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Geraldine “Geri” Coleman Tucker is a thorough and skillful editor and writer who held key editing and reporting roles during her long journalism career at USA Today, Gannett News Service, the Detroit Free Press, and the Akron Beacon Journal. She is currently a contract writer and editor for several national enterprises.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Tucker is a distinguished graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and has served on its board of trustees. She resides in Alexandria, Virginia, and is actively involved in the region. She is a clarinetist with the Sanctified Symphony Orchestra of Alexandria. She also writes Asperger Ascent, a blog for young adults on the autism spectrum. She is married to Michael A. Tucker. The couple has one child, Christopher.
This report found that agricultural cooperatives are a promising area of economic opportunity for African American women in the rural South, who face some of the sharpest disparities in economic advancement.
"The thing I hate about the job is the wear and tear on your body," caregiver Allena Pass says. "It breaks you down: the aches and pains and soreness. The frustration you have when you have people in the home that can't help and won't help.
"Colleagues for life." That's what Deloitte calls them. Other companies use terms like "boomerang employees," "alumni" or "comeback colleagues." Such language is a far cry from the days when former employees were referred to only in the past tense.
New hires at Blue Apron, a meal kit delivery service that's taking on takeout, should prepare to spend some time outdoors. The company hosts an annual camping trip where new employees get a taste of its culture-and maybe even a chance to see where its locally sourced ingredients are grown.
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Like its customers on the prowl for the hottest clothes and coolest products, online retailer zulily is always searching for talented people, especially for hard-to-fill roles in technology and merchandising. Based in Seattle-home to retail giant Nordstrom and tech titan Microsoft -the company faces stiff competition for great employees.
With apologies to Thomas Wolfe, Michelle DiTondo is proof that you can go home again. She is making a difference every day in her hometown of Las Vegas. Since 2011, she has served as senior vice president of HR at entertainment and hospitality giant MGM Resorts International.
Avi Robinson knew he wanted a career in human resources even before he attended college. Now vice president of HR for privately held Keter Plastic Ltd., he has spent nearly 20 years in HR, including more than a decade at global giant Teva Pharmaceutical Industries.
by Geri Coleman Tucker First-generation college students are getting help to succeed on campus from an unlikely source: one another. A growing number of colleges and universities are accelerating efforts to identify, recruit, retain, graduate and track the professional success of students who are the first in their families to attend college.
By Geri Coleman Tucker, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - They arrive Sunday from 22 states for a luxurious three-night stay in the nation's capital. They'll occupy more than 335 rooms with 37-inch flat-panel TVs, 300-count sheets, down comforters and feather pillows at the JW Marriott Washington with unobstructed views of Tuesday's Inaugural Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue from a heated, glass-enclosed 12th-floor terrace.
As a child, Eric Tucker struggled in school with undiagnosed learning and attention issues. Now he's used his experiences to design Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School (LAB). It's a free public middle school in Brooklyn, New York, that emphasizes personalized learning. The school is just a year old.
