President Corey goes on leave

Normal university business will continue even as Corey receives an overdue recess.

Christian Leonard, Editor-in-Chief • October 30, 2017

When Corey became Biola’s president in 2007, his contract with the university allowed him to take a sabbatical every three years, a provision he has not received until now. This spring, the Board of Trustees approved Corey to take a month-long study leave. While he remains on leave, provost and senior vice president Deborah Taylor will lead the President’s Cabinet in continuing university operations, according to University Communications and Marketing.

Corey will spend most of his leave away from Southern California, though he remains on a spiritual retreat on the East Coast for his initial week.

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Christian Leonard is a junior journalism major whose affinity for chickens is really getting out of hand. He can often be found singing in the office, wrapped around a book, or arguing for the classification of cereal as a soup. [email protected] I came to Biola a nervous freshman, not really sure what I wanted to do during my time at university. Years of prayer and waiting seemed fruitless, until an academic counselor recommended I contact the Chimes, since I had shown a modest interest in journalism. I figured it was worth a shot, so I got in touch with the news editors. After a brief chat, I left, figuring I would write for them the following semester. I was assigned my first story a few days later. The following semester, I became a news apprentice, stepping into a full editorship my sophomore year. Through the experience, I gained a greater appreciation for the bustling community that is Biola—its students, its administration, and its culture—and a deeper desire to serve it through storytelling. As my time as news editor drew to a close, I was encouraged to apply for the editor-in-chief position, a prospect which both intimidated and thrilled me. Yet I ultimately saw it as a way to better support the publication through which God showed me His desire for my life. Now, as I oversee the Chimes, I am committed to upholding myself and the newspaper to standard of excellence, and to helping train the next generation of student journalists.

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