{"id":26687,"date":"2019-12-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-to-confer-more-than-1000-diplomas-at-fall-exercises\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:46:23","slug":"tarleton-to-confer-more-than-1000-diplomas-at-fall-exercises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-to-confer-more-than-1000-diplomas-at-fall-exercises\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton to confer more than 1,000 diplomas at fall exercises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>Wednesday, December 4, 2019<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash; Tarleton State University will confer more than 1,000 diplomas at fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 13 and 14 at Wisdom Gym on the Stephenville campus.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton President James Hurley will preside over five ceremonies, beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13. Tarleton will award 850 undergraduate degrees and 190 graduate degrees, including five doctorates.<\/p>\n<p>Dates and times for commencement ceremonies:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Dec. 13<br \/><\/strong>1 p.m.<br \/>&bull; College of Health Sciences and Human Services<br \/>&bull; College of Business Administration (Accounting, Finance and Economics)<br \/>&bull; College of Science and Technology<br \/>4 p.m.<br \/>&bull; College of Business Administration (Management and Marketing and CIS)<br \/>7 p.m.<br \/>&bull; College of Graduate Studies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Dec. 14<br \/><\/strong>10 a.m.<br \/>&bull; College of Liberal and Fine Arts<br \/>&bull; College of Education (Kinesiology)<br \/>1 p.m.<br \/>&bull; College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<br \/>&bull; College of Education (Curriculum and Instruction and Psychology)<\/p>\n<p>For more information, or to watch a live stream video of commencement ceremonies, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/graduation\">www.tarleton.edu\/graduation<\/a>. A link for the live stream will be posted prior to the event.<\/p>\n<p>For directions to Wisdom Gym or maps of the Stephenville campus, including parking locations, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/campus\">www.tarleton.edu\/campus<\/a>.<\/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>#<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist<br \/>817-484-4415<br \/><a href=\"mailto:priddle@tarleton.edu\">priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State University will confer more than 1,000 diplomas at fall commencement ceremonies Dec. 13 and 14 at Wisdom Gym on the Stephenville campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26688,"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":[423,425,427],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","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-560-300x200.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>","<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\">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 December 4, 2019","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 4, 2019 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:46 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Graduates in caps and gowns smiling during a ceremony.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26687","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=26687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54238,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26687\/revisions\/54238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}