Lincoln Memorial University

Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) is a private liberal arts college in Harrogate, Tennessee. LMU's 1,000-acre (4.0 km2) campus borders on Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. LMU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). In December 2014, the law school received provisional accreditation by the American Bar Association.

LMU is known for a rich literary history that includes such renowned authors as James Still (River of Earth, The Wolfpen Poems), Jesse Stuart (Taps for Private Tussie, The Thread That Runs So True), Don West (Clods of Southern Earth), and George Scarbrough (Tellico Blue).

At one point, Emma Bell Miles, author and painter, served as Artist-in-Residence at the university, a position that went unfilled until it was taken over by bestselling novelist Silas House (Clay's Quilt, The Coal Tattoo) in 2005. House started the Mountain Heritage Literary Festival that same year and the gathering has grown steadily, featuring the region's most celebrated writers (Lee Smith, Earl Hamner, Jr., Ron Rash, Sheila Kay Adams, Denise Giardina, etc.) and becoming one of the premier events of Appalachian literature.

Lincoln Memorial University is also home to the Grant Lee Literary Society, which spawned the still surviving Gamma Lambda Sigma Fraternity.

Sports teams, called the "Railsplitters", compete in NCAA Division II in the South Atlantic Conference.

LMU currently competes in 21 sports. Men's sports are baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, track & field outdoor and volleyball. Women's sports are basketball, beach volleyball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field outdoor, and volleyball. Bowling participates as an East Coast Conference affiliate. Beach volleyball and men's volleyball are single-division NCAA sports.