{"id":27405,"date":"2016-01-12T17:30:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T23:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=27405"},"modified":"2016-02-29T09:24:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:24:59","slug":"uwm-alum-nadella-joins-obama-at-state-of-the-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/uwm-alum-nadella-joins-obama-at-state-of-the-union\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM alum Nadella joins Obama at State of the Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Holder of a UWM master\u2019s degree in computer science and only the third CEO in the history of Microsoft, Satya Nadella now has another honor \u2013 he will be a guest of President Obama\u2019s at Tuesday\u2019s State of Union.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27406\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27406\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2016\/01\/nadella_B.jpg\" alt=\"UWM graduate and CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UWM graduate and CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The White House pointed out that Nadella has expanded Teach.Org, a public-private partnership that supports teachers, and recently announced a $75 million effort to increase computer science education, particularly through connecting professional engineers with students.<\/p>\n<p>President Obama was expected to put an emphasis on the importance of STEM education and creating high-paying tech jobs,\u00a0according\u00a0to CNN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holder of a UWM master\u2019s degree in computer science and only the third CEO in the history of Microsoft, Satya Nadella now has another honor \u2013 he will be a guest of President Obama\u2019s at Tuesday\u2019s State of Union. 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