FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University invites students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends to the Tarleton State Day at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wearing Tarleton State apparel provides free general admission to Stock Show grounds beginning at 8 a.m. on Tarleton State Day, Jan. 26, including entry to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. Students, faculty and staff with a valid Tarleton State ID may purchase one half-price gallery seating for the rodeo at the Dickies Arena Box Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tarleton State alumni and friends will gather for a Tarleton State Alumni Association Reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Stagecoach Room at the Amon G. Carter Jr. Exhibit Hall. Attendees can reconnect with fellow alumni, enjoy refreshments and celebrate Tarleton State. To purchase tickets for the Alumni and Friends Reception, visit fwssr26.givesmart.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Concluding Tarleton State Day at FWSSR, the rodeo performance begins at 7:30 p.m. in Dickies Arena as part of the ProRodeo Tournament (Bracket 2, Round 2). Tickets in the designated Tarleton State sections \u2014 206 through 210 and 221 through 226 \u2014 are available at ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, one of the nation\u2019s premier livestock show and rodeo events, runs Jan. 16-Feb. 7, 2026, at Dickies Arena and the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth. The event features world-class rodeo competition, livestock exhibitions, entertainment, live music, a busy carnival midway and more. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University invites students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends to the Tarleton State Day at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo on Monday, Jan. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":595,"featured_media":54802,"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":425,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[442,449,455,456,457],"class_list":["post-54801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","tag-community-events","tag-institutional-advancement","tag-rodeo","tag-stephenville","tag-tarleton-state-fort-worth"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"jpartin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/jpartin\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2026\/01\/FWSSR-Tarleton-State-Rodeo-Team-300x200.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["Community Events<\/a>","Institutional Advancement<\/a>","Rodeo<\/a>","Stephenville<\/a>","Tarleton State Fort Worth<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Community Events<\/span>","Institutional Advancement<\/span>","Rodeo<\/span>","Stephenville<\/span>","Tarleton State Fort Worth<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 3 months ago","modified":"Updated 2 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 16, 2026","modified":"Updated on January 27, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 16, 2026 11:20 am","modified":"Updated on January 27, 2026 9:34 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54801","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\/595"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54801"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54819,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54801\/revisions\/54819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}