{"id":25251,"date":"2021-09-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-college-of-graduate-studies-hosts-open-house-in-waco\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:46:13","slug":"tarleton-college-of-graduate-studies-hosts-open-house-in-waco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-college-of-graduate-studies-hosts-open-house-in-waco\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton College of Graduate Studies Hosts Open House in Waco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Monday, September 27, 2021<\/p>\n<p>WACO, Texas \u2014 Learn more about Tarleton State University\u2019s graduate-level degree programs in Waco on Saturday, Oct. 9, at an open house for prospective students.<\/p>\n<p>The open house is set for 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. at Tarleton-Waco\u2019s campus in the Michaelis Academic Center at McLennan Community College, 1400 College Drive. RSVP at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/graduate\">www.tarleton.edu\/graduate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will meet faculty and staff as well as explore the university\u2019s graduate school admissions process and best practices for funding a graduate school education. Application fees will be waived for attendees who apply within a week of the open house.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton-Waco offers master\u2019s programs in accounting, business administration, human resources, clinical mental health counseling, criminal justice, curriculum and instruction, educational administration, and social work. The university\u2019s doctor of education (EdD) program in educational leadership \u2014 available at the Waco campus \u2014 combines individualized study with specialized coursework and research.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to day, evening and weekend classes, Tarleton boasts a fully online campus and 15 graduate degrees. For more information on Tarleton-Waco\u2019s graduate programs, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/\">www.tarleton.edu<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\/graduate<\/span>, or email Dr. Mweni Ekpo, Graduate Recruitment Manager, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ekpo@tarleton.edu\">ekpo@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the university\u2019s online programs, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/globalcampus\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/globalcampus\/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about Tarleton State University&rsquo;s graduate-level degree programs in Waco on Saturday, Oct. 9, at an open house for prospective students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-32-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/academics-research\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 27, 2021","modified":"Updated on September 22, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 27, 2021 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on September 22, 2025 3:46 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Front view of Dennis P. 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