Max the cat wears a graduation cap as he receives pets at Vermont State University’s Castleton campus last month. The feline was awarded an honorary diploma. Max the cat has hitched rides on top of students’ backpacks, participated in campus tours and more than once has sauntered into a psychology lecture at Vermont State University’s Castleton campus.
“I said, ‘What’s the deal with the cat?’ and I was told he came to the campus every day to socialize, then students would take him home when it got dark,” he said. “He’ll let anyone pick him up, and everyone loves to love on him,” she said. “You can see the stress melt off the faces of the students when they see Max running toward them to be held and petted.”“The photos received such a positive response that I was planning to use one of them to congratulate this year’s graduates in a social media post,” Franklin said.
Impomeni, 20, created a small shrine to Max two years ago when he wasn’t coming around as often in the winter due to cold weather.