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Vance AFB Leadership Form Diversity, Inclusion Task Force
VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news:
Leadership at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, formed a Diversity and Inclusion Task Force last July to improve understanding, treatment, inclusion and success of underrepresented Airmen here.
Maj. Andrew Crawford, the Chief of Standards and Evaluations for the 71st Operations Group, was asked to lead the task force by former wing commander Col. Corey Simmons, and has spent the last two and a half months laying the foundation for lasting change.
Crawford's task force consists
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VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news:
Leadership at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, formed a Diversity and Inclusion Task Force last July to improve understanding, treatment, inclusion and success of underrepresented Airmen here.
Maj. Andrew Crawford, the Chief of Standards and Evaluations for the 71st Operations Group, was asked to lead the task force by former wing commander Col. Corey Simmons, and has spent the last two and a half months laying the foundation for lasting change.
Crawford's task force consistsof seven Airmen across the base that bring diverse backgrounds and career fields to the team.
The team is mentored by two advisors. The first, Lt. Col. Christina Hopper, is a flight commander with the 5th Flying Training Squadron and is the first U.S. Air Force female F-16 combat pilot.
The second advisor, Lt. Col. Kenyatta Ruffin, is one of the founders of the Air Force Recruiting Service, Detachment 1, and the current 71st Operations Support Squadron commander.
Since taking on the project, Crawford said he's seen a marked difference from past diversity efforts and feels leadership buy-in is the crucial difference.
In particular, the current 71st Flying Training Wing commander, Col. Timothy Danielson, has pushed the goals of the task force forward since assuming command in late July.
"Our end goal is an environment where everyone is welcomed, accepted and connected to each other, resulting in a place of dignity and respect where we excel together," said Danielson.
Here at Vance, multiple grassroots efforts are underway to turn ideas into action. One of the first efforts is through unconscious bias training.
On Sept. 22, group and squadron commanders went to the first of several scheduled Commanders Enrichment courses. They were briefed by retired Col. Adam Oler from the National War College. He explained how the way American history has been taught from state to state has potentially led to unconscious bias that continues to exist today.
During the course, Ruffin, one of the two advisors to the task force, stressed the importance of engaged senior leadership in tackling this problem.
"Diversity and inclusion is a nationwide challenge," said Ruffin. "It is overwhelmingly critical that we take action on a local level."
Crawford hopes the squadron commanders will return to their units to lead small group discussions on how and why diversity and inclusion matter.
The task force has also tailored programs for Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training. One example of this is to pair students from marginalized groups into the same class. For example, rather than separate two female students into sister flights, they will now be paired together in the same flight.
"Everyone should be able to look across the table and see someone that looks like them," said Crawford.
Ruffin is passionate about the effect that the task force can have on SUPT.
He referenced the Tuskegee Airmen and their efforts to help America win World War II. When those African-American pilots made history by being the first to fly in the military, they numbered 996. Today, the Air Force has less than 250 active duty African-American pilots.
"There's so much talent in America that is not going into the U.S. military because we have challenges with our diversity and inclusion," said Ruffin. "A more positive and inclusive culture would invite highly capable members of underrepresented communities to join our mission of protecting and defending our nation."
Both Crawford and Ruffin encourage all Airmen to be open minded about the task force and speak up about their stories.
The toughest thing in Crawford's opinion is knowing that they can't do it all.
He went on to elaborate that as best as they try to represent everybody, it will be difficult. He hopes Airmen will step up to help make this giant goal feasible.
"Combining all of our experiences will make us a more lethal force," said Crawford.
USDA Forest Service Issues Rule Changes to Improve Conveyance of Small Tracts of Lands
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service issued the following news release on Sept. 29:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service published a final rule today that expands the use of the Small Tracts Act--a part of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The regulation is part of a broader set of rule changes that the agency is undertaking in support of the Secretary of Agriculture's direction to increase access to national forests. The rule provides the agency greater flexibility to resolve land management challenges through the sale, exchange
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service issued the following news release on Sept. 29:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service published a final rule today that expands the use of the Small Tracts Act--a part of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. The regulation is part of a broader set of rule changes that the agency is undertaking in support of the Secretary of Agriculture's direction to increase access to national forests. The rule provides the agency greater flexibility to resolve land management challenges through the sale, exchangeor interchange of small land parcels.
"The landowners whose properties border national forests and grasslands are not only our neighbors, they are also key partners in sustaining the vitality of the land we manage," said Forest Service Chief Vicki Christiansen. "These changes will improve the way we work with willing landowners to further the health, productivity and connectivity of national forests and grasslands."
The rule amends agency regulations to allow use of changes to the Small Tracts Act. Amendments include the authority to sell, exchange, or interchange small parcels of land that are 40 acres or less, and that are physically isolated, inaccessible or lack national forest characteristics. The amendments also grant the Forest Service authority to convey parcels of land that are 10 acres or less where landowners have made permanent, habitable improvements, and where the encroachment was neither intentional nor negligent.
The Forest Service may use proceeds from land exchanges to acquire lands, or interest in lands, in the same state that are suitable to be included in the National Forest System. The proceeds may also be used to reimburse costs associated with the competitive sale of eligible lands and to acquire access to existing National Forest System lands which are currently inaccessible or have limited access.
The final rule can be found in the Federal Register: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/09/29/2020-21258/conveyance-of-small-tracts
USDA Determines Individual Not Responsibly Connected to Texas Violator
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that Jimmy W. Hutton is not responsibly connected to Cal Tex Produce L.P., Dallas, Texas. This is an update to Press Release No: 093-20 issued on May 28, 2020.
Cal Tex Produce L.P. violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) by failing to pay a reparation award in the amount of $8,030 in February 2020. As a result, USDA imposed sanctions on the business, including requiring that all principals may
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has determined that Jimmy W. Hutton is not responsibly connected to Cal Tex Produce L.P., Dallas, Texas. This is an update to Press Release No: 093-20 issued on May 28, 2020.
Cal Tex Produce L.P. violated the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) by failing to pay a reparation award in the amount of $8,030 in February 2020. As a result, USDA imposed sanctions on the business, including requiring that all principals maynot be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee without USDA approval.
USDA made an initial determination that Jimmy W. Hutton was responsibly connected to Cal Tex Produce L.P. and subject to sanction. Jimmy W. Hutton contested this initial determination and USDA has now determined that Jimmy W. Hutton was not responsibly connected to Cal Tex Produce L.P. at the time of the violation.
As a result, Jimmy W. Hutton may be employed by or affiliated with any PACA licensee.
The PACA Division, which is a part of AMS' Fair Trade Practices Program, regulates fair trading practices of produce businesses that are operating subject to the PACA, including buyers, sellers, commission merchants, dealers and brokers within the fruit and vegetable industry.
In the past three years, USDA resolved approximately 3,500 PACA claims involving more than $58 million. PACA staff also assisted more than 7,800 callers with issues valued at approximately $148 million. These are just two examples of how USDA continues to support the fruit and vegetable industry.
U.S. Department of Labor Awards Additional Funding to Rhode Island for Grant Responding to Opioid Crisis
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release on Sept. 29:
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced additional funding for an opioid-crisis National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) for the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training. The award of $1,329,657 will provide continued employment and training services to eligible individuals in communities across five counties, which are affected significantly by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction and overdose.
The project provides eligible grant participants
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release on Sept. 29:
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced additional funding for an opioid-crisis National Health Emergency Dislocated Worker Grant (DWG) for the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training. The award of $1,329,657 will provide continued employment and training services to eligible individuals in communities across five counties, which are affected significantly by the health and economic effects of widespread opioid use, addiction and overdose.
The project provides eligible grant participantswith disaster-relief employment in jobs addressing the impacts of the opioid crisis, such as peer recovery specialists. The project also provides employment and training services to individuals affected by the opioid crisis and to individuals seeking careers in healthcare professions related to addiction, treatment, prevention, and pain management.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the opioid crisis a national public health emergency in October 2017, enabling the State of Rhode Island to request this funding.
Supported by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014, Dislocated Worker Grants temporarily expand the service capacity of dislocated worker programs at the state and local levels by providing funding assistance in response to large, unexpected economic events that cause significant job losses.
The mission of the Department of Labor is to foster, promote and develop the welfare of the wage earners, job seekers and retirees of the United States; improve working conditions; advance opportunities for profitable employment; and assure work-related benefits and rights.
President Trump Issues Statement on Death of Amir of Kuwait
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- President Trump issued the following statement:
I am deeply saddened by the passing of my dear friend, His Highness the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Melania and I send our sincere condolences to the people of Kuwait. Sheikh Sabah was an unwavering friend and partner to the United States. Earlier this month, I had the honor of awarding him the prestigious Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander.
The Amir was an unparalleled diplomat, having served as Foreign Minister for 40 years.
His tireless mediation of disputes in the Middle East bridged
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- President Trump issued the following statement:
I am deeply saddened by the passing of my dear friend, His Highness the Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Melania and I send our sincere condolences to the people of Kuwait. Sheikh Sabah was an unwavering friend and partner to the United States. Earlier this month, I had the honor of awarding him the prestigious Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander.
The Amir was an unparalleled diplomat, having served as Foreign Minister for 40 years.
His tireless mediation of disputes in the Middle East bridgeddivides under the most challenging circumstances. I hope that the Gulf nations will come together to honor his legacy and work toward the cooperative future he envisioned.
FCC Wireless Bureau Issues Public Notice on Opening Window for C-Band Transition Plan Amendments
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. DA 20-1141) involving opening window for C-Band transition plan amendments:
By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) opens a limited window for eligible Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) space station operators in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (Cband) to amend their final Transition Plans, which were filed August 14, 2020, to reflect earth stations that elected to receive a lump sum payment and to account for any other approved updates
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau issued the following public notice (Docket No. DA 20-1141) involving opening window for C-Band transition plan amendments:
By this Public Notice, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) opens a limited window for eligible Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) space station operators in the 3.7-4.2 GHz band (Cband) to amend their final Transition Plans, which were filed August 14, 2020, to reflect earth stations that elected to receive a lump sum payment and to account for any other approved updatesto the incumbent earth station list, as announced by public notice issued by the International Bureau./1
In the 3.7 GHz Report and Order, the Commission adopted rules to make 280 megahertz of midband spectrum available for flexible use (plus a 20 megahertz guard band) throughout the contiguous United States by transitioning existing services out of the lower portion of the band and into the upper 200 megahertz of the C-band./2 The 3.7 GHz Report and Order established that new 3.7 GHz Service licensees would reimburse the reasonable relocation costs of eligible FSS space station operators, incumbent FSS earth station operators, and incumbent Fixed Service licensees (collectively, incumbents) to transition out of the band./3 The 3.7 GHz Report and Order also established that incumbent FSS earth station operators may opt out of the formal relocation process and, in lieu of reimbursement, elect to receive a lump sum payment based on an amount to be announced by the Bureau./4
Earth station operators that elect the lump sum are "responsible for performing any necessary actions" to accommodate the changes in the C-band./5
The Bureau announced the lump sum amounts on July 30, 2020, and lump sum elections were due on September 14, 2020./6
The 3.7 GHz Report and Order established a deadline of December 5, 2025, by which incumbent space station operators were to complete the transition of their operations to the upper 200 megahertz of the band, but it also provided an opportunity for accelerated clearing of the band by allowing eligible space station operators to commit to relocate voluntarily on a two-phased accelerated schedule, with a Phase I deadline of December 5, 2021, and a Phase II deadline of December 5, 2023./7
All five eligible space station operators elected accelerated relocation./8
By electing accelerated relocation, the eligible space station operators, among other things, have voluntarily committed to performing all the tasks necessary to enable any incumbent earth station that receives or sends signals to a space station owned by that operator to maintain that functionality./9
The 3.7 GHz Report and Order required eligible space station operators to submit to the Commission and make available for public review a Transition Plan describing the necessary steps and estimated costs to transition all existing services out of the lower 300 megahertz of C-band spectrum./10
Since all eligible space station operators elected accelerated relocation, such operators were required to include in their Transition Plans a description of the number and location of earth stations receiving the space station operators' transmissions and a description of all transition actions that will be necessary at each earth station location to transition its services to the upper portion of the band./11
Initial Transition Plans were filed on June 19, 2020 and final Transition Plans were due August 14, 2020./12
The 3.7 GHz Report and Order dictated that space station operators may only modify their Transition Plans after August 14, 2020 with the approval of the Commission./13
The Commission delegated to the Bureau the role of providing clarification and guidance to eligible space station operators regarding these and any other requirements related to the C-band transition./14
Eligible space station operators were required to include all associated earth stations in their final Transition Plans. Because final Transition Plans were due a month before incumbent earth station operators made their lump sum elections, eligible space station operators did not know which earth station operators would elect the lump sum and assume responsibility for transitioning their own earth station.
Therefore, now that incumbent earth station operators have made their lump-sum elections, we expect that eligible space station operators will need to modify their Transition Plans to remove the incumbent earth stations for which the space station operators are no longer responsible for transitioning as a result of the lump sum elections. In addition, the International Bureau will be releasing an updated list of incumbent earth stations, which will reflect corrections and other updates to the previously published incumbent earth station list.
Pursuant to the authority delegated to the Bureau in the 3.7 GHz Report and Order, we therefore provide a limited window for eligible space station operators to modify their Transition Plans, to the extent necessary, to remove any associated earth stations that elected the lump sum and to accurately account for any updates to the incumbent earth station list released by the International Bureau. Such updated Transition Plans must be filed in GN Docket Nos. 18-122 and 20-173 no later than October 28, 2020.
For further information concerning this Public Notice, please contact Anna Gentry, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, (202) 418-7769, Anna.Gentry@fcc.gov.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Donald K. Stockdale
Chief
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
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Footnotes:
1/ See Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Releases Final Cost Category Schedule for 3.7-4.2 GHz Band Relocation Expenses and Announces Process and Deadline for Lump Sum Elections, GN Docket No. 18-122, IB Docket No. 20-205, Public Notice, DA 20-802 (WTB July 30, 2020) (Lump Sum Public Notice); International Bureau Releases List of Incumbent Earth Stations in the 3.7-4.2 GHz Band in the Contiguous United States, IB Docket No. 20-205, Public Notice, DA 20-823 (IB Aug. 3, 2020) (Incumbent Earth Station List Public Notice).
2/ Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz Band, GN Docket No. 18-122, Report and Order and Order of Proposed Modification, 35 FCC Rcd 2343, 2345, para. 4 (2020) (3.7 GHz Report and Order).
3/ Id. at 2391, 2465-66, paras. 111, 326; 47 CFR Sec. 27.4. The 3.7 GHz Band Report and Order defines the incumbents that will be eligible to be reimbursed for their reasonable relocation costs. An eligible space station operators is defined as "an incumbent space station operator" that "must have demonstrated, no later than February 1, 2020, that it has an existing relationship to provide service via C-band satellite transmission to one or more incumbent earth stations in the contiguous United States." See id. at 2426, para. 200; 47 CFR Sec. 27.1411(b)(1)-(2). Incumbent earth stations are defined as those Fixed Satellite Service earth stations that "(1) were operational as of April 19, 2018; (2) are licensed or registered (or had a pending application for license or registration) in the IBFS database as of November 7, 2018; and (3) have timely certified, to the extent required by the Order adopted in FCC 18-91 (as we clarify . . . to include certain renewal applications and license and registration applications filed through November 7, 2018), the accuracy of information on file with the Commission." 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2392, para. 116; 47 CFR Sec.Sec. 25.138(c), 27.1411(b)(3). Incumbent Fixed Service licensees are defined as "[i]ncumbent licensees of point-to-point Fixed Service links that relocate out of the 3.7-4.2 GHz band by December 5, 2023." 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2465, para. 326. The 3.7 GHz Band Report and Order provides limited instances in which earth stations outside of the contiguous United States are eligible for reimbursement. See id. at 2428, para. 204 (providing for reimbursement for expenses of earth stations located outside of the contiguous United States to the extent they can demonstrate that the system modifications for which reimbursement is sought is a direct result of the C-band transition). The process by which costs will be determined to be reimbursable is defined in 47 CFR Sec. 25.1416.
4/ 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2427-28, paras. 202-03.
5/ Id. at 2428, para. 203.
6/ See Lump Sum Public Notice; Order Granting Extension Request, GN Docket No. 18-122, IB Docket No. 20-205, DA 20-909 (WTB, rel. Aug. 20, 2020) (extending the original August 31, 2020 deadline for lump sum elections until September 14, 2020).
7/ 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2408, para. 155; 47 CFR Sec. 27.1412(b)(1)-(2).
8/ Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Announces Accelerated Clearing in the 3.7-4.2 GHz Band, GN Docket No. 18-122, Public Notice, 35 FCC Rcd 5517 (WTB 2020).
9/ 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2455, para. 292.
10/ 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2457-59, paras. 302-06.
11/ 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2458, para. 303.
12/ 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2457, 2459, paras. 302, 306; see also Expanding Flexible Use of the 3.7-4.2 GHz Band, GN Docket No. 18-122, Order Granting Extension, 35 FCC Rcd 5866 (WTB 2020) (granting brief extension of the original June 12, 2020 deadline for filing Transition Plans).
13/ 3.7 GHz Report and Order, 35 FCC Rcd at 2459, para. 306.
14/ See 47 CFR Sec. 27.1412(h) (delegating to the Bureau "the role of providing clarifications or interpretations to eligible space station operators of the Commission's orders for all aspects of the transition"); 47 U.S.C. Sec. 155(c).
Air Force Academy, Local Colleges Combine to Create Academic 'Superpower'
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news:
Cadets and college students in Colorado Springs say their academic partnership pays off by solving problems for the community.
The Air Force Academy, Colorado College, Pikes Peak Community College and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, are members of "The Quad" - The Quad Innovation Partnership - students and faculty from each school who tackle issues for Colorado Springs.
"One special quality the Quad offers cadets is that it helps them become adept at building partnerships within their civic
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, Sept. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news:
Cadets and college students in Colorado Springs say their academic partnership pays off by solving problems for the community.
The Air Force Academy, Colorado College, Pikes Peak Community College and University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, are members of "The Quad" - The Quad Innovation Partnership - students and faculty from each school who tackle issues for Colorado Springs.
"One special quality the Quad offers cadets is that it helps them become adept at building partnerships within their civiccommunities," said Col. Chris McClernon, the Academy's associate dean of research. "Community relationship-building is a critical skill they'll need as future officers at any level."
One project has the Quad working with suicide prevention experts from the Air Force, the Colorado University School of Medicine, El Paso County and Veterans Affairs, to put a dent in the Defense Department's suicide trends. Another is decreasing energy use in Colorado Springs.
"We're seeing extraordinary crossover of information and resources from Quad projects to Academy research," said Lt. Col. Devlin Kostal, a Quad faculty advisor and military and strategic studies instructor at the Academy.
Jake Eichengreen, the Quad's executive director, said the Quad is the only initiative in the U.S. to combine students from a private liberal arts college, a regional community college, a state university and a service academy.
Proposed projects on the Quad's horizon include helping the City of Colorado Springs develop a strategy to use the Federal Opportunity Zone tax credit program to accelerate the post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery, helping nonprofits and small businesses access components of resiliency and strengthen attributes that support long-term sustainability and boost public trust in Colorado Springs.
"In my mind, the No. 1 benefit of including cadets as part of this initiative is the unique perspective and capability they offer," Eichengreen said. "The Quad's 'superpower' is how many different perspectives are convened and work together under the Quad banner."
Cadet 3rd Class Manmeet Pelia, an electrical and computer engineering major, is on a Quad team working to decrease energy use in Colorado Springs.
"Colorado Springs set a goal of reducing emissions by 80% by 2030 and 90% by 2050," she said.
Pelia said the Quad works with community leaders and private and public organizations.
"Through research projects and other tasks we get a chance to solve nationwide problems for our community," she said. "It's an amazing collaboration we would never have connected with without our participation in the Quad."
Giselle Rangel, a senior majoring in geography and environmental studies at the UCCS said she and other students and cadets worked with Colorado Springs Utilities to engage young people in developing a "Smart City."
Smart Cities are urban areas using electronic methods and sensors to collect information to manage resources and improve operations.
"I think it's incredibly positive for cadets and civilians to be involved together in the community," Rangel said. "The cadets bring valuable skills that combine and mesh with those of civilians."
Rangel said working with cadets made her appreciate the importance of bringing diverse people together to solve problems.
"The Academy cadets brought valuable skills to the group that proved irreplaceable," she said. "I learned a lot from the cadets, making my experience positive."
Kostal said participation in the Quad allows cadets to accomplish some of the Academy's "key outcomes": critical thinking, understanding the human condition, communication, leadership and teamwork.
"Quad problems are typically like nothing cadets have experienced before," he said. "Helping a Colorado Springs nonprofit plan a food waste composting facility, mapping opportunities for Colorado Springs to implement Smart City technologies over the next 10 years, and analyzing juvenile suicide trends in El Paso County."
The Quad began in 2014 when then-Academy superintendent, retired Lt. Gen. Michele Johnson, and her Quad colleagues developed the pilot program that produced the Quad structure. Since then, Eichengreen said, "94% of Quad students feel "more or much more" ready for their professional lives after college, regardless of which school they attend," according to a 2018 survey.
The Academy has signed an Educational Partnership agreement with each school, which establishes the legal parameters of their partnership and authorizes cadets to participate.
Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard Clark is the Academy's liaison on the Quad board, along with interim Co-President of Colorado College Mike Edmonds, President of Pikes Peak Community College Lance Bolton and Chancellor of UCCS Venkat Reddy.
