FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, July 7, 2022
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — With Tarleton’s annual Homecoming celebration just a couple of months away, planning for the bonfire has already begun.
Local residents clearing brush may bring it to the Tarleton Agricultural Center from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 16 and Aug. 20. More than 200 man-hours will be spent stacking over 10,000 wooden pallets and brush to create the blaze.
The L.V. Risinger Memorial Bonfire is set for Friday, Oct. 28, capping a week of activities and leading to the Saturday football matchup with the University of the Incarnate Word.
For more information contact Lathes Towns, Director of the Lance Zimmerman Department of Student Involvement and Family Relations, at 254-968-9490 or towns@tarleton.edu.
A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State University is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of approximately 18,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. For 125 years, Tarleton State has been committed to accessible higher education opportunities for all while helping students grow academically, socially and professionally through programs that emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.