{"id":26044,"date":"2020-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-hosts-virtual-graduate-and-professional-school-fair\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:28:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:28:05","slug":"tarleton-hosts-virtual-graduate-and-professional-school-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-hosts-virtual-graduate-and-professional-school-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Hosts Virtual Graduate and Professional School Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Friday, September 18, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash; Learn about graduate degree programs at Tarleton State University and other schools Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Virtual Graduate and Professional School Fair hosted by Graduate Studies and Career Services.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will be entered into a drawing to receive one of three $500 scholarships toward enrollment in a Tarleton graduate program.<\/p>\n<p>More than 50 universities, colleges and professional schools will share information about their programs, including admission requirements, entrance exams, financial aid and scholarships. To view attending schools, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/33CZqze\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/33CZqze<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The free event takes place from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. via Handshake. Tarleton student registration is required; visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/32HVKwT\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/32HVKwT<\/a>&nbsp;to register.<\/p>\n<p>Schools interested in participating can do so through Handshake at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/33IjZtN\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/33IjZtN<\/a>. Cost is $100, with the sign-up deadline of Wednesday, Sept. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton&rsquo;s Career Services Center is in room 218 on the second floor of the Thompson Student Center and open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/careers\">www.tarleton.edu\/careers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information about the Graduate and Professional School Fair, call 254-968-9078 or email careers@tarleton.edu.<\/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 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.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle<\/p>\n<p>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about graduate degree programs at Tarleton State University and other schools Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Virtual Graduate and Professional School Fair hosted by Graduate Studies and Career Services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26045,"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-26044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research"],"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-334-300x200.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 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 18, 2020","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 18, 2020 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:28 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Stone entrance gate with \"Tarleton\" written vertically, surrounded by trees.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26044","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=26044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54030,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26044\/revisions\/54030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}