{"id":25,"date":"2021-04-21T15:49:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T15:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/president\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-02-12T16:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:57:30","slug":"follow-dr-hurley-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/president\/follow-dr-hurley-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow Dr. Hurley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"section-title-area\"><h2 class=\"section-title\">President&#8217;s Communication<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2fFjF37U9SI?si=4xjrMqJCo19K2fct\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-columns advgb-columns-wrapper\" id=\"advgb-cols-153c198f-8b45-4f33-a136-5f5826a1e1e2\"><div class=\"advgb-columns-container\"><div class=\"advgb-columns advgb-columns-row advgb-is-mobile advgb-columns-1 layout-100 mbl-layout-stacked vgutter-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-column advgb-column\" id=\"advgb-col-d7a79b3a-38ae-4c7e-a3c2-5649a08852d4\"><div class=\"advgb-column-inner\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:1px\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/president\/presidents-communication\/\" style=\"border-radius:0px;background-color:#4f2d7f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read All<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest Posts:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tarletonprez\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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