{"id":27414,"date":"2019-02-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/texan-tour-gives-prospective-students-a-chance-to-explore-tarleton\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T01:09:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T01:09:45","slug":"texan-tour-gives-prospective-students-a-chance-to-explore-tarleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/texan-tour-gives-prospective-students-a-chance-to-explore-tarleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Texan Tour gives prospective students a chance to explore Tarleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, February 19, 2019<\/p>\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas &mdash; Students considering enrolling at Tarleton State University are invited to check out the campus in Stephenville during Texan Tour Saturday, March 2.<\/p>\n<p>Texan Tour is a unique campus preview day designed for prospective students to explore the university&rsquo;s academic&nbsp;opportunities, visit with current students and see firsthand&nbsp;the spirit of Tarleton.<\/p>\n<p>During the day-long event students will have the opportunity to speak with faculty and representatives from various academic&nbsp;departments, undergraduate admissions, financial aid, scholarships and residential life, and tour&nbsp;the campus and&nbsp;residence halls.<\/p>\n<p>Check-in begins at 8 a.m. in the Barry B. Thompson Student Center, with events scheduled throughout the day. The campus tour is free. Lunch at the Tarleton dining hall is $8.<\/p>\n<p>For a schedule of the day&rsquo;s events, go to&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tarletonstate.us\/TexanTourSchedule\">tarletonstate.us\/TexanTourSchedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To register for Texan Tour, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tarletonstate.us\/register\">tarletonstate.us\/register<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the Office of School Relations at 254-968-9845 or&nbsp;welcomecenter@tarleton.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes and weather appropriate clothing.<\/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>Students considering enrolling at Tarleton State University are invited to check out the campus in Stephenville during Texan Tour Saturday, March 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[437,440,441,442,439,453],"class_list":["post-27414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","category-science-health","tag-college-of-education","tag-college-of-liberal-fine-arts","tag-college-of-science-mathematics","tag-community-events","tag-division-of-health-sciences","tag-performing-fine-arts"],"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-806-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/academics-research\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Academics &amp; 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