{"id":26584,"date":"2020-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-campus-to-close-in-observance-of-mlk-jr-day\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:43:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:43:30","slug":"tarleton-campus-to-close-in-observance-of-mlk-jr-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-campus-to-close-in-observance-of-mlk-jr-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton campus to close in observance of MLK Jr. Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Monday, January 13, 2020<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash; In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Tarleton State University administrative offices are closed Monday, Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>The Dick Smith Library, Student Health and Counseling Center, Tarleton Alumni Association Office, the Barry B. Thompson Student Center, the Texan Food Court and the university&rsquo;s Welcome Center will close for the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton&rsquo;s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas in Thurber and the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural &amp; Educational Center in Granbury also will be closed.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton offices and departments open on Monday, Jan. 20, are:<\/p>\n<p>&bull; Recreational Sports Center &#8211; 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.<br \/>&bull; Dining Hall and Chick-Fil-A &#8211; 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<br \/>&bull; Campus Bookstore in the Student Center &#8211; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>In the event of an emergency on campus during the holiday, contact the University Police Department at 254-968-9265 or dial 911.<\/p>\n<p>All Tarleton campus locations resume normal operating hours on Tuesday, Jan. 21.<\/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 \/>priddle<a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">@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. 20.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8\u00e2\u20ac\u00a8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26585,"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":[423,424,425,427],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","category-science-health"],"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-523-300x200.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\/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>","<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\">Arts &amp; Events<\/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 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 13, 2020","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 13, 2020 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:43 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Stone entrance gate with \"Tarleton\" sign, surrounded by trees.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26584","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=26584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54206,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26584\/revisions\/54206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}