Nicolet Grad Nominated For Top Air Force Academy Job

President Barack Obama tapped Nicolet High School graduate and Glendale native Col. Andrew Armacost to serve as the dean of faculty for the U.S. Air Force Acadamy, according to stories in the Gazette and the Journal Senitnel.

Armacost currently serves as the head of the Deaprtment of Management at the Air Force Academy. If his nomination is approved, he'll serve as the 10th dean of faculty.

His duties include commanding "the 700-member Dean of Faculty mission partner and oversee the annual design and instruction of more than 500 undergraduate courses for 4,000 cadets in 31 academic disciplines. He will also direct the operation of five support staff agencies and faculty resources involving more than $350 million," according to a story published on Military.com.