It’s just under 1,400 miles from Cross Junction, Va., to Stephenville, Texas, but that’s a trip Sarah Angelone was willing to make to be on the Tarleton State University rodeo team.
A public showing of rare tools of the cowboy trade opens Saturday at Tarleton State University’s W.K. Gordon Center for the Industrial History of Texas.
Maddy Deerman realized she was a pretty good roper around the sixth grade.
“It’s hard to do roping when you’re really young,” she said. “You need to be a little bigger. When I got to junior high, I was able to up my game a little, to take shots from farther away, to take stronger swings and reach out a little farther.”
Seven Tarleton physics students have research opportunities lined up for the summer. Five of the students, all undergraduates, were selected in Texas and national competitions for paid external research projects.
For the first time in its 122 years, Tarleton State University’s summer enrollment will exceed 7,000, breaking last year’s record and setting an all-time high for the fourth consecutive semester.