Sewanee: The University of the South

Our close friend and neighbor, The University of the South is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country (U. S. News and World Report) and includes an Episcopal seminary. The University’s national reputation offers direct benefits to SAS students through college courses, visiting faculty and guest lecturers, library resources, cultural and sporting events, outstanding athletic facilities, and an extended community that treasures both young people and education.

The school’s close relationship with the University of the South —a relationship based on historical, geographical, religious and family connections— is vital to SAS. Likewise, the University recognizes St. Andrew’s-Sewanee as an asset in recruiting faculty, staff, seminarians and their families to the Mountain.

Known simply as “Sewanee” by its students, faculty, staff and friends, the University offers an unmatched educational experience that is characterized by serious intellectual engagement between its teachers and students. Relationships that begin in the classroom extend to all facets of life and its not unusual for students and faculty members to work shoulder to shoulder on research projects and journal articles, to meet for dinner or coffee at a local eatery, or to serve together as members of the University orchestra, volunteer fire department, and other civic groups.

Since its founding, the College of Arts and Sciences at the University has graduated 25 Rhodes Scholars—a record that is unmatched by all but a handful of institutions— 34 Watson Fellows, and 25 NCAA Postgraduate Scholars, while the institution’s School of Theology has added to its alumni ranks countless bishops, including three of the last four presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church.

Sewanee’s physical environment, which includes a 10,000-acre campus, provides an unparalleled place in which to study and reflect, and has, over its history, become a meeting place for some of America’s most respected literary figures. It is home of the well-known Sewanee Writers’ Conference, the Sewanee Review, and holds the copyrights to Tennessee Williams’ body of work, which was left to the school by the playwright. The University plays host to numerous summer programs including sports camps, the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and several enrichment programs for laity of the Episcopal Church.