150 Years of Experiential LearningJanuary 07, 2020 Though the term “experiential learning” wasn’t coined until the 2000s, Trinity students have been doing it for more than a century. One hundred fifty years ago, Trinity began redefining the liberal arts, giving students the opportunity for hands-on learning inside—and outside—the classroom. |
Trinity’s Top Stories of 2019December 27, 2019 This past year has been a historic one for Trinity—the University celebrated its 150th Anniversary alongside other milestones, such as reclaiming the top spot in the West, hitting a record-breaking number of applications, and bringing back Coleen Grissom as dean of students. Revisit 10 of the... |
150 Years of Trinity Family HistoryNovember 25, 2019 When Larry Adamson ’54 compiles a list of family members who have Trinity connections, he has to go back 150 years to the University’s founding in Tehuacana in 1869. That’s when his great-grandparents, William Paxton Gillespie and his wife, Kate, served on the first faculty. From those... |
Trinity to Hold First-Generation College CelebrationOctober 14, 2019 As part of Trinity’s 150th Anniversary festivities, campus will participate in the national First-Generation College Celebration. The event began in 2017 by the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) in partnership with the Center for First-Generation Student Success, and it is celebrated... |
Party On, TigersOctober 09, 2019 Trinity’s 2019 Alumni Weekend, held in the University’s 150th year, promised to be a celebration like none other. |
Momentous MusicOctober 09, 2019 Before the start of the 2019 spring semester, music composition professor Brian Bondari made a mysterious disappearance. Stepping away from his popular electronic music classes and normal faculty duties for a semester of academic leave, Bondari made a sudden re-emergence in June, holding... |
Time-Travel to the Tehuacana TrinitySeptember 25, 2019 Trinity throwback event! Mark your calendars for Friday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 5, to attend the first Tehuacana Heritage Festival celebrating 150 years of Trinity University. The festival will commemorate 150 years of higher education and showcase Trinity’s impact on the Tehuacana area.... |
Trinity Admissions More Competitive Than EverJune 28, 2019 For 150 years, Trinity University has committed to attracting and enrolling the nation’s best and brightest students. But the past five years have seen the University establish unprecedented momentum in elevating the academic profile and increasing the diversity of its incoming classes. |
Trinity Holds Inclusive Commencement CeremoniesMay 21, 2019 Before graduating on May 18 with 450 other undergraduates, students from Trinity’s Latina/o, Black, and LGBTQ+ communities gathered in smaller ceremonies that honor their cultures and identities. De Colores Ceremony |
¡Salud! to Support and ServiceMay 20, 2019 Jennifer P. Mathews, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Trinity University, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Dr. and Mrs. Z.T. Scott Faculty Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding abilities as a teacher and mentor. |
Coleen Grissom and Margaret Atwood Discuss Life and LiteratureMay 10, 2019 In case you were wondering, Margaret Atwood putters around her house in fuzzy bedroom slippers. |
Trinity to Hold 2019 Spring CommencementMay 06, 2019 Trinity University will hold two commencement exercises on Saturday, May 18, conferring degrees on nearly 500 undergraduate and graduate students. The graduate commencement ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. in Parker Chapel for 40 students receiving their master’s degrees in teaching,... |
Trinity On Tour Visits North TexasApril 23, 2019 Trinity University recently hosted Trinity on Tour for the third consecutive year, bringing together members of the Trinity community from around the country for a day of learning. With more than 80 Tigers in attendance, coming from as far as Pittsburgh, there was ample opportunity to mingle... |
Breaking from the PackMarch 22, 2019 This spring break saw 28 Trinity students travel to three different cities—El Paso, Texas; Oklahoma City, Okla.; and New Orleans, La.—as part of the University’s Tiger Breaks program, where students spend school holidays serving communities around the country. |
150 Voices StrongFebruary 27, 2019 More than 120 Trinity choir alumni, spanning seven decades and traveling from 22 different states, were welcomed by the University for the Alumni Choir Festival this past weekend, Feb. 22-23. Alongside 50 current choir students, the combined choir was more than 150 voices strong: a tribute to... |
Between the PagesFebruary 19, 2019 Trinity University Press has worked closely with the University community to create a book honoring Trinity’s 150th anniversary. Trinity University: Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future celebrates the story of Trinity’s past and its strong commitment to the future. |
Urban LegendFebruary 07, 2019 “Where?” Greg Bolds ’78 was a promising political science major at Grambling State University in the 1970s when he heard his college professor recommend a master’s program at a small Texas school. “I heard that Dr. Earl Lewis had started an urban studies program at Trinity... |
Trinity Kicks off Anniversary with Day of Service and CelebrationFebruary 07, 2019 It started with a serious ask and ended with a big blast—this is the best way to describe Trinity’s 150th anniversary kick-off celebration, which took place on Friday, Feb. 1. |
Trinity Celebrates 150 YearsJanuary 07, 2019 For 150 years, Trinity University has transformed challenge into boundless opportunity. Our resilience, commitment to enterprise, and creative vision have driven us in an unwavering pursuit of excellence. Carried by this momentum, we’ve moved three times through three Texas cities: from a lone... |
My Memories of Trinity UniversityJanuary 03, 2019 At 94 years of age, I still remember the first time I heard of Trinity University. It was in the mid 1930s when I was about 10 years old. The Trinity Choir was big in those days and toured around Texas giving concerts. Our neighbor, Nell Anderson Dickson, who had attended Trinity in the late... |
Trinity University’s Accreditation ReaffirmedDecember 11, 2018 The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has reaffirmed accreditation of Trinity University for an additional 10 years, a successful outcome to the process of evaluation that began following the last reaffirmation process in 2008. The accreditation... |
Bright FuturesNovember 30, 2018 As the outside world grows more complex, intertwined, and diverse, so too does Trinity’s alumni base. That was the message at Trinity’s Young and Future Alumni awards, held this Alumni Weekend in October. The ceremony honored rising alumni pioneers in geosciences, virtual reality,... |
University Elects New Board Officers and Four New TrusteesNovember 01, 2018 San Antonio businessman L. Herbert Stumberg Jr. ’81 has been elected chairman of Trinity University's Board of Trustees. He will serve a two-year term and succeeds Michael F. Neidorff ’65, who is chairman, president, and CEO of Centene Corporation. Current Board member and Trinity alumna Melody... |
Trinity Tops in TexasAugust 03, 2018 College Consensus has named Trinity University the No. 1 university in Texas, ahead of previously top ranked Rice University, and No. 49 in the nation on the Top Consensus Ranked Colleges & Universities list. These comprehensive standings serve as a tool for prospective students to stack up... |
Trinity Campus Designated a Historic DistrictJune 05, 2018 Trinity University is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, becoming the only Texas campus to be designated a modernist historic district and one of just three in the country. |
From 1869 to 2019 – A Celebration in the MakingDecember 22, 2017 Trinity is already making plans to celebrate the University’s 150th anniversary. Originally founded in 1869 in Tehuacana, Texas, Trinity's storied journey has included three cities and three moves, yet the University has remained resilient through every challenge it has faced. A year-long... |
Trinity Receives Record-Breaking Number of ApplicationsFebruary 06, 2019 For the fourth year in a row, a record-breaking number of students have applied for admission to Trinity University for Fall 2019. This figure currently sits at 9,569 applications, and Eric Maloof, vice president for Enrollment Management, estimates Trinity will receive 9,800 applications in... |