Sewanee’s rare plants
March 2, 2010
2010 marks the 25th anniversary of Tennessee's Rare Plant Protection and Conservation Act. The Sewanee flora contains dozens of specimens found on the state list. Read more…
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.
