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Shimer College Fall Class Offerings

June 25, 2014
Shimer College has announced its 2014 Fall class offerings.
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Shimer College Summer Course Listings and Information on Cross-Registration

April 9, 2014
IIT and Vandercook students interested in taking summer courses are invited to cross-register at Shimer College on Thursday, April 24, 2014, in the Registrar's Office, 3424 S. State Street, North Wing, 2nd Floor, Northwest Corner, Room 214.
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Discussion on “Chicago and the Great Migration: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”

February 28, 2014
A discussion regarding the legacy of the great migration entitled "Chicago and the Great Migration: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow," will take place at 6 pm on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 in the Hermann Hall Ballroom.
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Twelfth Night Dramatic Reading

February 14, 2014
Senior Shimer College Faculty Member Eileen Buchanan is retiring this May. She will direct her final Shimer performance, a dramatic reading of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, at 7 pm on Friday, February 28, 2014, in the IIT Tower Auditorium.
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Discussion: Ice Skates and Winged Shoes in Medieval Germanic Literature

January 27, 2014
Bev Thurber, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Natural Sciences at Shimer College, will present a lecture entitled, "Ice Skates and Winged Shoes in Medieval Germanic Literature" at 3:15 pm on Wednesday, February 5, 2014 at Shimer College in the Cinderella Lounge.
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Can Social Media Combat Prejudice? Challenging Ignorance Through Trust

January 9, 2014
Hear a talk on "Can Social Media Combat Prejudice? Challenging Ignorance Through Trust," by Karen Arnold-Frost, assistant professor of Philosophy at Hobart & William Smith College, at 4 pm on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at Shimer College Cinderella Lounge.
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Jesse Kraai to Lead a Discussion on “Lisa, A Chess Novel”

January 8, 2014
Jesse Kraai,a 1994 Shimer College graduate, will lead a discussion and offer a reading from his novel "Lisa, A Chess Novel" from 5:30-6:30 pm on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at Shimer College's Cinderella Lounge.
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Shimer College President Susan Henking Participates In Gettysburg Address Discussion

November 15, 2013
Susan Henking, President of Shimer College, will participate on a panel discussing the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at the Union League Club of Chicago located at 65 West Jackson Boulevard.
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Shimer College Spring 2014 Course Offerings

November 6, 2013
The following 2014 Spring courses will be offered at Shimer College.
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A Brief History of the Devil

October 24, 2013
Adam Kotsko, Assistant Professor of Humanities at Shimer College, will discuss the history of the devil from its roots in the Hebrew Bible to its development in Christian thought at 3:15 pm on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 in Shimer College's Cinderella Lounge.
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Shimer College Archive

Shimer College Fall Class Offerings

Shimer College Summer Course Listings and Information on Cross-Registration

Discussion on “Chicago and the Great Migration: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”

Twelfth Night Dramatic Reading

Discussion: Ice Skates and Winged Shoes in Medieval Germanic Literature

Can Social Media Combat Prejudice? Challenging Ignorance Through Trust

Jesse Kraai to Lead a Discussion on “Lisa, A Chess Novel”

Shimer College President Susan Henking Participates In Gettysburg Address Discussion

Shimer College Spring 2014 Course Offerings

A Brief History of the Devil

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