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Biola launches first intercultural digital badge courses

Students earn digital badges as they expand specialized skill sets.
The Cook School of Intercultural Studies now offers digital badge courses for Biolans to take.
Dalet Valles, Editor-in-Chief October 21, 2022

For the first time at Biola University, the Cook School of Intercultural Studies launched digital badge courses, which offer five different badges for all undergraduate students. The program is designed to help students expand their specialized skills.  “We are really trying to set this up to provide...

An unexpected loss for anthropology majors

Diminishing enrollment in anthropology program led to closure.
The anthropology department closed over the summer due to financial restraints and low enrollment.
Kaylee Galvez and Brittany Ung October 3, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Oct. 3, 2019). Over the summer, anthropology majors were surprised that the Department of Anthropology had shut down. Due to budget cuts, the President’s Cabinet made the decision to phase out a number of academic programs. After the cabinet found the...

New dean shares goals for Cook school

Dr. Bulus Galadima, the new dean of the Cook School of Intercultural Studies, shares his hopes and goals for the upcoming year. “To be able to navigate and respond well to those cross-cultural backgrounds that you work for in your workplace is something I believe our department could help the whole school do well,” Galadima said. | Aaron Fooks/THE CHIMES
Dr. Bulus Galadima, the new dean of the Cook School of Intercultural Studies, shares his hopes and goals for the upcoming year.
Grace Gibney, Writer September 3, 2014
Dr. Bulus Galadima, the new dean of the Cook School of Intercultural Studies, shares his hopes and goals for the upcoming year.