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Becoming Biola
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Biola University Conservatory of Music
Business. Ministry. Life.
Crowell School of Business
GRIT
a resource collective for women
Opening Question
Torrey Honors College
Student Life Blog
Talbot Magazine
Talbot School of Theology
The Faculty Cut
Resources from the Snyder School of Cinema and Media Arts' Industry Professionals
The Good Book Blog
Talbot School of Theology Faculty Blog
Think Biblically
Conversations on Faith and Culture
Winsome Conviction
Cultivating Conviction with Civility

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Biola Magazine
Called to Stewardship
The biblical principles guiding Biola campaign
Adam Morris — June 14, 2015
God, Giving and Asking at 91��Ƭ�� University. That the title of a booklet we’ve been sharing with alumni, parents and friends who are considering...
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How to Help
Six ways to get involved in The Campaign for Biola University
Jason Newell — June 14, 2015
Biola University was built on the prayers, generosity and support of people like you, who saw the vision of a school endeavoring to carry out a...
Biola Magazine
Biola for the World
Taking Biola biblically centered resources to the ends of the earth
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
For as long as Biola has existed, it has been an institution with an outward focus, looking for ways to bless people around the world with...
Biola Magazine
Campaign Priority 4: Extend Biola Global Reach
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
Never before have more opportunities been available for Biola to realize its vision of being a university of global impact. Technological advances...
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Front and Center
A guide to Biola three academic centers
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
As part of the university goal to attract and develop outstanding Christian scholars and to have a more pronounced impact in the broader world...
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Giving Voice to the Wisdom of Jesus
Three years in, Biola Center for Christian Thought is seeking to contribute to a renaissance of the evangelical mind
Evan Rosa — June 14, 2015
Ideas are powerful. Perhaps they’re the most powerful thing in the world. But ideas also have a weakness: They need a voice. A voice to actualize...
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Campaign Priority 3: Influence the World of Ideas
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
Biola ambition is to become a global center for Christian thought — an institution that cultivates and disseminates influential scholarship,...
Biola Magazine
A New Era for the Sciences
Why focusing on science, technology and health is a key priority of The Campaign for Biola University
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
Throughout history, the discoveries and applications of science — electricity, DNA, penicillin, the mapping of the human genome — have changed the...
Biola Magazine
A Transformed Campus
Jason Newell — June 14, 2015
Click for full-size map Over the past five years, Biola and its supporters have invested tens of millions of dollars to transform our La Mirada...
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Campaign Priority 2: Provide Facilities That Inspire Learning
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
As Biola student body has grown — more than doubling in size over the last two decades alone — so too have the physical needs of the burgeoning...
Biola Magazine
Finding Family
Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
As he counted down the days to his graduation in May 2015, biochemistry major Marcus Olivares-Perez (’15) marveled at the many ways Biola had...
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Truth-Telling in Washington D.C.
David Baxter, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
As Katie Watson (’11) reflects on her Biola experience she remembers a professor who said, “Do you want to be a Christian journalist? Then be the...
Biola Magazine
Training to Teach in China
Stephanie Kim — June 14, 2015
Si Nae Kim (’14) came to Biola against all financial odds. As an international student from China — where her parents serve as missionaries — Kim...
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Preparing for a Medical Career
Cambria Aviles — June 14, 2015
Gabby Odudu (’13) has wanted to work in medicine since she was a little girl, when she underwent numerous major surgeries on her eyes. “I basically...
Biola Magazine
Serving the Battle-Scarred
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
Like many of his fellow servicemen, Matt Nethers came back from the Iraq War with physical scars. When an IED exploded next to his vehicle during...
Biola Magazine
Knitting to Help Educate Girls in India
Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
During her time at 91��Ƭ��, Sarah (Sjoberg ’14) Evans balanced several jobs during the school year and graduated a semester early to save money....
Biola Magazine
Following a Divine Script
David Baxter, Jason Newell — June 14, 2015
As a publicist in the film industry, Amy Ortega (’12) is convinced that no one but God could have scripted her unlikely journey. Ortega arrived at...
Biola Magazine
Reaching the Least and the Lost
Brett McCracken, Rachel Rohm — June 14, 2015
When Jonathan Chua (’10) transferred to Biola to receive a degree in intercultural studies, his desire was to bring the gospel to people who had...
Biola Magazine
Ministering to At-Risk Kids With Music
Cambria Aviles — June 14, 2015
Lindsay Reed believes in the power of music to change lives. And through Biola Conservatory of Music, she has been able to witness firsthand the...
Biola Magazine
A More Affordable Future
Why lowering costs and lessening debt for students is the top priority of The Campaign for Biola University
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
Jose Anaya (’14) was born in Colombia and grew up in the town of Barranquilla, where his father worked for the government as a veterinarian for...
Biola Magazine
Campaign Priority 1: Improve Student Affordability
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
The largest emphasis of The Campaign for Biola University, and the baseline goal upon which all other ambitions are built, is to make Biola...
Biola Magazine
Success and Stewardship
Maurice “Al” Enderle
Brett McCracken, Kristina Nishi — June 14, 2015
The world defines “success” in a lot of ways: fame, fortune, influence, power, to name a few. By every worldly standard imaginable, Maurice “Al”...
Biola Magazine
The Adventure of Giving
Virginia Moats
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
In 1973 Virginia Moats was advised to purchase 200 shares of stock in a new company with an unknown product called “WD-40.” Following the death in...
Biola Magazine
Because Gladys Gave
Marilyn Meyer
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
For Marilyn Meyer, Gladys MacKenzie (’45) was more than just a Sunday school teacher; she was the embodiment of the love of Jesus. Marilyn only...
Biola Magazine
Student Helping Students
Evan Tan (’14, M.A. ’16)
Brett McCracken, Kristina Nishi — June 14, 2015
Evan Tan is a recent 91��Ƭ�� graduate, current Talbot student and a member of the President Circle giving society. He knows very well the...