by Amy Gillentine Published: August 2,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, Princeton Review, staff, top colleges
The Air Force Academy received top 10 rankings in the most available professors, low drug and alcohol use and best school administration in a review of top colleges released by Princeton Review. The review ranks the Air Force academy’s faculty fifth in the nation in “most accessible professors,” and ranked its administration ninth in the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 14,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, Board of Visitors, climate, morale
The Air Force Academy Board of Visitors is meeting to hear an update on the school’s academics, discipline and other matters. The board will meet Friday and Saturday at the academy outside Colorado Springs. Lt. Gen. Michael Gould, the academy superintendent, is expected to attend. Also expected are Daniel B. Ginsberg, assistant secretary of the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: June 2,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy
The Air Force Academy has an annual economic impact of $851 million dollars, according to a study released today by the academy. That figure includes direct and indirect jobs, construction projects, businesses located on the academy – it does not include the 440,000 tourists who visit the academy every year. The academy employs more than [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: May 2,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy
Tomorrow The Air Force Academy will dedicate a new chapel that’s intended to accomodate the religious needs of the earth-centered spirituality. Academy officials say the space will be open to all faith groups and individuals for communal worship or individual devotion, but that priority will be given to the earth-centered spirituality community. The chapel is located on [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: April 27,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
The Air Force Academy’s department of management maintained its accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, an accrediting body for schools offering undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. The accreditation provides validation of the AFA’s faculty and academic program, said Col. Andrew Armacost, permanent professor and head of the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: April 20,2011
Most college students have finals graded by tough professors, but the cadets at the Air Force Academy are being tested by the National Security Agency. The 11th annual Cyber Defense Exercise is being held this week at the academy. Cadets will design, build and defend computer networks against simulated intrusions by the National Security Agency’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 20,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, K2, marijuana
A state ban on synthetic marijuana is up for a vote in the Colorado Senate. The bill that will be debated today would outlaw several chemicals used to make synthetic cannabinoids. The chemicals are widely available on the Internet and mimic the effects of marijuana in products called “Spice” or “K2.” The legality of the [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: March 30,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, American Society of Civil Engineers Rocky Mountain Student Conference
Civil engineering students will build steel bridges make concrete float during a two-hour competition that’s part of the 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers Rocky Mountain Student Conference at the Air Force Academy this week. The ASCE regional conference brings 400 students, cadets and faculty members from 16 schools in the United States and Mexico [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: March 3,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy, Robert Gates
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will be at the Air Force Academy tomorrow, part of a farewell tour before he retires. He will speak to the cadets at the Air Force Academy, and teach a couple of classes. Last month, Gates was at West Point, the Army’s military college, telling them their future in the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 2,2011
Tags: Air Force Academy
The Air Force Academy is conducting an exercise to test and train its personnel on responding to an emergency. Academy officials say Wednesday’s drill may involve more law-enforcement officers and firefighters than are usually present. They also say residents may seem plumes of smoke in the southwest part of the base outside Colorado Springs. The [...] [...]
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