Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio is known as a fine liberal arts college; graduates include Academy Award-winning actor, Paul Newman, US President Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. Supreme Court Justices David Davis and Stanley Matthews, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, Comedian Jonathan Winters, author E. L. Doctorow, Calvin and Hobbes creator, Bill Watterson,  U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and other notables.  Recently, the college alumni bulletin’s cover article was on a few of “Gambier’s most cherished residents:” The pets of professors and staff.  They include horses, cats, a tortoise, a peacock, and a cow), but they also dogs, some of them purebreds. Marc Bragin, Jewish chaplain and director of spiritual and religious life, and his partner, Scott Baker include Tibetan Terrier sisters, “Tallulah” and “Gracie” as part of the family. They’re evidently not immune to sibling rivalry, however. “If we give them two identical new toys,” Baker says, “one will grave one and the other will go after the same one. You’d think they would both grab a toy and then go their separate ways, but no…”

Associate Professor of English, Jene Schoenfeld’s Pug, “Heppy,” typically greets students with a sniff and a snort because”Heppy” is Schoenfeld’s office mate. “Students whom I have never met will stop by after their classes and ask to visit ‘Heppy’. They pet ‘Heppy’and she makes them feel better!”