Becoming Biola

Help your student navigate their college application
Kaiden Tolkamp — November 15, 2024
We’ve laid out your steps to helping your student navigate their Biola application process.
3 Questions to ask when comparing college costs
Sending your student to college needs to make dollars and sense
Rebecca Irwin — October 01, 2024
Here are three vital things to consider that will inform your college decision and point your student toward successful completion of their college...
What's in a Biolan's Backpack?
Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — August 14, 2024
There are countless things you could buy from Target, but no one wants a cluttered bag. We asked two Biola students what they keep with them and...
30 Days of Prayer for Your Student
Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — August 08, 2024
We’ve been praying for your student this summer, and now, in these final weeks before the fall semester begins, we invite you to join us. This...
Conversations to Have Over Summer
Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — August 05, 2024
Move-In Day is THIS MONTH!! If your eyes just popped out of their sockets like a rubber chicken, you’re not alone. We can’t believe it either!...
Campus Safety and Health Services: Your Questions, Answered
Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — July 15, 2024
Biola's goal is to take your student’s health and safety as seriously as you do. At our Ask Me Anything Webinar on July 10, leaders from our Campus...
Ask a Biola Parent
Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — July 07, 2024
You can’t know what it will be like to send your student off to college until you’ve done it — that’s why we asked the experts: current Biola...
MyAccount Tasks: Helping Your Student Complete Enrollment
Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — July 02, 2024
Sending your student to college comes with a lot of lists. There’s the list of schools (you crossed off all but Biola, so you’ve already had...
Housing, Res Life and Food: Your Questions, Answered
Our "Ask Me Anything" Webinar Recap
Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — June 18, 2024
When your student looks back on their Biola experience ten years from now, they’ll remember so much more than just papers and group projects — I...
Dorm Room Shopping: Your Questions, Answered
Rebecca Irwin, Kaiden Tolkamp — June 07, 2024
It’s getting real, folks. Your student is off to university, and you’re suddenly left wondering how you went from filling the cart with diapers to...
Welcome to our relaunched Becoming Biola Blog!
Journeying with you through applications, college admissions, financial aid, and becoming a Biolan
Kaiden Tolkamp — June 03, 2024
In this blog you’ll find tips, tools and insider knowledge, all geared towards making things easier as you navigate the journey to becoming a...
Maggie's Easter Weekend Around Biola
Magdalene Segarra — April 20, 2021
Hey guys! I haven't written a blog in a while, and I’m really glad to be back writing some again :) It’s Easter weekend and it’s my first Easter...
Secret Passageways at Biola University
Marco Saldana — April 05, 2021
If you ever take a look at Biola’s campus map, it is pretty straightforward simple to locate dorms halls, Chase gymnasium, the caf, etc… But, have...
Having a Second Job
Maggie's Experience
Magdalene Segarra — March 08, 2021
Hi Guys! Hope you all are settling in to your semester well. Since this past winter break was so long and I am not moving back to Biola until...
Take a Walk with Kristen
Sleep Week 2021
Kristen Kim — March 05, 2021
I don’t know about you all, but with school being online, I am sitting almost all day, with the few exceptions being when I walk downstairs for...
Kristen's Top 10 Local Spots Around Biola
Kristen Kim — February 24, 2021
Hello faithful blog readers !! I am so excited to be back this semester to share some of my thoughts, and a big thank you to those that take the...
Finding the Gospel in Christmas Music
Ethan de la Pena — December 18, 2020
Hello everyone! Ethan here, and I just wanted to share with you guys a little bit about something that’s been on my mind lately. I was in church...
What I've Learned as an Art Major
Kristen's Experience
Kristen Kim — December 17, 2020
There is a notion that floats around - the origin of it being unknown - that choosing to be an art student is “the easy route,” which every art...
Maggie's Day-to-Day as a Public Relations Major!
Magdalene Segarra — December 17, 2020
Come hear about Maggie's experience as a Public Relations Major at Biola University!
Kristen's Day-to-Day as an Art Major
Kristen Kim — December 17, 2020
Come hear about Kristen's experience as a Artmajor to gain a Bachelor's in Fine Arts at Biola University!
Ethan's Day-to-Day as a Math Major!
Ethan de la Pena — December 17, 2020
Come hear about Ethan's experience as a Math major with a Computer Science concentration at Biola University!
Bailey's Semester Reflections
Fall 2020
Bailey Captain — December 16, 2020
Oh hey! Hello guys, and I cannot believe that I am making my semester reflections vlog right now. It's gone so far yet so slow at the same time....
Marco's Semester Reflections
Fall 2020
Marco Saldana — December 16, 2020
Hey everyone, it's Marco, and it's an exciting time to be reflecting upon this crazy, out of the ordinary semester. So this is just going to be a...
Maggie's Semester Reflections
Fall 2020
Magdalene Segarra — December 15, 2020
Hey guys, Wow! I can’t believe it's already the end of the semester. I remember writing my semester reflections last year as a freshman and wow, I...
Kristen's Semester Reflections
Fall 2020
Kristen Kim — December 14, 2020
One semester of college done (well, almost). It is absolutely crazy that I have already spent almost four months as a college student, an ONLINE...

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