[4] Three clergymen served as the initial instructors: Gray M. Blandy, instructor at the Canterbury Bible Chair and chaplain of Episcopal students at the University of Texas at Austin; Lawrence Brown, Bible Chair instructor at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) at College Station; and John M. Holt, vicar of the mission church at Mexia.

[3] In 1954, a five-acre land donation enabled the construction of its campus, which was completed in the early 1970s with the gift of the historic Rather House.

[6] In 1976, the Episcopal Church officially approved the ordination of women as priests to take effective 1 January 1977; Susan Buell became Seminary of the Southwest's first female graduate to be ordained in 1978.

[9] In 1994, several new campus facilities were dedicated: auditorium, bookstore, community center, dining hall, guest housing; in 2003, a building with new faculty offices and classrooms was completed.

[13] The chapel, including the floor-to-ceiling hand-blown stained glass windows, was designed by architect Arthur Fehr.

Ample resources relate to the major theological disciplines, including an abundance of materials concerned with the tradition and history of the Episcopal Church.

The office of the West Region of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas is located on the campus of the Seminary of the Southwest.

The mission of the center is to support Christians in discerning what it means to respond faithfully to God's call in their particular lives and circumstances.

Through its programs and degrees, the Center provides educational opportunities for men and women from any denomination (or from a non-denominational community) to strengthen their knowledge of theology, scripture, and ethics, as well as pursue more specific training in chaplaincy, counseling, spiritual formation, youth ministry and Christian education.

As a matter of institutional policy, the seminary seeks to practice good stewardship in the administration of scholarship programs.

Seminary of the Southwest students enrolled in a Master of Divinity degree program are also eligible to apply for a traditional scholarship through the Society for the Increase of the Ministry (SIM).