{"id":27465,"date":"2019-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-hosts-open-house-in-waco-for-prospective-graduate-students\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T08:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T13:55:12","slug":"tarleton-hosts-open-house-in-waco-for-prospective-graduate-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-hosts-open-house-in-waco-for-prospective-graduate-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton hosts open house in Waco for prospective graduate students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nMonday, February 11, 2019<\/p>\n<p>WACO, Texas \u2014 Find out more about Tarleton State University\u2019s graduate-level degree programs in Waco on Saturday, Feb. 23, at an open house for prospective students.<\/p>\n<p>The open house is set from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Tarleton in Waco, located in the Michaelis Academic Center at McLennan Community College, 1400 College Drive. Guests should RSVP at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/graduate\">www.tarleton.edu\/graduate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will meet faculty and staff as well as learn about the university\u2019s graduate school admissions process and best practices for financing a graduate school education. Application fees will be waived for attendees who apply within a week of the open house.<\/p>\n<p>Tarleton in Waco offers master\u2019s programs in accounting, business administration, clinical mental health counseling, criminal justice, curriculum and instruction, educational administration, human resources and social work. The university\u2019s doctor of education (Ed.D.) program in Educational Leadership \u2014 available at Waco \u2014 combines individualized study with specialized course work and research.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to day, evening and weekend classes, Tarleton boasts a fully online Global Campus offering 20 e-learning opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Tarleton\u2019s graduate-level degree programs in Waco, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/\">www.tarleton.edu<\/a>\/graduate or email Dr. Mweni Ekpo, graduate recruitment manager, at <a href=\"mailto:ekpo@tarleton.edu\">ekpo@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the university\u2019s online programs, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/globalcampus\/index.html\">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\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>#<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Dr. Mweni Ekpo, Graduate Recruitment Manager<br \/>\n817-484-4411<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:shao@tarleton.edu\">ekpo@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out more about Tarleton State University&rsquo;s graduate-level degree programs in Waco on Saturday, Feb. 23, at an open house for prospective students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27466,"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":425,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[459],"class_list":["post-27465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-tarleton-state-waco"],"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-823-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<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\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Waco<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Waco<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 7 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on February 11, 2019","modified":"Updated on October 28, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on February 11, 2019 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 28, 2025 8:55 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Students talking outside Tarleton State University Waco campus.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27465","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=27465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54566,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27465\/revisions\/54566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}