{"id":27928,"date":"2018-09-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-hosts-open-house-in-waco-for-prospective-graduate-students-2\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T01:28:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T01:28:24","slug":"tarleton-hosts-open-house-in-waco-for-prospective-graduate-students-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-hosts-open-house-in-waco-for-prospective-graduate-students-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton hosts open house in Waco for prospective graduate students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022-300x241.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Open House for Prospective Students\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022-499x400.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022-1536x1232.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022-1568x1258.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1022.jpg 1994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" style=\"width:100%;height:80.24%;max-width:1994px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Open House for Prospective Students<\/p>\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>Monday, September 24, 2018<\/p>\n<p>WACO, Texas &mdash; Find out more about Tarleton State University&rsquo;s graduate-level degree programs in Waco on Saturday, Oct. 6, at an open house for prospective students.<\/p>\n<p>The open house is set from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Tarleton in Waco, located in the Michaelis Academic Center at McLennan Community College, 1400 College Drive. Guests should RSVP at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/waco-open-house\">www.tarleton.edu\/waco-open-house<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will meet faculty and staff as well as learn about the university&rsquo;s 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&rsquo;s programs in accounting, business administration, clinical mental health counseling, criminal justice, curriculum and instruction, educational administration, human resources and social work. The university&rsquo;s doctor of education (Ed.D.) program in Educational Leadership &ndash; available at the Waco campus &ndash; 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&rsquo;s graduate-level degree programs in Waco, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/graduate\/\">www.tarleton.edu\/graduate<\/a> or email Dr. Mweni Ekpo, graduate recruitment manager, at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ekpo@tarleton.edu\">ekpo@tarleton.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the university&rsquo;s online programs, go to&nbsp;<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&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:&nbsp;Dr. Mweni Ekpo,&nbsp;Graduate Recruitment Manager<br \/>817-484-4411<br \/><a href=\"mailto:ekpo@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, Oct. 6, at an open house for prospective students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27931,"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],"tags":[438,442,458,459],"class_list":["post-27928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-college-of-graduate-studies","tag-community-events","tag-tarleton-state-online","tag-tarleton-state-waco"],"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-1023-300x200.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\/arts-events\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Arts &amp; Events<\/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\">Arts &amp; Events<\/span>","<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\">College of Graduate Studies<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Community Events<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Online<\/a>","<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\">College of Graduate Studies<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Community Events<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Online<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Waco<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on September 24, 2018","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on September 24, 2018 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2021 1:28 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Three people converse outside Tarleton State University Waco campus.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27928","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=27928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}