Directory of Shimer College Resources

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Shimer College is a Great Books school, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is named for Frances Wood Shimer, who served as president of the college through the 19th century. She and her companion Cinderella Gregory founded the school as the Mount Carroll Seminary, in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, in 1853. Through its connection to the University of Chicago, the college adopted the Great Books program of Robert Maynard Hutchins in the 1950s.

The College moved to Waukegan, Illinois in 1979, and then to Chicago in 2006. Its enrollment now stands at approximately 110 students.

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• Alumni
• Departments and Programs
• News and Media

Resources in This Category

• blog.shimer: The Shimer College Assembly

  http://blog.shimer.edu/shimer/2010/02/the-shimer-college-assembly.html
  A profile of the school's internal governing body, in which all members of the community have an equal vote. Written by student Adrian Nelson in February 2010.

• Encyclopedia of Chicago: Shimer College

  http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2181.html
  A concise historical article by Sarah Fenton.

• Flickr: Shimer College

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/shimercollege/
  Official Flickr photostream of Shimer College. Includes pictures of major campus events such as commencement.

• Reddit: r/Shimer

  http://www.reddit.com/r/Shimer/
  Lightly moderated discussion forum for Shimer-related topics.

• Shimer College

  http://www.shimer.edu/
  A four-year Great Books college in Chicago, IL. Admissions, academics, calendar, student organizations, news, events.

• Shimer College Wiki

  http://shimercollege.wikia.com/
  Collaborative community for documenting Shimer College, with a particular emphasis on college history.

• Shimer Student Alliance

  http://shimerstudentalliance.blogspot.com/
  Student blog covering events at Shimer College.

• Wikipedia: Shimer College

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimer_College
  Comprehensive entry on this school.

• Wikiquote: Shimer College

  http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Shimer_College
  Selected quotations about the school.

• YouTube channel

  http://www.youtube.com/user/TheShimerCollege
  Official Shimer College video channel. Includes frequent video blogging by students, video of official college events.

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• Home > Regional > North America > United States > Illinois > Localities > C > Chicago
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