DAU South region featured in AL&T Magazine

Program Manager, Jan-Feb, 2003

The Defense Acquisition University South Region (DAU South) Headquarters, located in Huntsville, Ala., is featured in the Army's March 2003 issue of Acquisition, Logistics & Technology (AL&T) Magazine. The article includes a number of photos, including the opening of the region, and three Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signings: with the University of Alabama-Huntsville/DAU on June 14, 2002; with Army Tactical Missiles on Aug. 22, 2002; and with Anniston Army Depot on Aug. 20, 2002. View the article after publication at https://aim.rdaisa.army.mil/alt/home.cfm.> Other MOUs signed by DAU South include the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command on July 24, 2002; the Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) onJune 10, 2002; the Program Executive Office (PEO) Aviation on April 17, 2002; the Targets Management Office, U.S. Army Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) on July 31, 2002; the U.S. Army Defense Ammunition Center on Oct. 24, 2002; and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institution Research Alliance (HMIRA) Project Office on Jan. 16, 2003 (see p. 82, this issue). Two additional MOUs and five letters of intent were signed at DAU-South's First Annual Acquisition, Technology, and Education Exposition on Jan. 28, 2003.

In fiscal 2003, the South campus is projected to teach 5,600 students using 50 professors and 10 support personnel. In early December 2002, DAU South was notified that the Southern Region passed accreditation by the Council on Occupational Education. Accreditation and partnering with local Universities like the University of Alabama-Huntsville and Jackson State have increased training for acquisition careerists and their progress toward degree completion and Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWLA) certification.

DAU South is located in Building 7, 6767 Old Madison Pike, Huntsville, Ala. Visit the DAU Web site at http://www.dau.mil for a complete listing of all classes, course schedules, directions to campus, and academic and vocational credit equivalencies.