Trinity University (Texas)

Trinity University is an independent, primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences university in San Antonio, Texas.

Campus

Trinity overlooks downtown San Antonio, adjacent to the Monte Vista Historic District and just south of the suburb of Olmos Park. The 117-acre Skyline Campus, the university's third location, is noted for its distinctive red brick architecture and well-maintained grounds, modeled after an Italian village by late architect O'Neil Ford.

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Notable buildings and structures

• The 166-foot tall Murchison Tower is the most dominant landmark on the campus and is visible throughout San Antonio. The tower is now lit at night (excepting evenings when the lighting interferes with on-campus astronomical observances), a tradition begun on September 22, 2002 to commemorate Trinity's 60th anniversary in San Antonio.
• Laurie Auditorium seats 2,865 and hosts both campus and community events. Guest lecturers at Laurie Auditorium have included George H.W. Bush, Colin Powell, Bob Dole, Margaret Thatcher, and Tom Brokaw.
• Margarite B. Parker Chapel seats six hundred and houses a pipe organ http://www.geocities.com/rkimpeljr/organ/organ.html comprising 5 divisions, 90 stops, 106 ranks, and 5724 pipes. Non-denominational services are led by the campus chaplain Sunday evenings.
• The newly constructed Northrup Hall, finished in 2004 and designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects, is used for administrative and faculty offices and classrooms.
• Sixteen residence halls - as a residential campus, students are required to live on campus for three years and many stay for their fourth. As a result, Trinity has a variety of residence halls located on lower campus. Halls reserved for first-year students include Beze, Calvert, Herndon, Miller, Winn and Witt. Upperclassmen halls include Isabel, Lightner, Murchison, North, Prassel, Thomas, South and Susanna. One residence hall, McLean, houses both first-year and upperclass students.
• The Coates University Center houses an information desk, dining areas, post office, bookstore, bar, meeting rooms, offices and a number of student organizations.
• "Conversation with Magic Stones" (or, more commonly, simply "Magic Stones"), a series of metal sculptures created by Dame Barbara Hepworth.