Tarleton master s graduate making her second commencement address
From TSU Newsroom
STEPHENVILLE Not that it’s trying, but Tarleton State University can’t get rid of Cheyenne Mack.
The featured speaker at 3 p.m. graduation ceremonies Friday, Dec. 11, will be addressing her second commencement audience.
“I was actually the commencement speaker for my undergraduate ceremony,” she said, “which is kind of crazy. During the speakers’ competition everybody was saying I was an old pro. I said, ‘No, this is just as nerve-racking as the first time.’ ”
She graduates Friday with a master’s degree in agricultural and natural resources sciences, after earning her bachelor’s in spring 2019.
Tarleton s Gordon Center hosts Deck the Halls
From TSU Newsroom
STEPHENVILLE Tarleton State University’s W.K. Gordon Center for the Industrial History of Texas is hosting a weekend of holiday activities at the museum in Thurber.
Deck the Halls, slated for Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 12 and 13, features Yuletide happenings including cookie decorating and letters to Santa. Each participant will also get a take-home decoration kit.
Weekend festivities are by appointment only with four family slots per session. Hourly appointments run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 1-3 p.m. Sunday. Space is limited so make your reservations as soon as possible.
Tarleton commencement speaker overcame a rocky start
From Tarleton State University
STEPHENVILLE Josephina Valdez had big plans of becoming an accountant when she started college. Then they were almost derailed her first year.
Her struggles were turned into strengths as she righted the ship, earned a regular spot on the Dean’s List and is the featured speaker at 10 a.m. commencement exercises Friday, Dec. 11.
“My freshman year at Tarleton, the first semester on campus, I was struggling with my accounting coursework,” she recalled. “I went to my supplemental instructor, and she kind of took me under her wing as an unassigned mentor.”