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Biola Magazine
The Shovels in my Office and the Excitement in my Heart
Rick Bee — June 14, 2015
Are you as excited as I am? I look through the amazing stories in this issue of Biola Magazine and I am overwhelmed by God’s provision and...
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Called to Stewardship
The biblical principles guiding Biola’s campaign
Adam Morris — June 14, 2015
God, Giving and Asking at Biola University. That’s the title of a booklet we’ve been sharing with alumni, parents and friends who are considering...
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How to Help
Six ways to get involved in The Campaign for Biola University
Jason Newell — June 14, 2015
Biola University was built on the prayers, generosity and support of people like you, who saw the vision of a school endeavoring to carry out a...
Biola Magazine
Biola for the World
Taking Biola’s biblically centered resources to the ends of the earth
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
For as long as Biola has existed, it has been an institution with an outward focus, looking for ways to bless people around the world with...
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Campaign Priority 4: Extend Biola’s Global Reach
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
Never before have more opportunities been available for Biola to realize its vision of being a university of global impact. Technological advances...
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Front and Center
A guide to Biola’s three academic centers
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
As part of the university’s goal to attract and develop outstanding Christian scholars and to have a more pronounced impact in the broader world...
Biola Magazine
Giving Voice to the Wisdom of Jesus
Three years in, Biola’s Center for Christian Thought is seeking to contribute to a renaissance of the evangelical mind
Evan Rosa — June 14, 2015
Ideas are powerful. Perhaps they’re the most powerful thing in the world. But ideas also have a weakness: They need a voice. A voice to actualize...
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Campaign Priority 3: Influence the World of Ideas
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
Biola’s ambition is to become a global center for Christian thought — an institution that cultivates and disseminates influential scholarship,...
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A New Era for the Sciences
Why focusing on science, technology and health is a key priority of The Campaign for Biola University
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
Throughout history, the discoveries and applications of science — electricity, DNA, penicillin, the mapping of the human genome — have changed the...
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A Transformed Campus
Jason Newell — June 14, 2015
Click for full-size map Over the past five years, Biola and its supporters have invested tens of millions of dollars to transform our La Mirada...
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Campaign Priority 2: Provide Facilities That Inspire Learning
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
As Biola’s student body has grown — more than doubling in size over the last two decades alone — so too have the physical needs of the burgeoning...
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Finding Family
Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
As he counted down the days to his graduation in May 2015, biochemistry major Marcus Olivares-Perez (’15) marveled at the many ways Biola had...
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Truth-Telling in Washington D.C.
David Baxter, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
As Katie Watson (’11) reflects on her Biola experience she remembers a professor who said, “Do you want to be a Christian journalist? Then be the...
Biola Magazine
Training to Teach in China
Stephanie Kim — June 14, 2015
Si Nae Kim (’14) came to Biola against all financial odds. As an international student from China — where her parents serve as missionaries — Kim...
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Preparing for a Medical Career
Cambria Aviles — June 14, 2015
Gabby Odudu (’13) has wanted to work in medicine since she was a little girl, when she underwent numerous major surgeries on her eyes. “I basically...
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Serving the Battle-Scarred
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
Like many of his fellow servicemen, Matt Nethers came back from the Iraq War with physical scars. When an IED exploded next to his vehicle during...
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Knitting to Help Educate Girls in India
Cambria Aviles, Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
During her time at Biola, Sarah (Sjoberg ’14) Evans balanced several jobs during the school year and �һ��Ƶd a semester early to save money....
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Following a Divine Script
David Baxter, Jason Newell — June 14, 2015
As a publicist in the film industry, Amy Ortega (’12) is convinced that no one but God could have scripted her unlikely journey. Ortega arrived at...
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Reaching the Least and the Lost
Brett McCracken, Rachel Rohm — June 14, 2015
When Jonathan Chua (’10) transferred to Biola to receive a degree in intercultural studies, his desire was to bring the gospel to people who had...
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Ministering to At-Risk Kids With Music
Cambria Aviles — June 14, 2015
Lindsay Reed believes in the power of music to change lives. And through Biola’s Conservatory of Music, she has been able to witness firsthand the...
Biola Magazine
A More Affordable Future
Why lowering costs and lessening debt for students is the top priority of The Campaign for Biola University
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
Jose Anaya (’14) was born in Colombia and grew up in the town of Barranquilla, where his father worked for the government as a veterinarian for...
Biola Magazine
Campaign Priority 1: Improve Student Affordability
Biola Magazine Staff — June 14, 2015
The largest emphasis of The Campaign for Biola University, and the baseline goal upon which all other ambitions are built, is to make Biola...
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Success and Stewardship
Maurice “Al” Enderle
Brett McCracken, Kristina Nishi — June 14, 2015
The world defines “success” in a lot of ways: fame, fortune, influence, power, to name a few. By every worldly standard imaginable, Maurice “Al”...
Biola Magazine
The Adventure of Giving
Virginia Moats
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
In 1973 Virginia Moats was advised to purchase 200 shares of stock in a new company with an unknown product called “WD-40.” Following the death in...
Biola Magazine
Because Gladys Gave
Marilyn Meyer
Brett McCracken — June 14, 2015
For Marilyn Meyer, Gladys MacKenzie (’45) was more than just a Sunday school teacher; she was the embodiment of the love of Jesus. Marilyn only...