_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/all-in-wisconsin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story_category?post=13262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}