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Tarleton State University
Student Resources and Basic Needs

About Us

  • Emergency shelter
  • Weather and natural-disaster related emergencies like flooding, tornado damage, fires etc.
  • Expenses related to emergency medical care
  • Short-term transportation assistance

Emergency funding is not available to cover past due tuition or fee balances, current tuition, textbooks, or course materials. Additionally, students who have existing grant or loan money available are not eligible for emergency funds – you are expected to make use of all available resources before requesting emergency funding.

Funding is available to students one time per academic year, and not more than two times total.

Mission Statement

Student Resources and Basic Needs, including the Purple Pantry, is transforming generations by empowering students to meet their basic needs in order to increase retention and help more Texans graduate with excellence and career-ready skills.

Vision

The Department of Student Resources and Basic Needs will collaborate to empower and support students facing obstacles across all of our campuses. Obstacles might include issues with rent, transportation, and food etc. We value holistic goodness, retention, and graduation, especially from underrepresented populations, such as first-generation students. We will regularly assess and measure our progress and celebrate student successes. Our end goal is to provide students with a thriving learning environment in which they can graduate and have opportunities that will provide them with economic mobility and security.

Donations

If you would like to donate to the Student Resources and Basic Needs Gift Fund, please click on the link below.  Your funds will be used to empower students moving forward by assisting with their needs today. If you have physical donations you would like to bring to the Purple Pantry, please drop them off in Suite 212 of the Student Center, Monday-Friday 8-5.

transportation

Transportation Resources