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  • Biola News

    Alumni Begin 2011 at Rose Parade in Pasadena

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    New Year’s Day began bright and early for 50 Biola alumni who met at 5:30am outside Sutherland Auditorium for breakfast before boarding a...

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    Coach Holmquist Continues to Change Lives

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola celebrated Dave Holmquist's 800th win on Saturday, Jan. 29 when the men's basketball team played and won against Cal Baptist University. The...

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    Teacher Gives Back to Community

    Orange County Register profiles alumna’s work with young people

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    For two-time Biola University graduate Gabriela Cova, the math tutoring she received as a student at the Santa Ana-based nonprofit KidWorks played...

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    Fall 2010 Commencement

    Biola University celebrated the accomplishments of its graduates on Friday, December 17, 2010

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    President Barry H. Corey led Biola in celebrating the accomplishments of 377 graduates on Friday, December 17 at the Fall 2010 Commencement...

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    Union Rescue Mission Brightens Skid Row on Christmas

    CEO, Andy Bales, inspires Biola students and graduates

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Andy Bales, president of Union Rescue Mission [URM] and a former Biola student, works with those experiencing homelessness every day. In the midst...

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    2010 December Senior Dinner

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    On Wednesday, December 8th, Fall 2010 graduates along with their friends and families gathered in Chase Gymnasium for an evening of celebration at...

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    Spreading Cheer in this Holiday Season

    Biola students and staff wish U.S. troops a Merry Christmas

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    In hopes of bringing cheer to U.S. troops, Biola students recently tapped into their creative side in partnership with the American Red Cross and...

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    Christmas Tree Lighting 2010

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    "5-4-3-2-1!" The chant rang out over Biola’s campus Friday from the crowd of over 2,000 people in front of Crowell Music Hall and formed a solid...

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    President's Circle Messiah Dinner and Concert

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    On Saturday, December 4, over 450 alumni, parents, donors and friends packed Chase gymnasium for a special Christmas production of Handel’s...

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    Biola Annual Golf Tournament

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    If you missed this year’s Biola Golf Tournament, you missed a great day of golf, fun and friendship! The tournament, hosted at Hacienda Golf Club...

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    New Journal Examines Work of Dallas Willard

    Biola’s Journal of Spiritual Formation & Soul Care devotes special issue to influential author

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Over the past 25 years, philosopher Dallas Willard’s influential writings on spiritual formation have shaped the way countless people understand...

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    Student Journalists Capture Life on Skid Row

    Journalism class chronicles hopes and struggles of homeless in new book

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    “Ain’t nobody here to love me.” The words of Chera Williams echoed in Biola junior Katie Watson’s mind and heart. Tears welled in her eyes as she...

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    Alumni at Portland Trailblazers Game

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Portland Area Alumni Chapter Leaders, Dave and Angela Toyer, put together a fun event on Saturday, November 6, 2010 . . . 70 Biolan turned out on...

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    Alumni at Beauty and the Beast Orange County

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    More than 100 Biola alumni and friends spent a stimulating evening at the Orange County Performing Arts Center on Thursday, November 18, 2010....

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    Professor to Translate Treatise on Hauntings

    411-year-old “Loca Infesta” to appear in English for the first time

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    To some, “haunted houses” might seem like nothing more than a scary superstition. But the phenomenon has actually been the source of serious...

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    Biola Strikes Olive Oil

    Students pitch in to produce olive oil from Biola’s olive grove

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola’s olive grove may prove to be more purposeful than a place of rest for students. For the first time in 59 years, olives from the historic...

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    Beauty and the Beast in San Diego

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Singing teapots, dancing flatware, scheming candlesticks, a beauty, a beast . . . and Biola. A perfect recipe for a great alumni evening at San...

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    Biola Graduate Serves Soldiers as Army Psychologist

    Rosemead School of Psychology recognized for contributions to military

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Deployed in Afghanistan last year, alumna Katie Kopp (Ph.D. ’08) lived a life she never pictured herself in — one she has grown to love. After...

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    Alumni at Peter Pan in Orange County

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    If you missed the recent Alumni Office outing at the Orange County Performing Arts Center—a spectacular presentation of J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan”—...

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    Midnight Madness

    Thousands of fans came together for Biola's annual Athletics kick-off.

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    It was a night of record-breaking attendance as nearly 3,000 current students, prospective students and their parents filled Chase Gymnasium for...

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    Remembering Jim Mohler

    Professor passes away after battle with cancer

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Jim Mohler had one stated mission in life: to present, and to equip others to present, the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. It was a mission...

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    Biola Welcomes New Provost and Senior Vice President

    Ceremony honors David Nystrom in his new role

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    The Biola University symphony orchestra played to “The Old Hundredth Psalm” as faculty, delegates and board members walked in the processional for...

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    Apologetics Goes Big in Texas

    More than 900 registered for event; Seats still available

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Some of the finest Christian thinkers of this day will address questions, like “Can you trust your Bible?” and “Is evolution true?,” this weekend,...

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    Biola Participates in Global Evangelism Conference

    Attendees joins Lausanne conference in South Africa via simulcast

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Biola University students, missionaries and others from the surrounding Biola community joined the Lausanne conference happening half a world away...

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    Tennis Clinic for Cancer Patients Gives Hope

    Women’s tennis team hosts CHOC patients for a day on the courts

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Benjamin was a baseball player. The young teen ran and played hard, enjoying the game as much as the sweat. But when he had to have a limb salvage...