Tarleton State University

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Tarleton State University is a public research university in Stephenville, Texas, United States. It is a founding member of the Texas A&M University System<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and enrolled over 15,000 students in the fall of 2022.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

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Entrance sign to Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas
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Tarleton Center

John Tarleton College was founded in 1887 with an endowment from settler John Tarleton.<ref name=":7">Template:Cite web</ref> In 1917, U.S. Senator and Stephenville resident Henry Clark co-authored and presented legislation establishing John Tarleton Agricultural College as a member of the Texas A&M University system, certifying the Junior College within the Educational System of Texas.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1949, it was again renamed Tarleton State College then became a four-year degree-granting institution in 1959. Tarleton gained status as a university in 1973 adopting its current name, Tarleton State University.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> In 2003 it began offering doctoral programs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Academics

Template:Infobox US university ranking The university offers 85 undergraduate, 38 masters, 2 associate degree programs, and 2 doctoral programs.<ref name=":0" />

Degrees are offered through eight colleges:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

  • Agriculture & Natural Resources
  • Business
  • Education
  • Graduate Studies
  • Health Sciences
  • Liberal & Fine Arts
  • Science & Mathematics
  • Mayfield College of Engineering

Educational programs

The Department of Animal Sciences oversees the Tarleton Equine-Assisted Therapy (TREAT) program<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> that is designed to utilize horseback riding as a form of physical, emotional and recreational therapy. Hippotherapy (physical therapy on horseback using the horse as a therapist) has developed as a medical field recognized by most major countries.

The Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research (TIAER)<ref name=":1">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> on the Tarleton campus plays a national leadership role in environmental issues related to water quality. This program provides the university, the dairy and beef industries, environmental control agencies and governmental policy groups with water pollution data for the Template:Convert Upper North Bosque River watershed.<ref name=":1" />

In fall 2002 the W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas opened at a site located near Thurber, a ghost town located approximately Template:Convert northwest of Stephenville and about one hour west of the DFW Metroplex.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref> Funded through a $1.2 million grant from the Texas Department of Transportation and a private gift from Mrs. W.K. Gordon Jr. The center is located on Template:Convert near the site of Texas' first coal mine and adjacent to New York Hill along Interstate 20.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The center is dedicated to the preservation, research and recording of Texas industrial history including coal mining, brick making and oil and gas exploration.<ref name=":2" />

Tarleton operates two radio stations. KXTR-LP 100.7 FM is a student-operated rock station,<ref name=":3">Template:Cite web</ref> while KTRL 90.5 FM is a public radio station broadcasting news, classical music, and jazz.<ref name=":4">Template:Cite web</ref> Both are operated by students of Tarleton State University out of the radio station located in the Mathematics building on the TSU campus.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> Tarleton State University is one of three universities in the state of Texas to own and operate two radio stations; the other institutions being the University of Texas at Austin and Texas Tech University.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Campuses

Tarleton students come from 47 U.S. states and 40 countries.<ref name=":0" /> Most university activities take place on Tarleton's Template:Convert main campus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> An Template:Convert operational university farm with classroom space is located near the main campus northwest of Stephenville with access from TX Highway 8 and US Route 281.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Template:Convert Hunewell Ranch is located in Erath County and provides additional educational facilities.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Tarleton also offers specialized programs at its Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center in Granbury<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and select programs and courses at McLennan Community College in Waco, Weatherford College in Weatherford, Bryan at the Texas A&M-RELLIS Campus, and in Fort Worth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Upper-level courses were offered at Tarleton-Central Texas in Killeen until 2009 when Texas A&M University-Central Texas was formed as a separate institution.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Stephenville

Most university activities take place on Tarleton's main campus in Stephenville, the county seat of Erath County.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Location map+

The main campus in Stephenville features a Template:Convert sports recreation center opened in fall 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A $13 million, Template:Convert dining facility opened in fall 2008. The new building is an extension of the student center and has two floors, a convenience store, executive meeting rooms and a cafe with a wireless network.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2001, the university completed a $30.8 million science building complete with a 86-seat planetarium.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2014, the Science Building was named for Lamar Johnson a former professor of biological sciences and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The old science building<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> went through an extensive $13.5 million renovation and expansion upgrading laboratories and classrooms. This building is now named the Mathematics Building.<ref name=":5">Template:Cite web</ref> An observatory at Hunewell Ranch<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> houses a fully robotic Template:Convert research-grade telescope.

The Dick Smith Library is a three-floor facility that houses materials including print books, periodicals, curriculum collection, audio-visual material, e-books, streaming media, and special collections.<ref name="Library">Template:Cite web</ref>

The University opened the EECU Center in 2025. The center seats up to 8,000 for basketball games or 10,000 people for concerts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Other notable buildings:<ref name=":5" />

Fort Worth

Tarleton–Fort Worth is a campus located in Tarrant County. The university has maintained a presence in Fort Worth since assuming control of the C.C. Terrell Memorial School of Medical Technology in the 1970s. In 2019, the university opened the first dedicated academic building<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> on an 80–acre campus is located adjacent to the Chisholm Trail Parkway in southwest Tarrant County. The building, referred to as "Building I,"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a Template:Convert, three story multi-use facility with classroom, office space, and a library.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> The campus is projected to enroll over 9,000 students by 2030.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Leadership

The current and 16th president is James L. Hurley who was appointed by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents in August 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Diane Stearns is the Chief Academic Officer serving as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

As a member of the Texas A&M University System, Tarleton is one of a network of 11 higher educational institutions administered by a Chancellor and a Board of Regents. Regents are appointed by the Governor. The current Chancellor is Glen Hegar and chair of the Board of Regents is Robert Albritton.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Student life

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Athletics

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Tarleton students graduate at Wisdom Gym in December 2010

Tarleton State University athletics currently competes at the NCAA Division I level in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They were admitted into the WAC on July 1, 2020, therefore ending their 26-year stint at the Division II level with the Lone Star Conference (LSC).<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> Their admission into the LSC in 1995 marked their second period of membership, having previously participated from 1968 to 1975. They were a founding member of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (TIAA) in 1976 and remained in that league until 1990. From 1991 to 1994 Tarleton played as an Independent.

The teams are known as the "Texans". Athletes were known as the "Plowboys" before the college became a four-year institution in 1961.

When women's sports were introduced in 1968–69, those teams played under the "Texans" nickname, but due to the desire of that day's female athletes to play under a distinctive nickname, the women's nickname was changed the next school year. "Texanns", "Tex-Anns", and "TexAnns" were used interchangeably until 1972–73, when "TexAnns" was officially settled on. Following a campaign initially led by two players and a (female) student manager in the women's basketball program, Tarleton returned the "Texans" nickname to women's teams in 2019–20.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

The basketball and volleyball teams play at Wisdom Gym.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The football team plays at Memorial Stadium. The baseball team plays at Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex. The softball team plays at the Tarleton Softball Complex.

Tarleton State University fields six men's varsity sports and eight women's varsity sports in the Western Athletic Conference:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Men's Women's
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross Country
Cross Country Golf
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Music

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Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center

The music program at Tarleton State University is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music. It is housed in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center. This multi-purpose fine arts complex contains three theatres: a 243-seat recital hall, an 805-seat auditorium, and the workshop theatre. There is a 16-keyboard piano lab and computer lab. The instrument collection includes two nine-foot concert Steinway grand pianos, the Waggener Memorial Organ (a tracker two-manual pipe organ), a Richard Kingston harpsichord, and several Steinway grand pianos that are designated for piano majors to practice. The university currently offers three music degrees, which are Bachelor of Arts in music, Bachelor of Music in music education (with all-level certification) and the Bachelor of Music in performance. It currently offers one online graduate degree, Master of Music in music education. The program has over 150 full-time enrolled students with 80% being instrumental studies and 20% being vocal studies. The Tarleton music department hosts many festivals and clinics throughout the school year, including Brass Day, TMEA All-Region Band clinics, Jazz Festival, Invitational Band Festival, TMEA Area Choir clinics, and the Let All Men Sing!<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Music ensembles include The Sound and the Fury, The Texan Marching Band, Foul Play Basketball Band, Chamber Winds, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, two jazz bands, Brass Ensemble, Woodwind Chamber Ensemble, Trumpet Ensemble, Horn Choir, and Flute Choir.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Texan Corps of Cadets

The Texan Corps of Cadets was founded in 1917 when John Tarleton Agriculture College joined the Texas A&M University system. The Corps of Cadets was initially known as "Johns Army".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Corps of Cadets survived through the end of the 1950s. Until 2016, the school had only an Army ROTC program. In 2016 the Texan Corps of Cadets was brought back to the university.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Texan Corps of Cadets offers students an opportunity to obtain a minor in Leadership Studies. All cadets live together in a residence hall at Tarleton called Traditions. All cadets wear their uniforms to class every day and must abide by the regulations set forth in the "Chisel".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

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Alumni

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Chris Kyle

Faculty

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