{"id":26440,"date":"2020-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-campuses-closed-for-spring-break\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:38:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:38:43","slug":"tarleton-campuses-closed-for-spring-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-campuses-closed-for-spring-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton campuses closed for spring break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, March 5, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash; Special spring break hours will be implemented at Tarleton State University the week of March 9-13. All university offices will be closed Thursday and Friday, March 12 and 13.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Tarleton libraries, the Dick Smith Library in Stephenville and the Rickett Library in Fort Worth, will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, March 9, through Wednesday, March 11, and will close Thursday through Sunday, March 12-15.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; The Recreation Sports Center will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, March 9-11, closed Thursday March Saturday, March12-14 and open from 4 to 11 p.m. Sunday, March 15. Normal Hours resume Monday, March 16.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; The campus dining hall will be open through Thursday, March 12, closed Friday, March 13, and Saturday, March 14. It reopen at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 15, for brunch. Retail dining locations will be open normal business hours through Thursday, closed Friday through Sunday, and reopen on a normal schedule Monday, March 16.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; The Thompson Student Center will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, March 9-11, closed Thursday, March 12, and open 4 to 11 p.m. Sunday, March 15.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Tarleton&rsquo;s Welcome Center will guide campus tours at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, March 9-11, and be closed Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; The W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas in Thurber will operate on its regular schedule, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, March9-11, and will close Thursday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Granbury&rsquo;s Dora Lee Langdon Center in Granbury will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, March 9 -11, and will close Thursday through Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>All Tarleton campus locations resume normal operating hours on Monday, March 16.<\/p>\n<p>For emergencies on campus during spring break, 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&#8217;s scholars into tomorrow&#8217;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>Special spring break hours will be implemented at Tarleton State University the week of March 9-13. 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