{"id":25882,"date":"2020-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/ceremonies-honoring-tarleton-fall-class-of-20-planned-for-dec-11-12\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:23:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:23:54","slug":"ceremonies-honoring-tarleton-fall-class-of-20-planned-for-dec-11-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/ceremonies-honoring-tarleton-fall-class-of-20-planned-for-dec-11-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceremonies Honoring Tarleton Fall Class of &#8217;20 Planned for Dec. 11, 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, December 1, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash;&nbsp;Tarleton State University will celebrate fall 2020 graduates with in-person commencement ceremonies Dec. 11-12 at Memorial Stadium on the Stephenville campus, provided current public health guidelines remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congratulations to graduates are always in order, but the Class of 2020 deserves deep respect for persevering during a pandemic. They are supremely prepared to lead,&rdquo; said university President James Hurley. &ldquo;They should celebrate their success with all the pomp and circumstance of a traditional Tarleton graduation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hurley will preside over three ceremonies, beginning at 10 a.m. Friday. Dates and times:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Dec. 11<br \/><\/strong>10 a.m.<br \/>&bull; College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<br \/>&bull; College of Business<br \/>&bull; College of Health Sciences and Human Services<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; College of Graduate Studies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Dec. 12<br \/><\/strong>10 a.m.<br \/>&bull; College of Liberal and Fine Arts<br \/>&bull; College of Education&nbsp;<br \/>&bull; College of Science and Technology<\/p>\n<p>The university will adhere to physical distancing protocols, with face coverings required. Graduates and their guests should bring their own face coverings. In accordance with&nbsp;CDC&nbsp;guidance, all graduates and guests should monitor their health and check their temperature before coming to the campus.<\/p>\n<p>Graduates or guests with COVID-19 symptoms should watch the ceremony via live-stream. Those considered&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/need-extra-precautions\/people-at-increased-risk.html\">high risk<\/a>&nbsp;also should watch online.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, or to watch a live-stream video of commencement ceremonies, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/graduation\">www.tarleton.edu\/graduation<\/a>. A link for the live-stream will be posted prior to the event.<\/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&rsquo;s scholars into tomorrow&rsquo;s 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 \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State University will celebrate fall 2020 graduates with in-person commencement ceremonies Dec. 11-12 at Memorial Stadium on the Stephenville campus, provided current public health guidelines remain unchanged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25883,"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":[424,425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-events","category-campus-community"],"acf":{"image":null},"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-274-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/arts-events\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 1, 2020","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 1, 2020 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:23 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Graduate showing class ring and diploma at a ceremony.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25882","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=25882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53981,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25882\/revisions\/53981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}