{"id":25792,"date":"2021-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-campuses-close-to-observe-mlk-jr-day\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T08:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:38:47","slug":"tarleton-campuses-close-to-observe-mlk-jr-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-campuses-close-to-observe-mlk-jr-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Campuses Close to Observe MLK Jr. Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nWednesday, January 13, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Tarleton State University administrative offices are closed Monday, Jan. 18.<\/p>\n<p>The Dick Smith Library, Student Health and Counseling Center, Tarleton Alumni Association Office and the university\u2019s Welcome Center also will close, as will Tarleton\u2019s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas in Thurber and the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural &amp; Educational Center in Granbury.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<\/p>\n<p>Three Tarleton areas will be open Jan. 18<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recreational Sports Center \u2014 6 a.m.-8 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Dining Hall \u2014 7 a.m.-8 p.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<\/li>\n<li>Campus Bookstore in the Student Center \u2014 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the event of an emergency on campus, contact the University Police Department at 254-968-9265 or dial 911.<\/p>\n<p>All Tarleton campus locations resume normal operating hours Tuesday, Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&amp;M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today\u2019s scholars into tomorrow\u2019s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 14,000 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.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle<br \/>\n817-484-4415<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Tarleton State University administrative offices are closed Monday, Jan. 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25793,"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":[423,425,427],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-campus-community","category-science-health"],"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-240-300x200.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>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/science-health\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Science &amp; Health<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Science &amp; Health<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 13, 2021","modified":"Updated on September 23, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 13, 2021 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on September 23, 2025 8:38 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Martin Luther King Jr. Day text with his thoughtful portrait.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53009,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25792\/revisions\/53009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}