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  • Biola News

    Alumna Creates Art Piece for Los Angeles Riots Anniversary

    Museum of Tolerance to host the multi-dimensional art installation

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Wrapping plaster vessels in bubble wrap, artist and alumna Maggie Hazen (’10) prepared to transport her art installation piece commemorating the...

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    In honor of National Women’s History month and to help unemployed Los Angeles women at the Dream Center, Biola University held a clothing drive to...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Mickey Klink III — 

    In an earlier post I mentioned a book on biblical theology that my colleague and I had nearly finished writing. The book is finally finished, and is entitled: Understanding BIblical Theology: A Comparison of Theory and Practice (Zondervan).

  • Biola News

    Kids Tennis Day 2012 draws record number of young students

    Biola’s men’s and women’s varsity tennis teams welcome kids and teach them to play tennis

    Abbey Bennett — 

    On March 30, Biola’s men’s and women’s tennis teams hosted Kids Tennis Day 2012, the largest event of its kind on a college campus. For the third...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Gary McIntosh — 

    What sounds like a simple task at first often turns out to be much more difficult in practice. Such is the situation when attempting to define a multiethnic church. For example, a brief survey of the current literature reveals four words that are commonly used to describe churches where the people come from diverse backgrounds: “multinational,” “multi-racial,” “multi-ethnic,” and “multicultural.”

  • Biola News

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Professor and administrator Freddy Cardoza is passionate about the next generation of Christian ministers and Christian educators. More...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    A Cross-Shaped Gospel: Reconciling Heaven and Earth , by Bryan Loritts (M.A. ’98, Biola trustee), Moody Publishers, October 2011. Today’s church...

  • Biola Magazine

    Get to Know: Spring 2012

    Stewart Oleson, ‘comedian-at-law,’ broadcast journalist

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    “Life is an improv.” That’s what Stewart Oleson, associate professor of journalism and broadcast journalism advisor, tells his students. How else...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Drew Hall (’98) is familiar with TV sets like those for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Saturday Night Live, but he won’t be found on...

  • Biola Magazine

    Alumni Files: Spring 2012

    No Slip ’n Slide for Biola!

    Rick Bee — 

    As alumni director, I receive a number of letters and notes from graduates who have questions about Biola facilities, students, faculty and staff....

  • Biola Magazine

    Biolans Up Close: Spring 2012

    Kevin Willson (’01), award-winning commercial director

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Kevin Willson (’01) has worked his way into the big leagues — of commercials, that is. In February, the director’s now-famous “Sling Baby” ad won...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    For the last 76 years, "Jesus Saves" has been a message proclaimed through bright red neon in downtown Los Angeles, a legacy of the evangelical...

  • Biola Magazine

    Center of Attention

    A look inside the new Biola University Center for Christian Thought

    Jason Newell — 

    The new Biola University Center for Christian Thought officially opened its doors in February, marking the start of one of the most ambitious...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The Biola University Alumni Association handed out its annual awards at a special chapel service on Feb. 17, recognizing two individuals and one...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    La Mirada, Calif., may not be considered a culinary destination, but Biolans don’t have to go far to experience mind-blowing cuisine of...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    We asked the alumni and professors featured in this issue's "Soul and Stomach" cover package to share some of their favorite original recipes with...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    Some Biola graduates impact the world for Christ in the boardroom, the classroom, the pulpit or the cockpit. Others, like the alumni on the...

  • Biola Magazine

    Soul and Stomach

    What it means to eat Christianly

    Brett McCracken — 

    “How does food relate to theology? What can it teach us about faith?” For students in Bible professor Andy Draycott’s Theology 2 class last year,...

  • Biola Magazine

    A Gouda Thing

    Cheese club expands Biola’s palette

    Brett McCracken — 

    It’s not every day that you might expect to see 30 to 50 undergraduates sitting around tables, tasting the likes of Dubliner, Drunken goat,...

  • Biola Magazine

    Amy Seed — 

    Biola’s women’s cross country team took home a 12th place finish at the NAIA national championships in November, earning their fifth-consecutive...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    The Biola University men’s basketball team made program history when they defeated Concordia 81-77 and won their first-ever Golden State Athletic...

  • Biola Magazine

    Amy Seed — 

    With a thrilling double-overtime victory, the Biola men’s soccer team captured the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament championship for...

  • Biola Magazine

    Biola Magazine Staff — 

    In December, Biola received its largest-ever endowed scholarship gift from a living donor: a $1 million donation that will fund scholarships for...

  • Biola Magazine

    Amy Seed — 

    When most students went home for spring break last year, a group of 13 dedicated journalism students ventured to the Dominican Republic on a...

  • Biola Magazine

    Chimes Sets ‘Pace’ for College Newspapers

    Biola’s student newspaper wins top national award

    Amy Seed — 

    Last fall, the 2010-11 staff of The Chimes made history. The weekly student newspaper was selected for a Pacemaker award by the Associated...