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STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 For the second-straight year, Tarleton State University is the \u201cBest Place to Work\u201d in Erath County, according to readers of the\u00a0Stephenville Empire-Tribune<\/em>\u00a0newspaper who cast ballots in the 2018 Best of Erath County Reader\u2019s Choice contest.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Empire-Tribune<\/em>\u00a0publically announced winners in its June 13 edition.<\/p>\n \u201cTarleton is honored to be selected \u2018Best Place to Work\u2019 in Erath County,\u201d said President F. Dominic Dottavio. \u201cWorking together, our faculty and staff provide the high-quality education and overall university experience that our students deserve.<\/p>\n \u201cWhether college dean, groundskeeper or student worker, every employee is a valuable asset to the university,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is their passion, dedication and commitment to providing exemplary service that make Tarleton a truly great place to work.\u201d<\/p>\n Tarleton is the largest employer in Erath County, with more than 550 faculty and 600 staff members assisted by almost 1,200 graduate assistants and part-time student workers to serve more than 13,000 students in Stephenville as well as at centers in Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and Texas A&M-RELLIS, and via its online Global Campus.<\/p>\n Students come from 233 Texas counties, 46 states and 31 countries. With a fiscal year 2018 operating budget of slightly more than $200 million, Tarleton provides an annual economic impact of more than half a billion dollars to the region.<\/p>\n Tarleton is made up of six academic colleges \u2014 Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Health Sciences & Human Services, Liberal & Fine Arts, and Science & Technology \u2014 and a College of Graduate Studies that together offer nearly 100 undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as a doctorate in education.<\/p>\n Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience, marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today\u2019s scholars into tomorrow\u2019s leaders. Offering degree programs in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online to more than 13,000 students, Tarleton engages with communities through real-world learning experiences to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n #<\/p>\n Contact: Kurt Mogonye, Senior Communications Specialist For the second-straight year, Tarleton State University is the “Best Place to Work” in Erath County, according to readers of the Stephenville Empire-Tribune<\/em> newspaper who cast ballots in the 2018 Best of Erath County Reader’s Choice contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28207,"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":[430,431,432,442,446],"class_list":["post-28206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-academic-affairs","tag-administration","tag-alumni","tag-community-events","tag-division-of-student-engagement-success"],"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-1150-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics & Research<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics & Research<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Academic Affairs<\/a>","Administration<\/a>","Alumni<\/a>","Community Events<\/a>","Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academic Affairs<\/span>","Administration<\/span>","Alumni<\/span>","Community Events<\/span>","Division of Student Engagement & Success<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on June 15, 2018","modified":"Updated on August 31, 2022"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on June 15, 2018 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on August 31, 2022 11:03 am"},"featured_img_caption":"\"2018 Best of Erath County award logo.\"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28206","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=28206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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