Tarleton State University’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (COAES) has received approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a Bachelor of Science in agricultural communication beginning in the fall.
Dr. James L. Hurley will be inaugurated Friday, Feb. 28, as Tarleton State University’s 16th president.
Tarleton State University’s College of Business Administration will celebrate its 30th anniversary March 30-April 3. COBA students, faculty, staff, alumni and the community are invited to join in activities throughout the week.
Tarleton State University is one of 119 colleges and universities nationwide — and the only school in The Texas A&M University System — to receive the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching’s prestigious 2020 Community Engagement Classification. This is the first time Tarleton has received the recognition.
Health and safety officials at Tarleton State University are closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of the coronavirus, termed 2019-nCoV, that was first detected in Wuhan, China, and has since spread to other countries. Five cases have been confirmed in the United States.
Tarleton State University will guarantee scholarship levels to entering fall 2020 freshmen who graduate in the top 25 percent of their high school class.
Tarleton State University will guarantee scholarship levels to entering fall 2020 freshmen who graduate in the top 25 percent of their high school class.
In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Tarleton State University administrative offices are closed Monday, Jan. 20.


Dr. James L. Hurley will be installed Feb. 28, 2020, as Tarleton State University’s 16th president during a three-day inauguration celebration that begins with an event for students the evening before and culminates with a gala Feb. 29.
Dr. Eric Morrow has been named dean of Tarleton State University’s College of Liberal and Fine Arts, effective Jan. 1. He has served in an interim role for the past year.
