Cook School of Intercultural Studies Archives

Does Barry Corey deserve the hype?

In light of a dramatically declining Biola student experience, students are wondering if Dr. Corey’s leadership is up for the challenge.

Kenny Cook, Staff Writer • April 15, 2024

As history has demonstrated time and time again, strong leadership is needed to weather intense storms, and when leadership fails to rise, societies tend to fall. As Biola continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, where is the strong leadership the school so desperately needs? More importantly,...

ICS concentration applied linguistics comes to an end

The applied linguistics and Bible translation concentration is being phased out due to the closure of the two graduate-level programs.

Jodie Stock • December 5, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Dec. 5, 2019). According to Wycliffe Bible Translators, there are still 3,969 languages without their translation of the Bible, and “1 in 5 people… do not have a full Bible in their first language.” However, as Biola has been restructuring various...