Deerlick Falls

Mary Priestley (Forestry '72) of the Sewanee Herbarium recently visited Deerlick Falls near Monteagle. Sewanee just experienced 11 straight days without going above 32 degrees - burrrr!!!!

Old-growth shortleaf pine in Savage Gulf

Nicole Nunley (Nat. Res., C'99), our current laboratory technician, recently visited an old-growth shortleaf pine stand in Savage Gulf State Park. Scott Torreano is working with Dr. Justin Hart of the University of Alabama and Patrick Vestal (Fors., C'12) in an effort to develop a fire history of the stand.

Alums back on the Mountain for Homecoming

Werner Kratovil (Nat. Res., C'04) is in his second year at UNC's Kenan-Flagler business school and going to work for Morgan Stanley in New York upon graduation in the investment banking division. Will Rue (Nat. Res., C'04) just graduated from Vanderbilt business school and is now in Atlanta working for Fastening Solutions, his father's company that sells pneumatic fasteners (nails, etc.). Charlie Ezzell (Nat. Res., C'04) enlisted in the army as a Arabic language specialist and is currently on deployment in Afghanistan.

Kit Deppe and Mustang Island

Kit Deppe (Nat. Res. C'10) spent last summer working on Mustang Island for the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas. They are looking for two more Sewanee interns this year, and we look forward to sending some of our best to Texas each summer.

Forestry class visits old-growth on the Domain

An intro to forestry class visited Shakerag Hollow one foggy day in November to inventory some of the Domain's old-growth forest. The largest tree in the photo is a yellow buckeye.

Forestry grad update - PJ Deschenes C'00

Friends,

I recently left GE Energy Financial Services to join Greentech Capital Advisors (www.greentechca.com), the largest investment bank focused entirely on cleantech and renewable energy. Our founder was the former head of investment banking at UBS and our partners are all career bankers focused on energy, cleantech, renewables, and project finance. We offer M&A advisory services (buy-side and sell-side), private equity sourcing/placement, and project finance advisory. I’m focused on project finance and capital formation for energy and cleantech projects.

Bouldering at Sewanee

Martin Knoll's bouldering class during a fine fall day on the Mountain.