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Two employees of Joe Van Gogh, a coffeehouse at Duke University, have been fired after Larry Moneta, vice president for student affairs, complained about a rap song playing at the shop. An HR official for Joe Van Gogh, a university contractor, says the school demanded the firing, but Moneta says it was the company's decision. Indy Weekly (Durham, N.C.) (5/8)
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Company improvises to create affordable wellness offerings Boston-based Drizly could not afford a formal wellness program when it started up in 2012, so it improvised with kickball and volleyball at first, and then helping workers pay for some health or fitness costs. Company wellness initiatives expanded so that by last year it was offering cycling, yoga and boxing, along with office deliveries of fresh food. Inc. online (5/7)
High-school students with disabilities learned construction trades through a program taught at the Midlands Technical College in South Carolina. Students learned skills by building mini homes and recently interviewed with construction trade companies for jobs. WLTX-TV (Columbia, S.C.) (5/4)
