{"id":30740,"date":"2016-04-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-founders-week-includes-may-faate-silver-taps-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:09:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:09:59","slug":"tarleton-founders-week-includes-may-faate-silver-taps-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-founders-week-includes-may-faate-silver-taps-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton Founder’s Week includes May F\u00c3\u00aate, Silver Taps Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Founder\u201ds Week Activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 11, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Founder\u2019s Week\u2014honoring Tarleton State University founder John Tarleton\u2014takes place this week with a number of events, from fun to solemn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hosted by the Tarleton Ambassadors, the annual May F\u00eate Celebration begins at 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 12, near the Hunewell Bandstand in Heritage Oaks Park. Tarleton\u2019s first May F\u00eate took place May 5, 1921.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Student Josh Dempsey will serve as Lord Tarleton and master of ceremonies for this year\u2019s May F\u00eate Celebration and will lead in wrapping the Maypole with brightly colored ribbons. The 2016 May F\u00eate court will lead the procession to the Maypole. Court members are Maggie Wright, Jacki Miller, Allison Newcomer, Brittany Green, Marissa Waldon and Marina Gonzalez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, April 13, the Student Government Association and Student Publications hosts a Grassburr Festival and picnic at Heritage Oaks Park and the Hunewell Bandstand from 5 to 8 p.m. Mr. and Ms. TSU will be announced at approximately 5:45 p.m. The event includes live music by Davis Danziger, Jesse Rasanen and Thomas Napp, plus a live remote broadcast with KXTR 100.7 FM The Planet and DJ James Segura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Grassburr Festival, which marks the 100th year of Tarleton\u2019s student yearbook (first published in 1916), offers guests free food, snow cones and prizes, plus free T-shirts to the first 250 people who attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder\u2019s Week continues with the annual Silver Taps ceremony in Heritage Oaks Park and Col. Tate Military Park on Thursday, April 14. The event, hosted by the Tarleton Ambassadors, Tarleton ROTC, the Division of Advancement and External Relations and the Tarleton Alumni Association, begins at 7 p.m. with a reception at the Alumni Plaza followed by the Silver Taps ceremony at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silver Taps honors faculty, staff, students and alumni who passed away during the previous year. A roll call of 280 names is read aloud, and students and family members carry candles in a procession from the Hunewell Bandstand to the Tarleton Military Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about all the events, visit http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/foundersweek<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact: Office of Community Relations
254-968-9075
sgoodman@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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