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Dr. Ortega-Feerick joined Tarleton at the onset of COVID-19 amid intense national racial injustice, and she moved quickly to implement student care and case management teams and temporary disability accommodations. She helped with Tarleton\u2019s transition to remote learning and together, with colleagues, secured a $10,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Foundation to provide real-time solutions to the needs of the Tarleton family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She successfully advocated for policy and program changes, incorporating inclusive language in Tarleton\u2019s student code of conduct. And she was instrumental in creating the first overnight Texan Orientaci\u00f3n, an introduction for Hispanic students and their families in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDr. Ortega-Feerick\u2019s commitment to the Tarleton family, high energy and proven leadership will accelerate our support of student success in and out of the classroom,\u201d said university President James Hurley. \u201cShe has the passion and experience to help ensure that all<\/em> students are engaged as part of the Tarleton family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before Tarleton, she was Assistant Dean of Student Engagement and Retention at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, where she played an instrumental role in connecting students, faculty and community agencies. She served as Chief Student Advocate, updating the campus community on trends related to student rights and responsibilities, student development, and student engagement and success. As Assistant Dean of Students she was responsible for the development, interpretation and enforcement of student policies and served as a resource to students, parents, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Ortega-Feerick also served the South Texas Vocational Technical Institute in Corpus Christi as Director of Education and spent five years as School Psychologist in the Corpus Christi ISD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was selected to participate in the New Leadership Academy Fellowship developed by the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan (a partnership with the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education), and she was one of 25 leaders chosen as a National Council on Student Development Leadership Institute Fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTarleton\u2019s commitment to student achievement is long-standing, and Dr. Hurley\u2019s commitment to all<\/em> students is inspiring,\u201d she said. \u201cI am honored and humbled to partner with our students, faculty, staff and leadership across the university to ensure that every<\/em> Tarleton Texan thrives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Ortega-Feerick holds a doctor of education and a master\u2019s of psychology and education from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. She earned her bachelor\u2019s in psychology and criminal justice at St. Edward\u2019s University. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A founding member of The Texas A&M University System, Tarleton is breaking records \u2014 in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement \u2014 while transforming the lives of more than 15,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, A&M RELLIS at Bryan and online. True to Tarleton\u2019s values of excellence, integrity, and respect, academic programs emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Dr. Diana Ortega-Feerick has been named Vice President for Tarleton State University\u2019s Division of Student Engagement and Success, pending approval by The Texas A&M University System Board …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":47813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[382,423],"tags":[431],"class_list":["post-47795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-academics-research","tag-administration"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/Ortega-Feerick-Diana_2022.7-X2-1-1-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Academics & Research<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Academics & Research<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Administration<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Administration<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 6, 2022","modified":"Updated on December 6, 2022"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 6, 2022 10:23 am","modified":"Updated on December 6, 2022 2:52 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Smiling woman in front of a Tarleton State University logo.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47795","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\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}