Trinity University — Attraction in San Antonio

The education students receive here is some of the best in the state.

The reason I am giving Trinity three stars is to call attention to a glaring issue: despite its billion dollar endowment, the campus is barely used during the summer and makes little effort to involve the city of San Antonio. As a former student and San Antonio native, I'm aware of how beautiful Trinity is and how hard the gardening/landscaping staff works to keep it that way. The architecture is magnificent. There are numerous opportunities for the university to use its resources to hold spectacular public events, yet the campus during the summer might as well be a ghost town.

There is a real and relatively easy opportunity for the University to use its plentiful resources for the edification of the public. It...

Not only is the mid-century modern architecture absolutely gorgeous, the college itself is a real gem of liberal arts in culture-rich San Antonio. This is a small university that is a real sleeper, with quality and selectivity that lift it into the elite ranks of liberal arts colleges. Despite all this, it is little known outside Texas, and is frequently confused with Trinity College in Connecticut. There's a large endowment that allows the university to be generous with financial aid, and to maintain a distinguished faculty that would stand out at any elite liberal arts college in...

We are celebrating our daughter's graduation this weekend and started with a beautiful Vespers service followed by the President's Reception for the graduates.

I had not attended Vespers before, and this service incorporated many of the various beliefs held by students such as Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Students played and sang beautifully and the Chaplain spoke inspiring words.

The ceremony had delicious heavy hors d'oeuvres including chicken, empanadas,...