Funding theological education is a responsibility shared between the student, the seminary, the Church, and outside partners. 

Financial aid is meant to serve the Church’s mission by:
  • opening the way to excellent theological education to those who otherwise could not afford it,
  • to minimize the burden of additional educational debt carried into ministry,
  • and to limit the drain on personal assets for all students.

Thanks to the gifts of many individuals, parishes, and dioceses, Sewanee has resources for these purposes and is glad to be able to offer financial aid to supplement a student’s own resources and the financial support of the parishes and dioceses that send them. Funding theological education is a responsibility shared between the student, the seminary, the Church, and outside partners.

Your support directly contributes to the raising up of future church leaders.

The forms below tell the School of Theology how much you will be contributing to your students' formation. This allows us to direct financial aid towards students who need it the most. All students on an ordination track are required to submit signed copies of these forms in order to apply for financial aid. Please note, this requirement extents to students whose congregation and/or diocese do not contribute to their formation. 

Please sign and return this form to your student who will attach it to their financial aid application. 

Looking for other ways to support our students? You can set up a recurring gift, or make a one time gift, here.

 

Live Together In Unity

Commitment to Diversity

What does it mean to be the University of the South? The answer to that question changes from one generation to the next and from one individual to the next. Being “of the South” means that we are both the beneficiaries and the critics of a rich tradition. While we are deeply invested in this region, we also engage with other communities, locally and globally. Diversity and variety—of the South and of the world—inform and underpin our institution, and all our community’s citizens must confront this question on some level.

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Inclusive Language Policy

Language matters. It shapes our sense of reality and is therefore crucial for our understanding of God and others. Through language we forge and maintain our relationships with God and one another.

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The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation

The Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and Reconciliation at the University of the South is a six-year initiative investigating the university’s historical entanglements with slavery and slavery’s legacies. Our Project’s name memorializes the late Professor of History, Houston Bryan Roberson, who was the first tenured African American faculty member at Sewanee and the first to make African American history and culture the focus of their teaching and scholarship.

About the Project