The annual Color Celebration kicks everything off Sunday, Aug. 20, in the Memorial Stadium parking lot followed by an Aug. 22 street dance and Leadership Launch, both scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To help new students navigate the campus, information tents will be set up beginning the first day of WOW Week, Thursday, Aug. 24. To fill your sweet tooth, find the arrow on the campus map that identifies the Trogdon House, the site of the Aug. 27 Sundae on Sunday. Purple Snack Attack, The Big Feed and the Black Student Union Cookout also will cater to appetites large and small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For entertainment to start the school year, WOW Week activities include DJ on the Lawn, Global Hip-Hop Immersion, Concert on the Patio featuring Chandler Pearson, and Texan Bingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tarleton State\u2019s outreach campuses will join in the fun with Welcome Back Bashes and a variety of events in Waco and Fort Worth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s a busy schedule, this T-Week and WOW Week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n T-Week<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, Aug. 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 p.m. \u2013 Color Celebration<\/p>\n\n\n\n Memorial Stadium parking lot P28 <\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday, Aug. 21<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 p.m. \u2013 Texan Trail transcript presentations<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nursing, College of Business<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, Aug. 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 p.m. \u2013 Street Dance featuring DJ Kel and Holly Beth<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aquatics Center <\/a>parking lot<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, Aug. 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 p.m. \u2013 Leadership Launch<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wisdom Gym<\/p>\n\n\n\n WOW Week<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday, Aug. 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7:30 p.m. \u2013 Information Tents<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wisdom Gym, Thompson Student Center Portico, Rudder Statue, John Tarleton Statue, Dick Smith Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 a.m.-2 p.m. \u2013 First Day of School Pictures<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dining Hall Patio<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. \u2013 DJ on the Lawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dining Hall Patio and Dick Smith Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7 p.m. \u2013 First Purple Thursday<\/p>\n\n\n\n College of Business lawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friday, Aug. 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7:30 a.m. \u2013 Information Tents<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wisdom Gym, Thompson Student Center Portico, Rudder Statue, John Tarleton Statue, Dick Smith Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 p.m. \u2013 Meet the Greeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n O.A. Grant Amphitheater<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday, Aug. 26<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11 a.m. \u2013 Tour of Stephenville<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thompson Student Center Ballrooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sunday, Aug. 27<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 p.m. \u2013 Sundae on Sunday<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trogdon House lawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monday, Aug. 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7:30 a.m. \u2013 Information Tents<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wisdom Gym, Thompson Student Center Portico, Rudder Statue, John Tarleton Statue, Dick Smith Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 p.m. \u2013 Purple Snack Attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thompson Student Center Room 15<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, Aug. 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7:30 a.m. \u2013 Information Tents<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wisdom Gym, Thompson Student Center Portico, Rudder Statue, John Tarleton Statue, Dick Smith Library<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11 a.m. \u2013 The Big Feed<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thompson Student Center Ballrooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n Noon \u2013 Faith Fair<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thompson Student Center Common Area<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 p.m. \u2013 Global Hip-Hop Immersion<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dining Hall Patio\/O.A. Grant Amphitheater<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7 p.m. \u2013 Texan Bingo<\/p>\n\n\n\n College of Science and Mathematics Building, Room 102<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, Aug. 30<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 a.m. \u2013 Farmers Market<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dining Hall Patio<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6:30 p.m. \u2013 Black Student Union Cookout<\/p>\n\n\n\n O.A. Grant Amphitheater<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday, Aug. 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6:30 p.m. \u2013 Concert on the Patio featuring Chandler Pearson<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dining Hall Patio<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tarleton State Outreach Campuses<\/p>\n\n\n\n T-Week<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, Aug. 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4:30 p.m. \u2013 Waco Back to School Bash<\/p>\n\n\n\n Waco Michaelis Academic Center Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, Aug. 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 a.m. \u2013 Texas A&M RELLIS Welcome Back Bash<\/p>\n\n\n\n Texas A&M RELLIS in Bryan<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wednesday, Aug. 23<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 a.m. \u2013 Waco WOW event<\/p>\n\n\n\n Waco Michaelis Academic Center Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n WOW Week<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thursday, Aug. 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. \u2013 Fort Worth First Day of School Pictures<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lobby Fort Worth Building 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. \u2013 Waco First Day of School Pictures<\/p>\n\n\n\n Waco MAC Commons<\/p>\n\n\n\n All Day \u2013 WOW Virtual Connection<\/p>\n\n\n\n Online<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 p.m. \u2013 Fort Worth Back to School Bash<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fort Worth Building 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuesday, Aug. 29<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 p.m. \u2013 Texan BingoFort Worth Building 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Music, food and a full slate of activities highlight Week of Welcomes as students return to Tarleton State University campuses for the fall semester. WOW Week and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":49386,"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":382,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,424,425],"tags":[442],"class_list":["post-49384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-community-events"],"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\/2023\/08\/Unknown-1.jpeg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Community Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Community Events<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on August 16, 2023","modified":"Updated on April 1, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on August 16, 2023 8:00 am","modified":"Updated on April 1, 2025 2:10 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Group of smiling students holding Tarleton State University merchandise.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49384","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=49384"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53045,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49384\/revisions\/53045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/08\/Unknown.jpeg\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n