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The University of the South.
popularly known as Sewanee, is consistently ranked among the top
tier of national liberal arts universities. Sewanee is committed to an
academic curriculum which focuses on the liberal arts as the most
enlightening and valuable form of undergraduate education.
Founded by leaders of the Episcopal Church
in 1857, Sewanee continues to be owned by 28 Episcopal dioceses in 12
states. The university is located on a 10,000-acre campus atop
Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau between Chattanooga and Nashville. It
consists of
a College of Arts and Sciences with
approximately 1,300 undergraduate men and women and a School of Theology
which includes about 800 graduate students pursuing master's and doctoral
degrees.
The University has an impressive record of
achievement-----23 Rhodes Scholars and 23 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
recipients have graduated from Sewanee. More than 70 percent of the
college's students pursue graduate studies. A high percentage of
undergraduates who apply to medical and dental schools and a high
percentage of students who apply to business and law schools are
accepted. Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa Omicron Delta Kappa are among the
national leadership and scholastic honorary organizations at Sewanee, and
the campus includes 11 national fraternities and six local sororities.
Undergraduates can pursue 34 majors. In
addition, the course of instruction offers study aboard programs which
are available year-round; a 3/2 engineering program, with agreements at
Columbia University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Vanderbilt
University, and Washington University in St. Louis; and a natural
resources program, unique among national liberal arts universities, which
offers instruction in national resources, geology, and forestry.
Students and faculty members take
advantage of Woods Laboratories, which provide excellent facilities for
the study of biology, physics, chemistry and psychology, and the duPont
Library, which houses more than 450,000 volumes. The Sewanee Review,
published by the University, is the oldest continuously published
literary quarterly in the United States and one of the best journals of
its kind.
The Sewanee community offers an
outstanding cultural and social environment which contributes directly to
an enrichment of the educational experience. Students work with faculty,
staff, administrators and community members as volunteers in the Sewanee
Volunteer Fire Department and the Emergency Medical Service. There are
also a variety of service organizations on campus which impact both
collegiate and community life.
Extra-curricular activities are an
integral part of the Sewanee Experience. Seventy percent of the
university's students participate in a strong intramural sports program.
The Sewanee Outing Program features caving, kayaking, rappelling,
camping, ice skating, canoeing and sailing. A riding program offers
instruction in dressage and stadium and cross country jumping with
University or personal horses. And the University has a full and varied
schedule of cultural opportunities, including the Performing Arts Series,
duPont lectures, and the popular Festival of Lessons and Carols,
presented by student musical ensembles in all Saints' Chapel, the center
of religious life on campus.
More Info: go to www.sewanee.edu
or call: 931-598-1000 | 
