Academics About Sewanee and Yale Collaborations News The University of the South. On Wednesday, April 1, Psyc 2. Professor of Religion Jerry Smith about Appalachian Religion and Culture. On Thursday, April 2, they joined Professor Smiths Religion and Ecology class on a field trip to nearby sites in and around Sherwood, TN. Setup Bat Gta San Andreas Pc Full Game Winrar. Gerald L. Smith studied religion and philosophy of science at Duke University where he received his B. Sewanee Outing Program' title='Sewanee Outing Program' />Significant gift advances campus wellness project. Sewanee Outing Program. Sewanee The University of the South. The Sewanee Outing Program is housed there along with The Student Post office, commonly referred to as The SPO. Sewanee is a small town in. Questions regarding trail access and other outdoor activities should be directed to the Sewanee Outing Program. A tenday Sewanee Outdoor Program winter alpine. Approval of the Outing program. D. and Ph. D. He was an undergraduate English at the University of Richmond. He was one of the founders of the Sewanee Outing Program and has been active in hiking, caving, climbing, and other wilderness activities. Part of Sewanees first environmental seminar and steering committee for the original Earth Day, Prof. Smith has taught environmental concepts to many students. A specialist in southern religion and settlement history, Smith now teaches field courses in religion that examine how religion affects landuse and how environmental abuse mirrors social values. He also teaches courses on cults and new religions. As a naturalist and outdoorsman, he continues to hike, hunt and flyfish. He serves as a hunter safety instructor and as a nature guide in the public schools. His fishing and hunting essays have appeared in many outdoor publications. Since 1. 99. 8, Smith has been doing primary field research on the cemeteries of Middle Tennessee, visiting dozens of cemeteries each year. In 1. 99. 9 he and Columbia, Tennessee, student Lonsdale Green co authored a paper presented in London on the Stone Burial Monuments of Middle Tennessee. Smith has been particularly interested in discovering and describing Tennessees long abandoned and overgrown cemeteries. He trains his students in basic field techniques such as mapping, use of GPS devices, digital photography, stone recognition, and tree identification to understand the way cemeteries mature and then decay over a century or more. Sewanee Outing Program' title='Sewanee Outing Program' />Student Life Staff Dean of Students Office. Sewanee Outing Program Staff John Benson, Director of Sewanee Outing Program Seth Burns, Assistant Director. His program on Sacred Suburbs cemeteries near towns has been given or requested by a number of Tennessee towns. Smith has also lectured on cemeteries for the Friends of the Library of the University of the South, for the Sewanee Summer Seminar, and for the Franklin County Historical Society. He has developed a middle school lesson plan for an interdisciplinary approach for teams of teachers to use in teaching school children about local cemeteries. He has used his cemetery skills in advising local authorities in managing cemeteries on public lands or in proposed highway right of way corridors. Smith has taught at the University of the South for 4. In other activities, Smith continues to serve as a deputy sheriff, fire and emergency services coordinator, and is involved with emergency and 9. He also serves as the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of the South. In 2. 00. 8 he was named Robert M. Ayres, Jr.  Distinguished University Professor at the University, and he was also named Associate Historiographer of the University. His edited volume Sewanee Perspectives on the History of the University of the South was released in April 2. His next volume, Sewanee Places A Historical Gazetteer of the Domain and the Surrounding Area appeared in the spring of 2. He is currently working on A Historical Atlas of Sewanee. Smith contributed several articles to the Encyclopedia of Appalachia. His hobbies include antique tool restoration, flyfishing, and photography.