{"id":13081,"date":"2010-05-19T14:10:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T18:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=13081"},"modified":"2018-07-02T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T19:05:17","slug":"professional-selling-program-awards-bill-peppler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/professional-selling-program-awards-bill-peppler\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Selling Program Awards Bill Peppler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Peppler, associate vice president of SkillStorm and a graduate of UCF, has been named the 2010 Mentor of the Year by the College of Business Administration Department of Marketing\u2019s Professional Selling Program. Peppler was selected from more than 110 mentors that volunteer in the program. Although each student is assigned a specific mentor to work with, Peppler worked with nearly all of the class members by assisting with mock interviews, resume and business plan writing sessions and other training classes. SkillStorm is a platinum sponsor of the Professional Selling Program. The company provides diversified technical services to various organizations nationwide. They specialize in information technology, engineering and project management consulting, outsourcing and staff augmentation solutions.<\/p>\n<p>The Professional Selling Program is a highly competitive program that accepts just 32 students to partake in rigorous sales training and preparation over the course of the academic year. For more information on the Professional Selling Program, visit their\u00a0<a title=\"Professional Selling Program\" href=\"https:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/degree\/marketing\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bill Peppler, associate vice president of SkillStorm and a graduate of UCF, has been named the 2010 Mentor of the Year by the College of Business Administration Department of Marketing\u2019s Professional Selling Program. Peppler was selected from more than 110 mentors that volunteer in the program. 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