President John Kennedy survived the assassination attempt by Lee Harvey Oswald. Then he was killed by actress Marilyn Monroe. But the Soviets were blamed. Then newly sworn-in President Lyndon Johnson was impeached.
That was the reality 96 Culver Academies students had to deal with while playing the National Security Decision-Making Game.
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Robie Vaughn ’74 achieved his boyhood dream of traveling to space, becoming one of only a handful of people who can say they’ve been to the top of the world and out of this world.
Leadership isn’t a position or a title at Culver Academies. It is a constant practice in how students interact with classmates in their barracks and dorms, on their teams and clubs and other organizations and in classrooms.
Three speakers at the Culver Women’s Celebration told Culver Girls Academy students to take charge of their lives and not to let the expectations of others define them.
Three speakers at the Culver Women’s Celebration told Culver Girls Academy students to take charge of their lives and not to let the expectations of others define them.
TV writer Marisha Mukerjee ’02 W’98 has been helping the Culver Girls Academy with a documentary on the Culver Women's Celebration that she first proposed and planned while she was a student there.
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