{"id":53484,"date":"2025-07-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=53484"},"modified":"2025-08-01T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T21:08:17","slug":"archer-to-deliver-tarleton-state-commencement-address-after-completing-degree-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/archer-to-deliver-tarleton-state-commencement-address-after-completing-degree-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Archer To Deliver Tarleton State Commencement Address After Completing Degree in Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 For Tarleton State University commencement speaker Calleigh Archer, thinking two steps ahead helped expedite completion of her degree, which she will receive later this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Callie Archer will make the student commencement speech at Tarleton State’s Aug. 1 graduation ceremony at Memorial Stadium. (Photo by Ruckus and Ranch Photography by Molly Waters)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Her plan started as a high school student, where she set out to take as many dual credit courses as possible in order to finish college early. As a result, it only took her two years to earn her degree in agriculture services and development. She\u2019ll share her experience as she delivers the student address at Tarleton State\u2019s commencement at 9 a.m. Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had originally planned to finish in three years,\u201d said Archer, \u201cbut I fast-tracked my dual credit courses and got my degree in two.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prosper native graduated from Rock Hill High School in 2023 with both her high school diploma and an associate degree from Collin College, which she earned thanks to those dual credit courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was active in FFA during high school, showing rabbits and plants. One of her teachers was a Tarleton State graduate, and he helped her decide to come to Stephenville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to be an ag teacher like him,\u201d said Archer. \u201cHe was very much someone I looked up to. So, I decided to go to here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working to that end, she planned to pursue a degree in agriculture education, but a part-time job pushed her into another area of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI work with Six String Development, a local company,\u201d said Archer. \u201cI started working there through a friend of my dad, and I really got interested in that aspect of things. I decided to switch my degree to one I could benefit from a little bit more. This degree could, hopefully, help me own my own development company one day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After serving as the office manager for the business, she realized following a construction project from conception to completion was a career she\u2019d love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been able to get hands-on experience in different areas of the business, reading plans and working with different trades. I really enjoy the work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her academic record at Tarleton State includes being named to the Dean\u2019s List in fall 2023 and the President\u2019s List the next three consecutive semesters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her speech, she plans to share some of her educational challenges, her experiences at Tarleton State, the pride she takes in her alma mater, <\/em>and her faith, which she credits for helping her achieve her goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGod has different plans for everybody, and it\u2019s sometimes hard to trust in those plans,\u201d she said, \u201cbut you just have to trust and persevere. We might go through hard times, but we\u2019ll always have the pride and community of Tarleton by our side, no matter what. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll always be Tarleton graduates wherever we go, and we have to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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