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Tarleton State University today received approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for its first Ph.D. program. The doctor of philosophy in criminal justice begins this fall, pending a green light from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Tarleton State University will close all facilities for winter break beginning at noon Friday, Dec. 21. Campuses and other operations will reopen Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.
Roberto Ortiz has never set foot on the Stephenville campus of Tarleton State University. He’ll be there at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, though, standing on stage addressing his fellow graduates at commencement exercises.
Tarleton State University will confer 1,164 diplomas at fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 14 and 15 at Wisdom Gym on the Stephenville campus.
Almost 150 donors kicked off the holiday season Tuesday with gifts supporting Tarleton State University students. In total, donors gave $164,173 to colleges, scholarships and student programs and activities, shattering last year’s mark of just over $26,000.
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents authorized Tarleton State University to seek final approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to create two new graduate degree programs that will address the growing demand for professionals in geoscience and animal science.
Five Tarleton State University students took first-place honors in The Texas A&M University System’s 15th annual Pathways Student Research Symposium at West Texas A&M, and six students earned second and third place awards.
Tarleton State University will close for the Thanksgiving holiday beginning at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 21, and reopen for normal business on Monday, Nov. 26. Several departments and facilities, however, will have modified hours to serve students during the holiday weekend.
Tarleton State University graduate students and faculty from the Department of Communication Studies presented papers and pedagogy posters at the Southwest Education Council for Journalism and Mass Communication Research Symposium Nov. 2-3 in Denver.
Now in its 16th year, Tarleton State University’s Student Research & Creative Activities Symposium showcased the research and creative activities of more than 100 students in a two-day event concluding the annual Research & Scholarship Appreciation Week.