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'''Sewanee''' (officially, '''"The University of the South"'''') is a national liberal arts university in Sewanee, Tennessee. Admission is highly selective
Sewanee comprised an outstanding undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences enrolling 1,400 students, a respected graduate School of Theology of the Episcopal Church with 80 students and an extensive extension and continuing education program, and an innovative summer master's degree program in English and Creative Writing through the School of Letters that serves 42 students.
With a full-time faculty of 134 professors, the undergraduate college offers 36 majors, 32 minors and 15 special programs, and pre-professional programs in medicine, health, law and business. The University is home to ''The Sewanee Review,'' America's oldest literary quarterly. In 2009 there were 360 graduating seniors and 39 graduates of the School of Theology. Sid Brown, Associate Professor of Religion and chair, Environmental Studies, was recognized by the Society of Sewanee Scholars as the Teacher of the Year for 2008-09
The campus, residential areas, the village of Sewanee, lakes, forests, and surrounding bluffs comprise a tract of 13,000 acres owned by the school and called "The Domain". The endowment was $313 million and the annual budget is $67 million.
Sewanee is the only university in the nation that is owned and governed by the [[Episcopal Church]], specifically the 28 dioceses of the southeastern United States. It is governed by its approximately 150-member Board of Trustees, most of whom are elected from the owning dioceses, and by the 20-member Board of Regents, which operates as the executive board of the trustees.
The Vice Chancellor and President serves as the chief executive officer of the University and is also the mayor of the town of Sewanee with a population of 2,500. The Chancellor, elected from among the bishops of the owning dioceses, serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees and, together with the Vice Chancellor is a member of the Board of Regents.
Priminent alumni include historian and journalist Jon Meacham, class of 1991, who won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his biography ''American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House.''
==External links==
* [[http://www.sewanee.edu/ website]]
[[Category:Universities]]
Sewanee comprised an outstanding undergraduate College of Arts and Sciences enrolling 1,400 students, a respected graduate School of Theology of the Episcopal Church with 80 students and an extensive extension and continuing education program, and an innovative summer master's degree program in English and Creative Writing through the School of Letters that serves 42 students.
With a full-time faculty of 134 professors, the undergraduate college offers 36 majors, 32 minors and 15 special programs, and pre-professional programs in medicine, health, law and business. The University is home to ''The Sewanee Review,'' America's oldest literary quarterly. In 2009 there were 360 graduating seniors and 39 graduates of the School of Theology. Sid Brown, Associate Professor of Religion and chair, Environmental Studies, was recognized by the Society of Sewanee Scholars as the Teacher of the Year for 2008-09
The campus, residential areas, the village of Sewanee, lakes, forests, and surrounding bluffs comprise a tract of 13,000 acres owned by the school and called "The Domain". The endowment was $313 million and the annual budget is $67 million.
Sewanee is the only university in the nation that is owned and governed by the [[Episcopal Church]], specifically the 28 dioceses of the southeastern United States. It is governed by its approximately 150-member Board of Trustees, most of whom are elected from the owning dioceses, and by the 20-member Board of Regents, which operates as the executive board of the trustees.
The Vice Chancellor and President serves as the chief executive officer of the University and is also the mayor of the town of Sewanee with a population of 2,500. The Chancellor, elected from among the bishops of the owning dioceses, serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees and, together with the Vice Chancellor is a member of the Board of Regents.
Priminent alumni include historian and journalist Jon Meacham, class of 1991, who won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for his biography ''American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House.''
==External links==
* [[http://www.sewanee.edu/ website]]
[[Category:Universities]]