{"id":26635,"date":"2019-12-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-holiday-break-begins-dec-23\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T10:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T16:48:55","slug":"tarleton-holiday-break-begins-dec-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-holiday-break-begins-dec-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton holiday break begins Dec. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/span><\/p>\n

Monday, December 16, 2019<\/p>\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State University will close all facilities for winter break beginning Monday, Dec. 23. Campuses and other operations will reopen Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020.<\/p>\n

Campus dining services close Dec. 12 and reopen for brunch at 11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 12. All other dining locations, including the Barry B. Thompson Student Center’s Texan Star Food Court and Study Grounds Café in the Dick Smith Library, resume normal operating hours Monday, Jan. 13.<\/p>\n

The Barry B. Thompson Student Center, including the Tarleton Food Pantry and the Tarleton Campus Bookstore inside, close for the holiday break at noon Friday, Dec. 20, and reopen at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2.<\/p>\n

The Dick Smith Library in Stephenville as well as the Rickett Library on the Fort Worth campus will be closed from 5 p.m. Dec. 20 until 8 a.m. Jan. 2. The libraries will resume interim hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Normal hours resume at 7 a.m. Monday, Jan. 13.<\/p>\n

Tarleton’s Recreational Sports Center and Campus Recreation Department close at 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, reopen at 6 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, operating on a modified schedule until normal hours resume Jan. 10. Holiday operating hours Jan. 2-10 are 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday, 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m.-8p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

For an emergency on campus during winter break, contact the University Police Department at 254-968-9265 or dial 911.<\/p>\n

Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’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

Contact: Phil Riddle
817-484-4415
priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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