 Media Kit Press Release, Biography, Shimer at a Glance |  | | | | | | COMMENTS FROM THE SHIMER COMMUNITY |  |
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|  | Dr. Henking exemplifies the heart of the Shimer experience and mission: a commitment to rigorous inquiry, thoughtful dialogue, lifelong learning and service. Please welcome her to Shimer and help her build a vibrant future for the college by lending your support in whatever way you can."
Nancy Nickel, ’76, President of the Shimer College Alumni Association
| | I extend my warmest welcome to you. As a representative of the "early years" of Shimer in the Ford Foundation era, I am pleased to inform you of the strong support you engender among the earliest members of the modern Shimer community. I continue to value my education at Shimer in Mt. Carroll and the direction it has given to my life. I am sure that you will continue to foster the sense of community that has existed since 1951."
John Wold, ’57
| | Please accept my congratulations on your appointment and welcome to herding cats. I wish you the greatest success. If there is any way I can help you in your new endeavor please don't hesitate to call or write. I look forward to meeting you when I return to the U.S. in 2013 (This summer I am sailing solo across the Atlantic.) unless in the meantime you find yourself in the Baltimore-Washington area in which case I would gladly beg an audience."
Louis F. Linden, ’69
| | Congratulations on your selection as the 14th President of Shimer College. May you and the College prosper in the years ahead. With my very best wishes."
William Craig Rice, 12th President (2004-07)
| | As an alumnus and former member of the Board, I want to wish you all the best in leading Shimer. Hundreds of us have benefited from its unique curriculum in our professional and personal lives. The college's survival and prosperity have been key goals for many of us and we will offer you as much support as we can to continue its mission. It's a great institution with wonderful board members, faculty, students and alums and I know you'll have fun as well as do good work. Look forward to meeting you. Good luck. (Life takes luck, too, as Shimerians know.) Cheers."
Robin Ashton ’71
| | As a fellow newcomer I am excited to welcome Susan Henking to an extremely exciting intellectual community. Although Shimer is unique in many ways, you will quickly feel at home here, because you share with us a passion for real education and for engaged leadership and inquiry. We are all so excited to see how your diverse skills and experiences will contribute to the potent cocktail that is Shimer college!"
Aron Dunlap, Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts
| | Welcome home! Shimer is a beautiful place, a strange place, a place of dialogue and passion and adventure. Dialogue isn't always comfortable, passion can be blinding, and adventures are sometimes terrifying. I hope you find the dialogue to be thrilling and enlightening even when it's not pleasant. I hope the community's passion is contagious. I hope that you find people willing to work with you on every adventure. Most of all, though, I want to thank you for coming. I'm so glad you're here. I wish you all the best."
Brigid Strait ’12
| | Congratulations! You have joined a wonderful community. I was pleased to see the words "humor" and "fun" in your email message. Enjoy!"
Robert Falk ’65
| | It was a pleasure to get to know you as a member of the search committee. I've found myself especially eager to discuss further some of the ideas you've broached during the search process for getting Shimer 'out and about' here in Chicago and our neighborhood. You've stimulated my thinking about that, so I look forward to some conversations on that topic. In the meantime, I hope your transition here goes smoothly."
Stuart Patterson, Associate Professor of Liberal Arts
| | Thank you for being willing to be our president. I was struck by your comment at lunch with the faculty, 'The college is the responsibility of all of us,' said without inducing guilt, but inviting all our participation."
David Lukens, Emeritus Professor of Natural Science and History of Science
| | Welcome, Dr. Henking, to the hardest job you will ever love."
Daniel Shiner ’77, Member of the Board of Trustees
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