- The Advising Center
- includes Smart Stop and Academic Advising for students
- All-Hall
- dorm meetings/events for residents
- AS
- Associated Students; Biola's student government
- Biola Live
- service offering discounted tickets to various events in the Los Angeles area
- BSI
- Biola Student Information; internet resource that students can use to look up their own information, such as their account balance, grades, chapels attended, etc.; it's the same thing as Portal
- BUBBS
- Biola University Bulletin Board System; the University's email system, which includes various forums in addition to students' personal emails
- Cafe
- cafeteria
- Chair
- the head of a specific department
- The Chimes
- Biola's student-published newspaper
- Collegium
- Commuter Lounge; a place for commuter students to do homework, cook food, socialize, etc.; membership required (see Commuter Collegium for more details)
- Common Grounds
- the coffee shop on campus
- Convocation
- the first chapel of the semester
- Dean
- the head of the faculty of a specific discipline
- Eagle's Nest
- on campus restaurant/diner
- Eaglevision
- Biola's student run news broadcast
- The Eddy
- a concert series that takes place every Thursday evening
- FAFSA
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid; must be completed in order to receive financial aid
- FERPA
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act; law protecting the privacy of student education records
- FTRJ
- Film, Television, Radio, and Journalism major
- GYRAD
- Get Your Roommate A Date; residents get dates for their roommates, and then the whole floor goes out as a group
- Interterm
- a 3-week session between the fall and spring semesters during which a variety of classes are offered; participation is optional
- ISF
- Institute of Spiritual Formation
- SICS
- School of Intercultural Studies
- MOL
- Masters in Organizational Leadership program
- BOLD
- Biola's adult degree completion program
- BCC
- Biola Counseling Center; on campus counseling center run by Rosemead, Biola's graduate school of psychology; offers counseling to students at an extremely reduced rate
- IT
- Information Technology; on campus computer support
- KHPE
- Kinesiology, Health, and Physical Education
- Marcom
- Integrated Marketing Communications department (aka IMC)
- MassComm
- Mass Communications degree
- McNally
- a former middle school located on Biola's campus that is used for classrooms
- Metzger
- administration building, including admissions, accounting, and financial aid
- Missions Conference
- a 3-day conference for all of Biola each spring which emphasizes local and world missions
- Mock Rock
- student lip-syncing competition
- Open House / Open Hours
- certain hours in the dorms when guys can visit girls' floors and girls can visit guys' floors
- PLUS Loan
- a low interest federal education loan parents can take out for their students
- Portal
- same as BSI; students can use this to access their personal information and several campus resources, such as Web-Reg and the campus directory
- Provost
- senior academic leader of the university
- RA
- Resident Assistant; student who oversees a floor in the residence halls
- RC
- Resident Coordinator; oversees the Biola-owned apartments
- RD
- Resident Director; oversees an entire dorm, manages the RA staff
- Roomopoly
- the system for current students to choose their rooms for the following year
- SAS
- School of Arts and Sciences
- Senior Petition
- All students seeking a degree must complete this form listing all classes completed one year before the expected graduation and have it approved by the registrar.
- Smart Stop
- part of the Advising Center that provides students with a limited number of free prints, copies, and faxes
- SMU
- Student Missionary Union; organizes student-led missions trips
- SOS
- freshman orientation
- Singspiration
- Sunday night worship in Calvary Chapel
- STAR Program
- college preparatory classes available for home school students
- SUB
- Student Union Building
- Switchboard
- the Biola operator
- Syllabus
- course contract including class overview, requirements, and grading procedures
- TeleCom
- Telecommunications department
- THI
- Torrey Honors Institute, Biola's honors program
- Torrey Conference
- a 3-day conference for all of Biola each fall which emphasizes special speakers and spiritual enrichment.
- WebReg
- online registration for classes