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Admissions / Parents

Are You Ready For Decision Day 2025?

Posted on March 11, 2025March 12, 2025 by adriver

What is Decision Day? Taking place on May 1st, National Decision Day is when millions of college students around the world officially commit to the college of their choice. However, …

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How to support your Tarleton Texan during exam season

Posted on March 6, 2025March 6, 2025 by Blake Smith

SUPPORTING YOUR TEST-TAKING TEXAN It’s the most stressful time of the year (commonly referred to by college students as exam season). A time when student’s whits are put to the …

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Third Time’s The Charm: A Dad’s Guide To Raising Texans

Posted on November 12, 2024January 28, 2025 by Blake Smith

It’s no secret that the transition from high school to college can be daunting for students. What’s rarely addressed is how much the transition can impact the parents/guardians.  Danny Jordan, …

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Top 5 Reasons Why You Need The Parent Portal

Posted on September 4, 2024April 21, 2025 by Blake Smith

Are you a parent, guardian or family member of an admitted Tarleton State Texan? If so… CONGRATULATIONS, YOU DID IT! Now that the hard part is over, it’s time to …

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Admissions / Parents

What you need to know about Bacterial Meningitis.

Posted on July 19, 2023March 31, 2025 by bailey

As an admitted student you may have received emails and texts asking you to submit your Bacterial Meningitis vaccination record to Tarleton State before starting your classes. Unfortunately, this is …

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Parents

Parent Accommodations

Posted on November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 by bailey

Traveling to Stephenville soon? Coming for a tour? Orientation? Or just for a visit? Well traveling can be stressful, especially to a new place! So here’s a guide on where …

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Parents / Student Life

Career Services

Posted on October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 by bailey

Have you heard of Career Services at Tarleton? We had the chance to sit down and talk with Doug Smith, a Career Services coordinator here at Tarleton, and he was …

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Parents / Paying for College

Paying for College 101

Posted on September 8, 2022July 23, 2024 by bailey

When it comes to paying for college there are so many factors to consider. Every student’s financial aid process will look different, we are here to break down some of …

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Parents

Take It from Me: A Mom of College Students

Posted on June 14, 2022September 6, 2022 by bailey

As we all know there is a transition that students go through when preparing to leave for college, but parents go through it as well. A mother of three was …

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Parents

How to Prepare your Student for College

Posted on June 29, 2021May 11, 2023 by bailey

A blog for parents. Does it feel like you blinked and now your child is 18 and about to move away to pursue their college dreams? Even though your student …

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