the mental health field for a number of years before coming to Culver. Over his years, Schumerth has coached football, basketball, and baseball, and leads a weekly student Bible study. He and his wife, Sue, are parents of five alumni children — Amanda ’07, Daniel ’06, Angela ’04, Christopher ’03, and Shane ’02 (deceased). Schumerth also has written a book, which is yet unpublished.
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Candace Koehn, Mentor Instructor, Modern & Classical Languages Candy Koehn cast a wide net during her 25-year Academies teaching career. And in addition to the lives touched here, she had previously taught for 16 years in Ohio. Joining the English Department faculty in 1991, she has taught British Literature, Myth and Literature, and World Literature. She then transitioned to the Language Department and has taught Latin 1, Latin 2, and Latin 3.
Candy Koehn
In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Koehn served as co-adviser for the CGA Honor Council (1991 to 2010), as a member of the Duchossois Scholarship selection committee, Faculty Intern Coordinator (2000 to 2007), a Faculty Marshal (2002 to 2013), and as study hall proctor for the CMA A and Prep hockey teams (2001 to 2012). Additionally, she has been honored with the Mark B. Kaser Award (1998), the Frank Smathers Jr. Chair of English (1999), the Ralph N. Manuel Award (2001), and the Dean John R. Mars Award (2005). In 2009, Koehn was named a Batten Fellow and Mentor Instructor, one of the seven faculty members designated with that status. Koehn earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from Bowling Green State University.
Writing Culver’s first draft for 24 years The first time Doug Haberland’s name appeared in the Culver Alumni Magazine as editor was December 1992. It was the Annual Report issue, when the magazine was combined with the Annual Report. Lists of numbers and names – important, but not much of a debut for the new editor. But the second issue, March 1993, covered the sudden death of football coach Dave Nelson ’53 and the disappointment of the Black Horse Troop and the Equestriennes not being invited to ride in President Bill Clinton’s first Inaugural Parade. And so the original plan for the spring issue was scrapped. So goes the news. Often, the best laid story ideas often end up being pushed aside by reality. That is the world journalists live in. Haberland has lived that life since graduating as a history major from Ball State University. Haberland spent much of his newspaDoug Haberland per career working for the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Journal Gazette as a sportswriter, copy editor, state editor, and columnist. He came to Culver Academies in the fall of 1992 to be the editor of the then Alumnus magazine, suceeding Mary Ellen Hamer. He has been editor all of his 24 years on campus. The indoor graduation in 1993, centennial celebration in 1994, the CGA 25th anniversary (which happened within months of Dean Mary Frances England’s death) in 1996, the return trip to the Inaugural Parade in 1997, the transition from Dean Ralph Manuel to Head of Schools John Buxton in 1999, the 2002 centennial celebration of Culver Summer Schools & Camps, the Woodcraft Camp centennial and 40th anniversary of CGA in 2012, and John and Pam Buxton’s retirement have all been chronicled under Haberland’s watch; along with numerous other notable events. Newspapers are called the first draft of history. For the Culver faithful, that first draft has been the Culver Alumni Magazine. It’s only fitting that a history major has been at the helm for nearly a quarter of a century. —by Jan Garrison, Editor of news.culver.org
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