COMMENCEMENT

Fall 2008 Commencement

Time: Friday, December 19, 2008 at 2 p.m.
Location: Chase Gymnasium, Biola University

MANDATORY Rehearsal: Friday, December 19, 2008 at 12 noon.
Location: Chase Gymnasium, Biola University

Receptions

Immediately following Commencement, Talbot will host a reception for graduates and their guests in Myers Hall.

For more information, please call (562) 777-4062 or email events@biola.edu.

Commencement Speaker

Lee Strobel

Lee Strobel, the former award-winning legal editor of The Chicago Tribune, is a New York Times best-selling author of nearly twenty books and has been interviewed on numerous national television programs, including ABC’s 20/20, Fox News, and CNN.

Strobel has a journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School. After becoming a devoted Christian, Strobel joined the staff of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL in 1987, where he later became the teaching pastor. In 2000, he joined Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Forest, CA, as a teaching pastor. He left Saddleback’s staff in mid-2002 to focus on writing.

Strobel quickly became a famous author, writing books including God’s Outrageous Claims, The Case for Christmas, Exploring the Da Vinci Code (co-authored with Garry Poole) and Surviving a Spiritual Mismatch in Marriage, which he wrote with his wife, Leslie. For two seasons, Strobel was executive producer and host of the weekly national network television program Faith Under Fire. He was also a contributing editor and columnist for Outreach magazine.