{"id":42609,"date":"2012-10-30T14:46:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T18:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=42609"},"modified":"2020-09-24T09:32:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:32:51","slug":"former-president-clinton-shines-spotlight-on-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/former-president-clinton-shines-spotlight-on-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Clinton Shines Spotlight on UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>Former President Bill Clinton spoke about UCF\u2019s successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/partnerships\">partnership with industry<\/a> and the community on Monday while visiting UCF for a campaign rally for President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment, business, education\u2014everybody cooperates. How did Orlando become the computer simulation capital of America? \u2026 Because of UCF,\u201d said Clinton. \u201cBecause every semester, you train people for the jobs that are going to be there, not the jobs that aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to highlighting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/modeling-simulation\/\">Central Florida\u2019s simulation industry<\/a>, Clinton also spoke about UCF\u2019s involvement with the medical city at Lake Nona.<\/p>\n<p>Obama was scheduled to speak at Monday\u2019s rally but canceled his appearance because he returned to Washington, D.C., to advise on relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s event was the third presidential campaign event held at UCF this year. In July, first lady Michelle Obama campaigned for her husband\u2019s re-election at the Venue. Rep. Paul Ryan visited the Venue last month for an event supporting his and Gov. 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