When Lake Forest students ask questions, the city of Chicago helps them experience the answers - and that makes all the difference in a liberal arts education.
Rand Smith
Director
847-735-5124
rsmith@lakeforest.edu
Jennifer A. Larsen
Coordinator
847-735-6172
larsen@lakeforest.edu
Chicago plays a central role in student life and learning at Lake Forest College. Whether through class visits to the city to explore its cultural riches, internships with Chicago-area businesses, or organized trips with student leaders to experience the city’s ethnic neighborhoods, the Second City is Lake Forest’s second classroom.
At the Center for Chicago Programs students can learn about events in the city and surrounding suburbs, get guidance on transportation to the city, and suggestions of where to go when they get there.
The Center also brings notable Chicago-area speakers, artists, and performers to campus.
“I love the idea that no class at Lake Forest has to be limited to the four walls of the classroom. Some of my best teaching has happened in places like Wrigley Field, and I now walk around Chicago asking myself which part of the city will fit in my next lesson plan.”
- Assistant Professor of Sociology
and Anthropology Holly Swyers
The College helps students with both for-credit and non-credit (experiential) internships. An internship helps you gain the experience necessary to excel in the job world, and we offer limitless opportunties from Chicago to Paris and everything in between.
Every year, the College brings several great Chicago acts to campus, including musical groups, experts, and comedians. We also host an annual chamber music series.
