Hillviews Magazine Collection

Hillviews is the magazine for Texas State University. Published four times a year by the Division of Marketing and Communications, the magazine captures Texas State's academic and social scene by telling stories of its faculty, students, and alumni. Hillviews strives to address a variety of issues that impact or appeal to readers with an interest in Texas State University.

Texas State University was established by the 26th Legislature in 1899 as the Southwest Texas State Normal School; 313 pupils were enrolled in 1903-04, the first year classes were held. The school name changed to Southwest Texas State Normal College in 1918, to Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1925, to Southwest Texas State College in 1959, to Southwest Texas State University in 1969, to Texas State University-San Marcos in 2003, and to Texas State University in 2013.