An incoming member of Lancaster Bible College’s freshman class, Eden Troyer (’28), was chosen as this year’s graduation speaker for the Coalition of Homeschoolers Across Lancaster County (CHALC), which honored 47 homeschooled seniors during its 28th annual graduation ceremony in May 2024.

Eden Troyer (’28) is a Christian Thought in the Humanities major at LBC.

At LBC, Eden will major in Christian Thought in the Humanities with a specialization in Rhetoric & Writing. The Lancaster, Pa., native shared why she chose LBC to continue her education.

“It’s such a Christ-centered school, and the people and professors are amazing!” she said. “They also offer my dream major, so I was incredibly excited when I saw that! I’m looking forward to the classes and what I’ll be studying, the friends I’ll make along the way and growing closer to Christ through this experience.”

Eden’s “dream major,” LBC’s Christian Thought in the Humanities program seeks to cultivate wisdom in students through the study of human thought, culture and artifacts. Students learn to see God as the author of human creation and the love of God as the ultimate purpose for studying human creation.

The college’s Arts & Sciences Department designed the Christian Thought in the Humanities program to provide students with a degree that deepens their understanding of God and broadens their understanding of humanity. The major takes advantage of the disciplines already part of the Arts & Sciences core curriculum while offering students the opportunity to dig deeper into courses that help them see the world, its cultures, its societies and its people according to the light of Scripture.

The Christian Thought program also prepares students for a pathway to graduate school, as well as for careers as teachers in Christian schools, classical schools and homeschool environments.

Read more about Eden’s graduating high school class in the Lampeter-Strasburg Advertiser here [pages 4 and 8].