Sewanee Environmental Institute

Sewanee: The University of the South

Student & Faculty Collaboration

David Haskell with Students.

At SEI, undergraduate students and faculty work together to further our understanding of environmental change.

A center for environmental education and research

SEI promotes the use of the University of the South's ecologically and culturally diverse 13,000-acre campus as a living laboratory for the interdisciplinary study of people and the land. SEI offers field-based educational programs at the undergraduate and pre-college level, and fosters faculty-mentored student research on the Cumberland Plateau.

Educational Programs

Each summer SEI brings undergraduate and high school students to our campus to engage in field-based learning opportunities with our faculty.

The Sewanee Landscape

Across Sewanee's forested landscape over 50 miles of hiking trails lead you to old growth cove forests, waterfalls, lakes, ancient Native American rockshelters and more.

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Physics Department sponsors lecture on Nissan’s electric car the LEAF

January 17, 2012

Come out to hear about the Nissan LEAF with special guests from the Decherd, Tennessee plant. Read more…

Cumberland Voices - a conservation planning document is released

November 11, 2011

The Land Trust for Tennessee and the University of the South have completed a conservation planning document for the South Cumberland region. Read more…

Appointments made in support of Sewanee’s Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability

November 2, 2011

Sewanee’s Vice-Chancellor John McCardell has announced two appointments that give new substance to the university’s commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability Read more…

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Summer 2011 Pre-College Program Comes to a Close

Our summer SEI Pre-College Program ended yesterday with lots of tearful good-byes.   It was wonderful to watch the friendships form among this tight group of…

Follow the Pre-College Blog!

Students in the Pre-college program take turns each day photographing their activities and creating blog entries.   You can follow their blog, as well as…