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Portrait of Frances Shimer, co-founder of Shimer College. Shimer College was founded in 1852, when the pioneer town of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, lacking a public school, incorporated the Mt. Carroll Seminary with no land, no teachers, and no money for this purpose. [1][2] [a] Founded as non-denominational, it was affiliated with Baptists from 1896 ...
Shimer Great Books School. Shimer Great Books School (pronounced / ˈʃaɪmər / ⓘ SHY-mər) is a Great Books college that is part of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Prior to 2017, Shimer was an independent, accredited college on the south side of Chicago, originally founded in 1853. Originally founded as the Mount Carroll ...
Shimer people in a Shimer class This is a list of notable students and faculty of Shimer College , a Great Books college that was acquired in 2017 by North Central College . Founded in 1853, Shimer occupied a traditional college campus in Mount Carroll, Illinois , from 1853 to 1978, and an improvised campus in Waukegan from 1979 to 2006.
Susan E. Henking (born 1955) is an American religious studies scholar. She is currently the 20th president of Wells College. She was the 14th and final president of Shimer College in Chicago from 2012 to 2017. [1][2] She then served in interim roles at Salem Academy and College, including Interim President in 2020 to 2021.
President of Frances Shimer Junior College [2] – A. Beth Hostetter 1935 1936 [2] 4 Raymond Culver: 1936 1938 Formerly professor of Bible and religious education at Linfield College [2] – A. Beth Hostetter 1938 1939 [2] 5 Albin C. Bro: 1939 1949 Former staff at University of Chicago Press President of Frances Shimer College [2] – John H ...
Frances Shimer. Frances Shimer in her early 50s. Frances Shimer (August 21, 1826 – November 10, 1901), born Frances Ann Wood, was an American educator. She was the founder of the Mount Carroll Seminary, which later became Shimer College, in Mount Carroll, Illinois. She was also the sole proprietress of the school from 1870 to her retirement ...
Robert Spencer Long (June 1927 in Chicago – December 25, 2015 in San Francisco), was a professor of physical science and the tenth president of Shimer College. Long was born on the north side of Chicago and graduated from Roger C. Sullivan High School in the Rogers Park neighborhood in 1945. [1] After serving three years in the United States ...
The Shimer Great Books School Core Program is a curriculum sequence of 16 required courses in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and interdisciplinary studies. "Basic Studies" courses are generally taken during the first two years, and "Advanced Studies" during the final two years. The "Advanced Integrative Studies" courses, numbered ...