{"id":26653,"date":"2019-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tcc-celebrates-tarleton-partnership-shared-space-in-downtown-fort-worth\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:45:35","slug":"tcc-celebrates-tarleton-partnership-shared-space-in-downtown-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tcc-celebrates-tarleton-partnership-shared-space-in-downtown-fort-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"TCC celebrates Tarleton partnership, shared space in downtown Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nWednesday, December 11, 2019<\/p>\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Tarrant County College and Tarleton State University today celebrated a 25-year partnership with the opening of shared space in downtown Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>Following improvements to TCC\u2019s Trinity River West Fork Building, Tarleton is providing upper-level classes on the fifth floor, continuing a long-standing commitment by both schools to provide an affordable, innovative and accessible education for students who want more than an associate degree. Tarleton invested $2 million toward the upgrades.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube Video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYHefvokKCU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour-year and graduate degrees provide additional opportunities for students to fill the highly-skilled, high-demand professions that now make up a greater share of our North Texas labor market,\u201d said Tarleton President James Hurley. \u201cWorking with TCC, we offer specific, major-related transfer pathways that make it more convenient for students to complete their undergraduate degree in programs offered at our location in the Fort Worth Medical District as well as our new, permanent Fort Worth campus along Chisholm Trail Parkway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Located in the Richard C. Schaffer Building on Enderly Place since the 1990s and the Hickman Building on Camp Bowie Boulevard for 10 years, Tarleton moved into the first building of its planned campus in southwest Fort Worth this summer. Tarleton started with eight students on West Myrtle Street in 1978 and now serves close to 2,000 students in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, 20 percent of Tarleton\u2019s transfer students came from TCC, making it one of the university\u2019s top academic partners \u2014 a partnership that includes dual admission, transfer pathways, a financial aid consortium, and use of space at Tarleton\u2019s locations in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe greatly value our relationship with Tarleton and believe this new milestone in our partnership will bring Tarrant County residents greater opportunities to fulfill their academic dreams,\u201d said TCC Chancellor Eugene Giovannini, Ed.D.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Tarleton is using the shared space at TCC\u2019s Trinity River Campus to offer undergraduate degree completion programs through its College of Health Sciences and Human Services, including a bachelor\u2019s in social work and the registered nurse to bachelor\u2019s in nursing. Accredited by the Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education, the RN to BSN enables registered nurses with a two-year associate degree and current state license to take their careers to the next level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Tarleton State University<\/strong><\/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\u2019s scholars into tomorrow\u2019s 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><strong>About Tarrant County College<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serving more than 100,000 students each year, Tarrant County College is one of the 20 largest\u00a0higher education institutions in the United States. The two-year college offers a wide range of opportunities for learners of all ages and backgrounds, including traditional programs, such as Associate of Arts degrees, Community &amp; Industry Education courses, workshops and customized training programs. The College, established in 1965, has six campuses throughout Tarrant County, including TCC Connect that provides flexibility with e-Learning and Weekend College. TCC also assists employers in training their workforces with its TCC Opportunity Center.<\/p>\n<p>Contacts:<br \/>\nCecilia Jacobs, Assistant Vice President for Marketing and Communications<br \/>\nTarleton State University<br \/>\n254-968-1620<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:cjacobs@tarleton.edu\">cjacobs@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Groves, Executive Director of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing<br \/>\nTarrant County College<br \/>\n817-515-1541<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:suzanne.groves@tccd.edu\">suzanne.groves@tccd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarrant County College and Tarleton State University today celebrated a 25-year partnership with the opening of shared space in downtown Fort Worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26654,"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":[423,425],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-campus-community"],"acf":{"image":false},"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-548-300x200.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\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; Research<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 11, 2019","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 11, 2019 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:45 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Two men shake hands at a table with Tarleton State University and Tarrant County College banners.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26653","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=26653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54227,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26653\/revisions\/54227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}