"It’s a couple weeks before finals and we kind of want to just have everybody relax a little bit," business junior William Kawsky said. "We’ve got some Noodles and Company, (therapy dogs) and kind of just have one last chance for everybody to relax and kind of hangout before the end of the semester."

Kawsky is currently the Student Peer Leader of RBP and has been apart of the program since his freshman year.

Students gathered around to pile their plates with Noodles and Company and talk with each another about finals as therapy dogs hung out around them. 

Business freshman Regin Horan attended her first "Holiday Celebration" for RBP Tuesday evening. 

"I’m really pro-dog and pro-free food, so it’s really fun," Horan said. "I’ve been studying a little bit but it hasn’t quite sunk in that I have finals coming up, especially coming off of Thanksgiving break."

Accounting senior Rachel Ayotte has been apart of RBP since her freshman year and also lived in McDonel Hall her first year. 

"It’s just kind of a nice transition from high school and you come to this big college and you don’t know exactly what you want do, where you're going to meet your friends," Ayotte said. "All my friends I still hangout with lived on my floor my freshman year and we’re all in the same classes and we have the same goal in mind so it’s nice to have those like-minded people around you especially in a big university like MSU."

Kiba, an 8-year-old German Shepard and Fred, a 6-year-old golden retriever, lounged around as students all had the chance to hangout with them during the holiday celebration. 

"It’s always fun to come see the college students," owner of Kiba Amy Rowley said. "My own son is a student at Michigan Tech and it’s nice to bring the pets to the kids, it's a relaxed environment for the dogs, too." 

Free food and therapy dogs are one way to get students feeling stress free before finals. However, RBP also had an area where students could wrap presents for Adopt A Family. 

"For today we just decided to incorporate this with the holiday party as part of RBP," business sophomore and community service leader Mallory Williams said. "As part of our community service efforts we were assigned a family through the Student Life Center of MSU and it’s a mother, a 2-year-old son, and a 1-year-old daughter." 

RBP students came together to get gifts for the family and wrap them at the event. Student can also use the volunteering as part of their Business 101 community service requirement, Williams said. 

"Last year was the first year we did it and this is the second," Williams said. "We had a sign up sheet so all different students in the RBP, they contributed and brought it all here today."