Dr. Jacqueline M. Erwin, Humanities Department instructor and Batten Fellow at Culver Academies, delivered the Commencement Convocation address at the boarding school on June 4. Erwin retired after 28 years at the boarding school. Six other retiring faculty and staff members were also recognized for 20 or more years of service.
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Dan Moore '80 and Navy Capt. Adam Carlstrom '90 are experts in their fields. Moore is owner of Videohawks, a company that supplied video equipment to the new movie "Top Gun: Maverick." Carlstrom is a Top Gun pilot and the wing commander at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, where the mountain sequences were shot in 2019. They met during filming, thanks to Moore's Culver ring.
Dr. Jacqueline M. Erwin, Humanities Department instructor and Batten Fellow at Culver Academies, delivered the Commencement Convocation address at the boarding school on June 4. Erwin retired after 28 years at the boarding school. Six other retiring faculty and staff members were also recognized for 20 or more years of service.
Five Culver Academies students received major college scholarships, including the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship and the GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship. One student won two from the Indiana High School Athletic Association and the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States. And two others won National Merit Scholarships.
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The Culver Military Academy Hockey program has produced 200 college players and 27 players have been drafted by National Hockey League teams. Alumni include a Stanley Cup champion, Calder Memorial Trophy recipient, a Hobey Baker Award winner, and a number of Olympians.
With Memorial Day approaching, Culver Academies Museum Director and Historian Jeff Kenney looks back at the tradition of saluting the Gold Stars at the Legion Memorial Building and the meaning behind them.
Responsible citizenship is a major portion of Culver Academies' leadership development program. Master Instructor Jen Cerny writes about the boarding school's program for developing responsible, engaged citizens.
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