Student Life Blog

• Office of Innovation

  Making Failure Your Friend

  How to celebrate the failures you experience

  Lindsey Hayden — February 11, 2022

  Failure is a fearsome word. Though part of being human means making mistakes and experiencing failure, it is easy to spend your life running from...

• Well-being

  Recognizing the Importance of Sleep

  Victoria Marinova — February 09, 2022

  As students, I think we can all agree that sometimes, basic human needs take a backseat in our list of daily priorities. Juggling classes,...

• Career & Vocation

  Resolve to be Ready for Your Career

  Katherine Rheeman — January 25, 2022

  How many graduating seniors already have a set-and-stone career path lined up after graduation? I certainly don’t. Even though I have a general...

• Well-being

  Who am I apart from what I do?

  Kate Marie Fitzpatrick — January 24, 2022

  There I was, minding my own business and watching Encanto, Disney’s newest movie, with my little brother over Christmas break, when what I thought...

• Well-being

  Prioritizing Wellness in the New Year

  How to cultivate a life of wellness where you are, with what you have

  Debrianna DeBolt — January 18, 2022

  Whether you consider yourself a “New Year resolutions” type of person or not, it is a perfect time to start thinking about your personal wellness....

• Office of Innovation

  How to Beat Creative Block

  Harnessing the power of play to find creative inspiration

  Lindsey Hayden — January 10, 2022

  Staring at a blank page, desperate for creative inspiration — no one is immune to creative block. When minutes turn into hours without any spark of...

• Academics

  How to Make Homework More Manageable

  Raeann Lopez — December 09, 2021

  Have you ever told yourself “I’m going to do it later,” “I can skim the chapter”? Whatever your experience, finding time for homework with a busy...

• Academics

  5 Steps to Become a Better Note-Taker

  Raeann Lopez — December 03, 2021

  Note-taking plays a vital part in a student’s academic success. Actively taking notes during class can improve focus and understanding of main...

• Academics

  Eight Ways to Reduce Test Anxiety as an Online Student

  Raeann Lopez — December 03, 2021

  Do tests stress you out, or have you ever panicked during one? Rest assured, you are not alone. About 35-40% of students experience some degree of...

• Office of Innovation

  Biola Students are Innovating — Will you Join Them?

  How Different Majors Highlight the Importance of Innovation

  Lindsey Hayden, Amanda Udell — November 30, 2021

  Why is seeing innovation in every field so vitally important? Intentional innovation is a key ingredient to making an impactful change in the...

• Career & Vocation

  How to Find a Mentor

  Samantha Law — November 19, 2021

  What do you do when you have questions about relationships, career opportunities or next steps in education? Find a mentor! For many people,...

• Office of Innovation

  How Biblically-Grounded Values Can Help Shape Christian Innovators

  Four ways innovation looks different with Christ

  Lindsey Hayden, Amanda Udell — November 03, 2021

  If you have ever come up with an idea and made it into a reality, you have been an innovator. Even as small children, people learn to navigate the...

• Career & Vocation

  Don’t Be Spooked By Your Career

  How to Feel Confident In Your Career Search

  Katherine Rheeman — October 19, 2021

  Ghosts, jack-o'-lanterns and trick-or-treating are what “spooky season” used to be all about. Now, internships and academic advising are what makes...

• Office of Innovation

  Why Every Entrepreneur Must Be An Innovator

  Creative problem solving in a changing world

  Lindsey Hayden, Amanda Udell — September 24, 2021

  Gen Z has quickly risen to be considered the most entrepreneurial generation ever. According to Forbes, approximately 62% of young adults and teens...

• Office of Innovation

  Everyone Can Be an Entrepreneur

  The Biola Startup Competition Brings Big Ideas to Life

  Lindsey Hayden — August 30, 2021

  Have you ever had a big idea? While carrying an idea for a startup often feels empowering and exciting, bringing that idea to life is a process...

• Career & Vocation, Well-being

  I’m Graduating and I Have No Idea What I’m Doing

  Why the Movie “Soul” Made Me Sob

  Staff Writer — April 29, 2021

  My parents helped me move into Biola my freshman year. I was an Alpha West girl ready to rock this Biola world, and I did what I could to walk my...

• Career & Vocation

  How to Avoid Being Ghosted While Networking

  Ryan Dea — April 13, 2021

  In the dating and relationship world, being “ghosted” typically refers to not hearing back from someone. Ghosting can also happen in professional...

• Academics, Career & Vocation

  Beyond a Humanities Degree

  Leveraging Internships in the Job Search

  Chayila Kleist — April 12, 2021

  The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the job market to slow down. According to the The Wall Street Journal, students set to graduate this spring are...

• Well-being

  Resurrecting Hope

  Kate Faulkner — April 05, 2021

  As a child, I recognized Easter as the holiday of jelly beans, Peeps marshmallows and wearing matching dresses to church with my sisters. As I grew...

• Well-being

  5 Things I Learned as a 20 Year Old during the 2020 Quarantine

  Kate Marie Fitzpatrick — March 31, 2021

  My birthday is at the end of February, so as a 2000’s baby, that meant I was welcomed into my twenties with a global pandemic and a lockdown. Happy...

• Spiritual Growth, Well-being

  Five Reasons for Christians to Go to Therapy

  Doug Daugherty — March 29, 2021

  This past year has been incredibly challenging for all of us. We share a common experience of disruption and loss that has been unsettling for many...

• Well-being

  Healing Through the Pandemic

  Perhaps, we can take this extra time to heal from our past.

  Clarissa Chan — March 15, 2021

  Normally, I would consider myself an introvert who relishes physical solitude and, therefore, the inherent recharging brought by the pandemic....

• Academics

  Working Smarter Not Harder

  Navigating College Level Material With a Learning Disability

  Corinna Magness — March 09, 2021

  For those like me who have dyslexia or another learning disability, it can take twice as long to complete a reading assignment or write a research...

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