Day: February 8, 2023

‘Partners, Not Parties’: Piedmont University, City of Demorest Settle Water Dispute

It’s a new chapter for Piedmont University and the City of Demorest following Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Council members voted unanimously to settle ongoing litigation with Piedmont University over water and sewer rates. Piedmont filed suit against the city in 2020, claiming the rates the city imposed were fraudulent. Per the settlement, the city…

With Her Graduate Degree from Piedmont University, Rebecca Deurlein Has Run a Business, Written a Book, and Is Now Traveling the World

Rebecca Deurlein ’02 has been a teacher, a school administrator, an author, a business owner, and now a travel writer who just returned from her favorite destination yet: the Maldives. Through each chapter of her career, she’s found new ways to use her Master of Arts in Education degree, from leading her own classroom, to…

Piedmont Alumnus Dakota Stockton Passing Love of Theatre on to Next Generation

Dakota Stockton always loved theatre but never really considered it a career option. Today, he is the director of theatre for Johnson High School in Gainesville, Georgia.  Piedmont University helped him get from the dream he had early on to where he is today. He graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama…