- ABOUT CULVER
The Buxtons welcome you
to Culver Academies.
- ADMISSIONS
- How to Apply
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- The Program
- Scholarship Recipients
- Kim Asenbeck
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- Natalie Haugen
- Caleb Jadrich
- Joy Yu Shen
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- Adam Stathakis
- Nicholas Curtain
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- Nicholas Payne
- John Van Duyn
- Delaney Fagan
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- Katherine Hansen
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- Karen Zhu
- About the Sponsor
- Duchossois Scholarship
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- Campus Visit
- STUDENT LIFE
Patrick Shanahan '12 talks
about his Culver experience.
- ACADEMICS
- Overview
- Academic Departments
- Academic Advising
- Academic IT
- Academic Skills Center
- Center for Character Excellence
- College Advising
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- HUFFINGTON LIBRARY
- Humanities
- Overview
- Courses Available
- Curriculum
- History of Humanities
- Harkness Learning
- Summer Reading List
- Meet the Faculty
- Jason Nicholson
- Dr. Jacquie Erwin
- Mitch Barnes
- Catherine Battersby
- Richard Battersby
- John Buggeln
- Jennifer Cerny
- Gary Christlieb
- Kurt Christiansen
- Joshua Danforth
- Kevin Danti
- Andrew Dorrel
- Kate Fredericks
- Harry D. Frick III
- Joseph Horvath
- Ed Kelley
- William Roth
- JJ Schmiedlin
- Andrew Strati
- Brad Trevathan
- Matthew Gerber
- Emily Uebler
- John Uebler
- Peter Myers
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- Kurt Bennett
- Oliver Eaton
- Darryl Einhorn
- Alex Mies
- John Rogers
- Kelsey Wick
- Leadership
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- Academic Advising
- Registrar
- Academic Calendar
- Courses Available
- THE DIFFERENCE
- GIVING TO CULVER
- Overview
- Meet the Staff
- Mike Hogan
- Mary Kay Karzas
- Ruth Benner Hix '68
- Thomas Mayo '75
- Dale Spenner
- Steve Sturman
- Cathy Zurbrugg
- Elizabeth Gillett
- Jackie Smith
- Laura Yeager
- Michael Petrucelli
- Judy Campbell
- Chris Gurnick
- Dorothea Noyes Ragsdale
- Erica Hahn
- Kimberly Kephart
- Cindy Krou
- Kevin Kucera
- Ashleigh Mills
- Michelle Miller
- Mary Jane Kutch
- Sharon Rankert
- Polly DuVal
- Sue Roth
- Bob Shriner
- Leeann (Zahrt) Wright '98
- Jeanette Shown
- Julie Crews Barger
- Michael Perry
- Jeff Kenney
- Robert B.D. Hartman
- Amy Davis
- Stephanie Heckaman
- Mary Beth Ryan
- Alan Loehr
- William F. Hargraves III
- Antonio Giraldi
- Lisa Barenie
- Doug Haberland
- Jan Garrison
- Katie Halpin
- Lensie Howell
- Mary Kunkle
- Trent Miles
- Gary Mills
- Karla Hernandez
- Tom Smith '83
- Cindy Brooke Kilduff '80
- Sandy Lewandowski
- Why I Give
- Athletics
CMA Regional Basketball Champs
- SUMMER
ACADEMICS
Academic Departments
Leadership
Meet the Faculty
Steve Schumerth
Meet The Faculty
Steve Schumerth
InstructorSteve Schumerth joined the Culver Academies’ Student Life Staff in 1987. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He added a Masters of Liberal Studies in Human Behavior from Valparaiso University while serving as a Unit Counselor for 16 years in Battery C. His areas of study and teaching interest include mental-health, human behavior and spiritual/biblical studies. Before coming to Culver, he taught three years on the junior high school level in social studies, physical education and religious education. He currently teaches the senior Servant Leadership Practicum and Leadership Skills courses. Prior to arriving at Culver Academies, he worked mostly in the fields of education and mental health. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mr. Schumerth has coached JV baseball, basketball at all levels and freshmen football. Over the years at Culver, he also coached 16 years in the basketball program at various levels and two years of freshman football.






