Let’s skip over the details and just marvel for 43 seconds at this video of a very good boy earning a diploma and carrying that diploma, in his mouth, across a stage.

Go ahead, watch it a second time.

This is Griffin Hawley. Griffin is a Golden Retriever and a service animal for Brittany L. Hawley, and by all accounts, he’s great at his job. Griffin has helped Brittany earn her master’s degree in occupational therapy from Clarkson University by doing good things, like bringing Brittany’s phone to her, opening doors and even assisting her patients.

Griffin was such a good boy for Brittany, he even got an honorary degree all to himself, which he proudly displayed and carried at a special ceremony over the weekend, while wearing a doggie cap and gown.

The board of trustees of the Potsdam, New York, school honored the 4-year-old golden retriever at a recognition ceremony Saturday, saying he demonstrated “extraordinary effort, steadfast commitment and diligent dedication to the well-being and student success” of Hawley.