Welcome Back Week at Tarleton features music, acti
For Immediate Release
Monday, Jan. 7, 2019
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Tarleton State University greets students back to campus for 2019 with a full slate of activities for Welcome Back Week featuring live music, activities and food beginning Monday, Jan. 14.
Giovannie and the Hired Guns, a Texas country band based in Lipan, highlight Monday’s 7 p.m. Welcome Back Bash at the Thompson Student Center.
The week’s festivities continue with laser tag at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Thompson Student Center Ballrooms and donuts and coffee from the Student Government Association at 9 and 11 a.m. Wednesday, also at the TSC. Wednesday’s schedule includes 4 and 8 p.m. showings of “A Star is Born” at the planetarium in the Lamar Johanson Science Building.
Food takes center stage Thursday with the Spring in Tarleton Luncheon for new students at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the TSC Ballrooms and the Purple Picnic at noon and 2 p.m. outside the student center
Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.
Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist
817-484-4415
priddle@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.