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'''The University of the South'''  [http://www.sewanee.edu/ www.sewanee.edu] is a private, [[coeducational]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] located in [[Sewanee, Tennessee|Sewanee]], [[Tennessee]].  It is owned by twenty-eight [[Province 4 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|southern dioceses]] of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]] and its [[Divinity school|School of Theology]] is an official [[seminary]] of the church.  The university's School of Letters offers graduate degrees in literature and creative writing.  Often known simply as '''Sewanee''', the school has a strong academic reputation and recently ranked 40th in the annual ''[[US News & World Report]]'' list of liberal arts colleges.[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_3534_brief.php US News & World Report summary of Sewanee]  Sewanee has produced 25 [[Rhodes Scholar]]s, garnering the distinction of the most Rhodes Scholars per capita of any school in the country.<ref name="ucsd">{{citation [http://sociology.ucsd.edu/graduate/graduate.htm] The campus (officially called "The Domain" or, affectionately, "The Mountain") consists of 10,000 acres (40 km²) of scenic mountain property atop the [[Cumberland Plateau]] in southeastern Tennessee, although the developed portion occupies only about {{convert|1000|acre|sqkm}}.  In 2006, enrollment consisted of 1,467 undergraduates, 92 students in the School of Theology, and about 25 students in the School of Letters.  In addition to the University, the town of Sewanee includes the Community of St. Mary (a convent) and St. Mary's Non-Denominational Retreat Center (which uses the buildings formerly occupied by St. Mary's School).  The [[asteroid]] [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=89264 89264 Sewanee] is [[Meanings of asteroid names|named in its honor]].
 
'''The University of the South'''  [http://www.sewanee.edu/ www.sewanee.edu] is a private, [[coeducational]] [[Liberal arts colleges in the United States|liberal arts college]] located in [[Sewanee, Tennessee|Sewanee]], [[Tennessee]].  It is owned by twenty-eight [[Province 4 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|southern dioceses]] of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]] and its [[Divinity school|School of Theology]] is an official [[seminary]] of the church.  The university's School of Letters offers graduate degrees in literature and creative writing.  Often known simply as '''Sewanee''', the school has a strong academic reputation and recently ranked 40th in the annual ''[[US News & World Report]]'' list of liberal arts colleges.[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/directory/brief/drglance_3534_brief.php US News & World Report summary of Sewanee]  Sewanee has produced 25 [[Rhodes Scholar]]s, garnering the distinction of the most Rhodes Scholars per capita of any school in the country.<ref name="ucsd">{{citation [http://sociology.ucsd.edu/graduate/graduate.htm] The campus (officially called "The Domain" or, affectionately, "The Mountain") consists of 10,000 acres (40 km²) of scenic mountain property atop the [[Cumberland Plateau]] in southeastern Tennessee, although the developed portion occupies only about {{convert|1000|acre|sqkm}}.  In 2006, enrollment consisted of 1,467 undergraduates, 92 students in the School of Theology, and about 25 students in the School of Letters.  In addition to the University, the town of Sewanee includes the Community of St. Mary (a convent) and St. Mary's Non-Denominational Retreat Center (which uses the buildings formerly occupied by St. Mary's School).  The [[asteroid]] [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=89264 89264 Sewanee] is [[Meanings of asteroid names|named in its honor]].

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