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UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
FALL / WINTER 2019
tarleton welcomes 16th president
Dr. James L. Hurley
FALL / WINTER 2019 TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE 1
Tarleton State University Magazine
FALL / WINTER 2019 | Volume 11 Number 1
President
Dr. James L. Hurley
Assistant Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Cecilia Jacobs
Director of Creative Services
Robin DeMott
Associate Editor, Photographer
Kurt Mogonye
Associate Editor, Writer
Phil Riddle
Contributors
Harry Battson
Danny Andrews
Designe
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Tarleton State University Magazine FALL / WI
JOHN SHARP Tarleton is destined to be k
PAVING THE PURPLE WAY MYERS RECEIVES HONORARY DO
Mike A. Myers receives honorary doctorate. Follo
t h e I6th president of tar
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Tarleton’s new president, Dr. James L. Hurley, ha
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Dr. Hurley and wife Kindall with their family, so
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS by Phil Riddle So many s
Over almost a century, the flagpole has stood witn
New buildings bring excitement, energy, opportuni
Phenomenal! • The gleaming new Engineering Buildi
A HOME IN FORT WORTH Old Main on a hilltop porten
Tarleton Fort Worth Building 1 FALL / WINTER 2019
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and a tremendous benchmark for the future success
Calling the center’s grand opening a great day fo
Memorial Stadium on game day FALL / WINTER 2019
A 100-YEAR MUSICAL CONNECTIO
Tradition is a synonym for Tarleton State Univers
“We need to celebrate our history.
Bicentennial Band with high school students
Bleeding PURPLE, going GREEN Athletic bands conv
G I V I N G M AT T E R S Be the Reason. SAVE TH
G I V I N G M AT T E R S
G I V I N G M AT T E R S “If I were to rece
G I V I N G M AT T E R S “When someone ma
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G I V I N G M AT T E R S “Thanks so much for c
G I V I N G M AT T E R S “As a stud
GIVING MA TTERS Be the Reason. CONNECT WITH
Another successful Tarleton Homecoming is in the
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Texans prepare to transition to NCAA Division I A
fees. The initiative garnered 68 percent of the v
influential centenarian Decorated Wayland Coach
Redin served on several Olympic and AAU rules com
ALUMNI LIFE Floating ideas Tarleton grad handles
A L U M N I L I F E Stick-to-it-iveness Recent Ta
There’s knowledge, and there’s Tarleton im
CLASS NOTES BY DECADE Each of us can play an im
’02, RYAN AALSMA, BBA management, has been promot
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