TCC celebrates Tarleton partnership, shared space in downtown Fort Worth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, December 11, 2019

FORT WORTH, Texas — Tarrant County College and Tarleton State University today celebrated a 25-year partnership with the opening of shared space in downtown Fort Worth.

Following improvements to TCC’s Trinity River West Fork Building, Tarleton is providing upper-level classes on the fifth floor, continuing a long-standing commitment by both schools to provide an affordable, innovative and accessible education for students who want more than an associate degree. Tarleton invested $2 million toward the upgrades.

“Four-year and graduate degrees provide additional opportunities for students to fill the highly-skilled, high-demand professions that now make up a greater share of our North Texas labor market,” said Tarleton President James Hurley. “Working with TCC, we offer specific, major-related transfer pathways that make it more convenient for students to complete their undergraduate degree in programs offered at our location in the Fort Worth Medical District as well as our new, permanent Fort Worth campus along Chisholm Trail Parkway.”

Located in the Richard C. Schaffer Building on Enderly Place since the 1990s and the Hickman Building on Camp Bowie Boulevard for 10 years, Tarleton moved into the first building of its planned campus in southwest Fort Worth this summer. Tarleton started with eight students on West Myrtle Street in 1978 and now serves close to 2,000 students in Fort Worth.

Last year, 20 percent of Tarleton’s transfer students came from TCC, making it one of the university’s top academic partners — a partnership that includes dual admission, transfer pathways, a financial aid consortium, and use of space at Tarleton’s locations in Fort Worth.

“We greatly value our relationship with Tarleton and believe this new milestone in our partnership will bring Tarrant County residents greater opportunities to fulfill their academic dreams,” said TCC Chancellor Eugene Giovannini, Ed.D.

Currently, Tarleton is using the shared space at TCC’s Trinity River Campus to offer undergraduate degree completion programs through its College of Health Sciences and Human Services, including a bachelor’s in social work and the registered nurse to bachelor’s in nursing. Accredited by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education, the RN to BSN enables registered nurses with a two-year associate degree and current state license to take their careers to the next level.

About Tarleton State University

Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.

About Tarrant County College

Serving more than 100,000 students each year, Tarrant County College is one of the 20 largest higher education institutions in the United States. The two-year college offers a wide range of opportunities for learners of all ages and backgrounds, including traditional programs, such as Associate of Arts degrees, Community & Industry Education courses, workshops and customized training programs. The College, established in 1965, has six campuses throughout Tarrant County, including TCC Connect that provides flexibility with e-Learning and Weekend College. TCC also assists employers in training their workforces with its TCC Opportunity Center.

Contacts:
Cecilia Jacobs, Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Tarleton State University
254-968-1620
[email protected]

Suzanne Groves, Executive Director of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing
Tarrant County College
817-515-1541
[email protected]

A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State University is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of approximately 18,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. For 125 years, Tarleton State has been committed to accessible higher education opportunities for all while helping students grow academically, socially and professionally through programs that emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.
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Tags: Academic Affairs, Administration, Tarleton State Fort Worth