{"id":26824,"date":"2019-10-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-fort-worth-hosts-open-house-for-prospective-graduate-students\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:50:13","slug":"tarleton-fort-worth-hosts-open-house-for-prospective-graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-fort-worth-hosts-open-house-for-prospective-graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton-Fort Worth hosts open house for prospective graduate students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, October 16, 2019<\/p>\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas &mdash; Find out more about Tarleton State University&rsquo;s graduate-level degree programs Saturday, October 26, at an open house in Fort Worth for prospective students.<\/p>\n<p>The open house is set from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Tarleton&rsquo;s new Fort Worth location, 10850 Texan Rider Drive, just off Chisolm Trail Parkway. Prospective students should RSVP at&nbsp;www.tarleton.edu\/graduate.<\/p>\n<p>Meet faculty and staff and learn about the university&rsquo;s graduate school admissions process, strategies for financing a graduate school education, and more. Application fees will be waived for attendees who apply within a week of the open house.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton-Fort Worth offers master&rsquo;s-level programs in accounting, business administration, clinical mental health counseling, communication studies, counseling, criminal justice, curriculum and instruction, educational administration, medical laboratory services, nursing administration, nursing education, psychology, public administration and social work.<\/p>\n<p>The university&rsquo;s doctor of education (Ed.D.) program in educational leadership combines individualized study with specialized course work and research. The university&rsquo;s doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) program in criminal justice prepares students to face the growing complexities of the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton offers day, evening and weekend classes, along with a fully online Global Campus offering 20 e-learning programs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Tarleton-Fort Worth&rsquo;s graduate-level degree programs, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/\">www.tarleton.edu<\/a>\/graduate&nbsp;or email Dr. Mweni Ekpo, Graduate Recruitment Manager, at&nbsp;ekpo@tarleton.edu. To learn more about the university&rsquo;s online programs, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/globalcampus\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/globalcampus\/index.html<\/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>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>Find out more about Tarleton State University&rsquo;s graduate-level degree programs Saturday, October 26, at an open house in Fort Worth for prospective students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26825,"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-26824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-campus-community"],"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-603-300x200.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 October 16, 2019","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 16, 2019 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:50 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Tarleton State University campus with a \"Texans Know How\" banner.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26824","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=26824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54284,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26824\/revisions\/54284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}