Miguel Cardona Named 1st UConn Grad to Serve as U.S. Secretary of Education
Neag School alumnus Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP, was confirmed on March 1 by the U.S. Senate.
Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP has been confirmed as the U.S. Education Secretary. He is the first UConn grad to hold this Cabinet-level position in the White House. (Ryan Glista/Neag School)
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President Joe Biden’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Neag School alumnus and Connecticut’s Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona ’01 MA, ’04 6th Year, ’11 Ed.D., ’12 ELP, was officially confirmed on March 1, 2021, by the U.S. Senate. Cardona was sworn in on March 2, 2021, by Vice President Kamala Harris as the country’s top education official. He is the first UConn graduate in history to hold this position in the White House Cabinet, and the second