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{{Short description|Prep school in Culver, Indiana, US}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox school
|name             = Culver Military Academy / Culver Girls Academy
|image            = Culver_C.jpg
|location         = 1300 Academy Road No. 157
|city             = [[Culver, Indiana|Culver]]
|state            = [[Indiana]]
|county           = [[Marshall County, Indiana|Marshall County]]
|zipcode          = 46511
|country          = US
|coordinates      = {{coord|41|13|18|N|86|24|25|W|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|established      = 1894, {{Years or months ago|1894}}<br />1971 (co-ed)
|type             = Private, [[Boarding school|Boarding]]
|grades           = 9–12
|head_name        = Head of Schools
|head             = Douglas W. Bird 
|head_name2       = Commandant of Cadets 
|head2            = Colonel Michael Squires (US Army Ret.)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.culver.org/about/news-media/cannon/posts-details-page/~board/news-stories/post/culver-military-academys-unique-military-structure#:~:text=Mike%20Squires%20joined%20the%20Culver,one%20of%20Culver's%20athletic%20spaces. |title = Culver Military Academy's Unique Military Structure}}</ref>
|campus           = {{Convert|1850|acre|km2}} <br />44 buildings
|enrollment       = 830<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.culver.org/about/at-a-glance |title = At a Glance - Culver Academies}}</ref>
|enrollment_as_of = 2021
|endowment        = $540M (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.culver.org/about/at-a-glance |title = At a Glance - Culver Academies}}</ref>
|teaching_staff   = 108 (on a [[Full time equivalent|FTE]] basis)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.culver.org/about/at-a-glance |title = At a Glance - Culver Academies}}</ref>
|ratio            = 7.7
|nickname         = Eagles
|conference       = [[IHSAA Conference-Independent Schools|Independent]]
|athletics        = 19 Interscholastic Sports
|colors           = 
|homepage         = {{URL|www.culver.org/}}
|footnotes        =<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=A1101060 |title = Search for Private Schools - School Detail for CULVER ACADEMICS}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Indiana - Culver - NARA - 23939997 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Aerial image, 1930s]]
'''Culver Academies''' is a college preparatory boarding school in [[Culver, Indiana]], which is composed of three entities: Culver Military Academy (CMA) for boys, Culver Girls Academy (CGA), and the Culver Summer Schools and Camps (CSSC). Culver Military Academy was founded in 1894 by [[Henry Harrison Culver]].

==Facilities==
[[File:Fields at the Culver Academies.jpg|thumb|right|Fields at the Academies, with buildings in the background]]

The [[Eugene C. Eppley Foundation]] donated the funds for three classroom buildings that comprise the Gignilliat Memorial Quadrangle.<ref name=pphoepp56>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N8dRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=22sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4704%2C1251316 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |title=Hotelman Eppley gives $1,400,000 to Culver |date=October 8, 1956 |page=23}}</ref>

Eppley Auditorium, built in 1959, seats 1,492 people.

The Steinbrenner Performing Arts Center consists of a scene shop, dance studio, and private dance studio.<ref>Taylor, R.M., Stevens, E.W. and Ponder, M.A. (1992) ''Indiana: A New Historical Guide.'' Indiana State Historical Society. p 563.</ref><ref>[http://www.culver.lib.in.us/gallery_academy/buildings/eppley_auditorium_1959_postcard.jpg 1959 postcard]. Retrieved 6/11/08.</ref><ref>[http://www.culver.lib.in.us/gallery_academy/buildings/eppley_auditorium_undated_postcard.jpg 1960s postcard]. Retrieved 6/11/08.</ref><ref>Dalstrom, H.A. "Eugene C. Eppley: His Life and Legacy." ''[[The Journal of American History]]'' 57:2 (1970): 468.</ref>

The 47,000-sq.-ft. Huffington Library opened on October 1, 1993. The building provides a southern terminus to the academic quadrangle; it has views of [[Lake Maxinkuckee]]. It houses a collection of about 55,000 volumes and the academies' information technology resources.

Henderson Arena is home to Culver Military Academy and Culver Girls Academy hockey teams.

On October 5, 2012, Culver dedicated the White-Devries Rowing Center for the men's and women's crew teams.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/culver-academies-dedicates-first-world-class-rowing-center-in-indiana-175875951.html| title = Culver Academies Dedicates First World-Class Rowing Center in Indiana}}</ref>
[[File:Eugene C. Eppley Auditorium - Culver Academies.jpg|thumb|Eppley Auditorium in the winter.]]

In 2022, Culver Military Academy alumnus [[George R. Roberts|George Roberts]] '62 donated $65 million to replace the Main, North, and East barracks with Roberts Residential Quadrangle.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://wsbt.com/news/local/culver-academies-gets-65-million-dollar-donation| title = Culver Academies gets $65 MILLION dollar donation}}</ref>

==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{Main|List of Culver Academies people}}

==See also==
*[[Skyland Camp-Bowman Lake Ranger Station]] in [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]], built by the Culver Military Academy
*[[Delmar T. Spivey]], Superintendent, 1956–1967 
*[[John W. Carpenter]], Superintendent, 1970-1974
*[[List of high schools in Indiana]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.culver.org/ Official website]
*[http://boardingschools.com/school-profile.aspx?schoolid=1097 The Association of Boarding Schools profile]

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{{New England Preparatory School Athletic Council}}

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[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1894]]
[[Category:Military high schools in the United States]]
[[Category:Private high schools in Indiana]]
[[Category:Schools in Marshall County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Summer camps in Indiana]]
[[Category:Preparatory schools in Indiana]]
[[Category:1894 establishments in Indiana]]