Jordache Avery has built one of Atlantaâs most in-demand modern architecture firms
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If youâve recently visited the BeltLineâs Eastside Trail, driven down Interstate 75 near the Chattahoochee River, or ridden MARTA near the airport, youâve passed a part of the city touched by architect Jordache Avery. Not yet 40, the Florida native has built a practice that is now one of the busiest boutique firms in the city, having completed more than $100 million worth of projects.
But success was far from certain when he arrived in Atlanta on the brink of the Great Recessionâa fresh college grad inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright in a city more enamored with Philip Trammell Shutze. Moreover, while storied Black-owned firms like Turner Associates and Stanley, Love-Stanley are nationally recognized commercial practices here, Black residential architects are still rare. So, Avery started small, by tearing down his own house.
Morehouse, Spelman and CAU to require students to get vaccine for fall semester
The HBCUs that comprise the AUCC want their in-person attendees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The historically-Black campuses that make up the Atlanta University Center Consortium have announced they will require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend in-person classes this fall.
By the start of the semester, all students and staff at Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College and Spelman College will need two or more weeks to have passed since either their second in a two-dose series or their lone dose of the single-dose vaccine.
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5 private Georgia colleges to require student vaccinations for fall classes
Associated Press
ATLANTA Five Atlanta-area private colleges will require students to have received COVID-19 vaccinations before class begins next fall.
Emory University, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, the Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College made the announcement Monday.
The five join dozens of colleges and universities that have made the decision nationwide, although they are among the first in the South to make the move.
Emory President Gregory Fenves said in a statement that vaccinations will make it healthier for students to be in full classrooms and to take part in athletics and performance events. He said the university will continue to use masks and testing to contain the spread of the virus as well. He said students with medical conditions or “strong personal objections” can apply for an exemption. Fenves said the university won t now require employees to be vacci
5 private Georgia colleges to require vaccines for students
Associated Press 1 hr ago
ATLANTA (AP) Five Atlanta-area private colleges will require students to have received COVID-19 vaccinations before class begins next fall.
Emory University, Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, the Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College made the announcement Monday.
The five join dozens of colleges and universities that have made the decision nationwide, although they are among the first in the South to make the move.
Emory President Gregory Fenves said in a statement that vaccinations will make it healthier for students to be in full classrooms and to take part in athletics and performance events. He said the university will continue to use masks and testing to contain the spread of the virus as well. He said students with medical conditions or “strong personal objections” can apply for an exemption. Fenves said the university won t now require employees to be vacci