The federal appeals court in Atlanta has rejected claims by a former counselor for the CDC who said she was was fired for refusing to advise employees in same-sex relationships because of her religious beliefs.
The court said it accepted Marcia Walden's sincerity that her devout Christian beliefs prohibited her from counseling clients in same-sex relationships. But it found Walden was laid off because her superiors disapproved of the way she referred a lesbian client to another counselor and were concerned how she would handle future referrals. BILL RANKIN
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The four finalists to serve as dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the largest college at the University of Georgia, will visit campus this month.
Alan Dorsey, an associate dean from the University of Florida, comes Feb. 16. Diana L. Lipscomb, a professor and former interim dean from George Washington University, will be there Feb. 20. David E. Richardson, a senior associate dean at the University of Florida, visits Feb. 22. Joel Martin, a vice provost at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, arrives Feb. 27.
Each public presentation will begin at 8:45 a.m. in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. LAURA DIAMOND
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Bank of North Georgia and Bank of Coweta team members, two divisions of Synovus Bank, embraced the Synovus REACH volunteer program and collectively contributed 7,457 volunteer hours in 2011 to 261 organizations in local communities. According to Don Howard, Synovus Regional CEO in the Atlanta Market, “The 500 or more team members at Bank of North Georgia and Bank of Coweta have a genuine interest in reaching out to those in need within our communities and actively serve on non-profit and civic organization boards.” KENNETH MUSISI
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