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Evelyn Biles
HSC Program, Class 2001
Undergraduate Major
Organizational Managment and Development
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Evelyn was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Her father, a physician,
and her mother, a nurse, served the disadvantaged residents of Beirut
for 50 years. Following in her mother's footsteps, Evelyn studied nursing
at Vanderbilt University. She left the program after meeting her husband,
sensing that God had other things in mind for her at that time, including
a family. They had their first son in 1974, a second in 1979, and adopted
seven special-needs children of varying backgrounds, abilities, and ethnic
origins over the next 30 years. After the last of her children left home,
she decided to continue her formal education. Upon finishing her bachelor's
degree, Evelyn started a master's degree in Organizational Leadership at
Regent University. She was also led to pursue additional training in counseling,
so she decided to complete a joint degree with the Human Services Counseling
(HSC) master's program.
Evelyn had always had a heart for missions, and a classmate in the HSC program
challenged Evelyn to go to Southeast Asia where he had been a missionary.
That conversation ultimately led her to establish Global Mosaic International,
a missions organization dedicated to using Biblical Christian principles
to teach, coach, and mentor leaders and counselors in other parts of the
world. Evelyn has subsequently completed trips to Tanzania, Uganda, Malaysia,
Singapore, Cambodia, Brunei and Indonesia. "The programs at Regent University
whetted my appetite for learning, and encouraged me to seek ways to improve
and expand my base of knowledge." After completing her master's degrees,
Evelyn went on to earn a Doctor of Ministry degree with a concentration in
Conflict Management. In addition to her missions work, Evelyn teaches as
an adjunct professor in the School of Psychology & Counseling at Regent
University. "I challenge my students to become global in their thinking and
to elevate their expectations of how they can make a difference in their
communities."
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