{"id":26071,"date":"2020-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-offices-to-close-in-observance-of-labor-day\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:28:45","slug":"tarleton-offices-to-close-in-observance-of-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-offices-to-close-in-observance-of-labor-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Offices to Close in Observance of Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 2, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash;&nbsp;All Tarleton State University administrative offices are closed and classes dismissed Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day. Normal campus operating hours resume the next day.<\/p>\n<p>On the Stephenville campus, the Dick Smith Library,&nbsp;Student Health and Counseling Center, Tarleton Alumni Association offices and the university&rsquo;s Welcome Center also will close.<\/p>\n<p>The Rickett Library on the Fort Worth campus and Tarleton&rsquo;s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas will close.<\/p>\n<p>The university&rsquo;s Recreational Sports Center will operate on a modified schedule, 6 a.m.-8 p.m., Labor Day, and will resume normal hours Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p>If you have an emergency on campus during the holiday, contact the University Police Department at 254-968-9265 or dial 911.<\/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<br \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Tarleton State University administrative offices are closed and classes dismissed Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day. 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