Shimer Great Books School

The Shimer Great Books School at North Central College offers four concentrations of study in the Great Books curriculum.

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Spend an evening with your favorite #bannedbooks!

Hosted by @ShimerSchool at North Central College, students are invited to meet faculty and current students and learn how Shimer keeps banned books in the conversation.

Reserve your spot on 10/3: https://t.co/F1JLBzQk4T.

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It's going to be absurdly beautiful in Chicago this weekend, and Shimer will be at @SemicolonChi for the first annual Semicolon LitFest! Join us to celebrate books, eat delicious food, and catch an amazing author lineup this Saturday from noon-8pm!

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It’s especially hard not to ‘fall’ in love with campus during this time of year. ❤️🍂

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Campus is gorgeous these days!

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The kind of fall campus views that stop you right in your tracks. 🍂📸

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Check out these great events for Civic Engagement Week at @oesterlelib!

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Our Civic Engagement Week lectures start TODAY!! Join us for excellent discussions on how to be politically involved and how to get ready for the Midterm elections in November. #CivicEngagementWeek #OesterleLibrary #NorthCentralCollege #ElectionsMatter

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We had some great conversations at our Banned Books Read-In. From Vonnegut to Morrison to poems by Silverstein and picture books in verse, we celebrated banned books of all kinds! Thanks to @oesterlelib for co-hosting this event with us, and for reading us a picture book!

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Our Banned Books Read-In is TONIGHT! 📚

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This evening, join @ShimerSchool in the newly renovated @oesterlelib & Learning Commons for a special Banned Books Read-In. For more details about the event, visit https://t.co/KktBUmZZ0G.

Future Cardinals are welcome to stop by, too! Register here: https://t.co/sTYg0k4vKL.

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It's #BannedBooksWeek and we're excited for our #ReadIn with @ShimerSchool ! Join us on Wednesday at 5pm in the library for conversation, food, and dangerous books! #BooksUniteUs #CensorshipDividesUs #OesterleLibrary #LibrariesofInstagram #LibrariesHaveIt #BannedBooks

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This weekend kicks off @BannedBooksWeek, and we’re celebrating our favorite banned books out loud with @oesterlelib! Join us on Wednesday, September 21st at 5:00pm for dinner and some rebellious reading. Bring a selection of your favorite banned book. All are welcome!

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We’re here, and it’s a beautiful day to be surrounded by books in the city! Stop by our table at @PrintersRowFest to say hello!

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Hey! Will you be at @PrintersRowFest this weekend? No way! So will we! We'll be here at booth #213 on Saturday and Sunday. Can't wait to say hello to you!

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Come see Shimer at Printer's Row Lit Fest this weekend! We'll be there Saturday and Sunday from 10am-6pm, ready to say hello! Trust us--if you love books, you don't want to miss this festival.

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We are just 4 days away from the 2022 Printers Row Lit Fest!

What are you most looking forward to?

https://t.co/sdBQxSzt3z
#PRLF #PRLF22 #printersrowlitfest #printersrowchicago #printersrowlitfest2022

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Aaaaaand we’re back! And so are you! It’s been a beautiful first day of classes and we’re so excited the students are back on campus!

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It's time!🎉We can't wait to see you all back on campus!

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Welcome home, first-year and transfer Cardinals! 🎉 Today marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in your lives, and we’re so happy to be a part of it. ❤️

To access this week’s lineup of events planned just for you, visit https://t.co/a9m8kUEtxT! #NCWelcomeWeek

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Today’s #BigQuestion—with the release of images from the @NASAWebb telescope, we can see the oldest documented light in the history of the universe. It makes us wonder… are we alone out here?

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We can't wait to meet new transfer students at today's orientation resource fair! Come stop by our table! 📚🐦

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We’re thrilled to welcome #CardinalBound students to campus for the first orientation of the summer!

Today, students will:
👋🏼 Meet fellow Cardinals
🗯 Learn how to get involved
🌳 Tour campus
📚 Register for classes
🏙 Explore @DTNaperville

More info: https://t.co/Isn5e1Eqwk.

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Shimer students Claire Mikulcik ‘23 and Zandra Huston ‘22 are back from their study abroad trip to Greece! Those of us who stayed behind in Illinois are feeling a little jealous, to say the least.

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It’s your favorite time of year again! Shimer Summer Book Club is back in business and open to everyone! This summer, we will be reading Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”. Send us a note if you’re interested in joining us, and keep an eye out for discussion dates.

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Congrats to our Shimer Humanities grad, Zandra Huston, who will spend part of her summer studying in Greece! We’re so proud of you and can’t wait to see what you accomplish next! (Her diploma was in the car, so Chaucer stepped in.)

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Hey, Shimer. It’s been a minute. Our students are working hard on their final exams and soon Shimer’s offices will be on the move! Catch us starting this summer in Anderson House on the NCC campus, sipping coffee and reading on this wicked-good front porch.