Due to unforeseen circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, students will be allowed to choose credit or no credit options for their classes as part of a temporary grading policy for the Spring 2020 semester. Senior Vice President and Provost Deborah Taylor announced the changes via a school-wide...

On April 2, the Torrey Cambridge Study Tour originally scheduled for July was canceled due to school closures in the U.K.  DOWNING COLLEGE CLOSURE U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced school closures across England on March 18, which extends to Downing College where the Torrey students would...

The California Board of Registered Nursing will lower direct patient contact hour requirements for nursing student clinicals from 75% to 50%, the Department of Consumer Affairs announced on April 3.  Last month, Ryane Panasewicz, a senior nursing major from West Coast University, created an online...

Senators met for Thursday’s Student Government Association meeting over Zoom. President Renee Waller led senators in prayer for both Biola students and the rest of the world, specifically in how the coronavirus is impacting many groups of people.  ADMINISTRATION UPDATES Dean of Community Life Sandy...

Biola University’s Office of the Registrar pushed back Fall 2020 class registration in light of the coronavirus and the university’s transition to remote learning, the university announced via a campus-wide email on March 27. Fall registration will now take place beginning April 2. On March 30,...

Two days ago, an anonymous Instagram account @biolaopeninformation created a petition on change.org titled, Pass/Fail Grading Option at Biola University. The petition garnered over 1,000 signatures in just two days, and now stands at 1,049 as of Tuesday evening.  The petition is directed toward Biola...

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story stated that Miller had not yet received the money and that the prize was $10,000. ParaBrands actually won a total of $15,000 in prize money, which Miller received in his business account on March 26, 2020. The article was edited on March 27, 2020 at 7:18...

Nursing students throughout California are struggling to graduate as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps through the state. On March 20, Biola’s nursing students were notified that their graduation will be delayed by at least one semester due to hospitals closing their doors to medical students. WHY THE...

Petty Theft — Cafe Reported March 18, 3:01 p.m., occurred between March 17, 4 p.m., and March 18, 5:20 a.m. A Biola employee reported university property taken from the cafeteria. The case is active. Burglary — Tennis Courts Reported March 19, 7:40 a.m., occurred between March 12, 9 a.m., and...

Biola will vacate residence halls and university-apartments starting March 22, President Barry Corey announced in a campus-wide email today. At that time, the campus will be closed to visitors, with exceptions for certain vendors and contractors. The Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee made the...

“Use ‘I’ statements, don’t interrupt, suspend judgment, speak up and listen up, affirm those who speak, show respect and extend grace.”  These were the ground rules established by students and faculty present at the Lament Session that took place Wednesday night at Calvary Chapel. Sparked...

(This story was originally published in print on Mar. 12, 2020). A team of engineering students built a controlled humidity box to house one of the first Spanish translations of the Bible, which will be on display in Biola’s library on March 12th. This project was a part of a directed research class...