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2024: Off to a great start!

MILTON was developed to help you grow professionally and personally. Through MILTON’s learning platform,
Skillsoft Percipio, you have access to courses, videos, books, audiobooks, practice labs, bootcamps, leadercamps,
and assessments purpose-built to help you succeed in today’s ever-changing digital world. Bootcamps and
Leadercamps are both managed on the Skillsoft calendar.

Laureano Pabello, Sr. Analyst Software Engineer at our Charleston Department of State site, was determined to obtain his
PMP while not interfering with his daily work. He discovered the Project Management Professional (PMP) ATP Bootcamp: 8
Day Australia cohort. The bootcamp was offered 9am-1pm in Australia, which equates to 6pm-10pm U.S. EST. He took the
bootcamp 8 Mondays in a row during the months of January and February. Laureano states “This actually worked well for me
since it's on my personal time and I don't have to worry about work interruptions or what not. Though this is an Australian
cohort, the instructions are actually based here in the USA. The examples or scenarios we discuss in class are relatable for me.
As far as the pace is concerned, its manageable.”

There are three main options:
As an extra incentive to promote your participation, MIL » Honor Roll Award = $50 - completed 15 courses
rewards its dedicated training program participants with » Dean's List Award = $100 - completed 30 courses
training awards. The Training Awards Program is three-tiered » Scholar Award = Surprise Gift! - completed the most
and allows employees to reap the benefits of their efforts on courses (50% must be IT)
various levels.

Honor Roll Dean’s List Honor Roll & Dean’s List
» Ashley Budano-Thompson » Kayla Lyon » Colleen Adams » Henry Bowling
» W. Lewis Collier » Regina Middleton- » Yingwen Chen » Andrew Engrasci
» Christine Curran White » Brieann Jaso » Tina Fox
» Dustin Eidson » Tesfaye Swanson » Brian Pullias » Dylan Goddard
» Ian Goetchius » Yanick Timo » Patricia Riley » Amanda Holliday
» Rebecca Helms » Wendy Walker » Adam Russell » Bobby Medlin
» Anna Jacob » W. Michael Walton » Scott Tate » Richard Smith
» Megan Kennan » Joseph Welch
» Bobby Windsor

Tina Fox is the winner of the Scholar Award! Two of Tina’s IDP goals are 1) to obtain her CAPM within a
year, and 2) to obtain her PMP within three years. “MILTON
A belated congratulations to Tina Fox, our 2023 Scholar Award is an awesome source to help me reach those goals. I initially
Winner! Tina, a Project Management Analyst in Charleston, began exploring the courses associated with the PMBOK
completed 115 courses in 2023, her first year with MIL! Tina guide and shifted toward a focus on the CAPM. I’d started my
wanted to share her experience. studies in June, and even though the exam was changing in
Tina, who spent the first 29 years of her career as an educator, July, it gave me a good foundation of the concepts that I was
loves learning! She taught math and computer science to beginning to use in my new line of work. I was very happy
both teenagers and adults since the mid-90s. Tina has two when the courses for the PMBOK Guide 7th Edition started
dear friends who work for MIL and they have tried to recruit popping up. My team is also working through a process
her for years. In the fall of 2022, she finally asked Laura improvement initiative, and I was excited that my studies in
Johnston-Harrington to tell her more about MIL. Tina had MILTON allowed me to contribute to a few different phases of
been thinking on and off about making a shift into project the initiative.”
management, and Laura convinced her that MIL would be a “I love that you can search for specific certifications, so for
great place to do just that. In both her Computer Science and NOW my favorite is the CAPM Channel and the Project
AP Statistics classes, she used a lot of project-based learning, Management Basic courses as well as the test prep books. I
and developed many of the skills necessary for managing appreciate the downloadable course transcripts that I can use
project teams. That said, Project Management in the classroom for reference guides for the job and to study. I enjoy the tests
-vs- the business sector uses a totally different vocabulary. Her at the end of each unit (I know, I know, I’m such a nerd). They
explorations in MILTON started first with the new tools that help me realize not only what I’ve mastered, but also what I
she would be using for the job (Teams and SharePoint -vs- still need to work on! I’m looking forward to (after obtaining
the Google Suite she’d been using for the last 10 years), but my CAPM) starting the pre-recorded PMP Bootcamp to help
quickly shifted to Project Management Basics. me with the next step of my journey!”
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