{"id":25495,"date":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-pact-guarantees-admission-to-hpu-environmental-science-students\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:45:13","slug":"tarleton-pact-guarantees-admission-to-hpu-environmental-science-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-pact-guarantees-admission-to-hpu-environmental-science-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Pact Guarantees Admission to HPU Environmental Science Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 18, 2021<\/p>\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University has announced an admissions agreement with Howard Payne University. High-achieving HPU science, biology, chemistry and engineering science students will be guaranteed acceptance to Tarleton\u2019s master of science in environmental science program.<\/p>\n

Operated from the College of Science and Technology, the program is interdisciplinary and fully online. It offers \u00ef\u00ac\u201aexibility to suit the needs of students and their career paths in an array of related fields. With both thesis and non-thesis options, the degree works for students in any stage of their career.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to bringing well-qualified graduate students from Howard Paine University to Tarleton State University and the master of environmental science program,\u201d said Dr. Ryan Morgan, head of the Department of Chemistry, Geoscience and Physics. \u201cThis exciting partnership is a step in the long-term vision for enhancing science and policy advocates in Texas and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Anne Egelston, Director of Tarleton\u2019s Center for Environmental Studies, said HPU is a regionally important institution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis agreement allows Howard Payne students to integrate quickly into our master\u2019s program,\u201d she added. \u201cWe look forward to maintaining a close relationship with them and bringing more of those students to our campus and to our environmental science program.\u201d<\/p>\n

The agreement, which takes effect immediately, also makes transfer students eligible for scholarships their first semester at Tarleton.<\/p>\n

Additional MOUs and articulation agreements are being developed with universities across Texas as Tarleton continues to cultivate programs that meet regional and state workforce needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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