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Giving Tuesday raises over $200,000

874 donors participated in the student affordability campaign.

Micah Kim, Managing Editor • December 4, 2019

With great anticipation, the Biola community came together once again for the annual Giving Tuesday event. Two hundred ninety-eight alumni, 173 students, 127 employees, 200 parents and 76 friends of the Biola community participated in the fundraiser, reaching 875 donors out of their goal of 1,200. With...

SCORR conference almost didn’t get funded, here’s why.

SCORR’s new $4,865 proposal passed through an SGA senate majority vote last week.

Micah Kim, Managing Editor • November 14, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Nov. 14, 2019). Despite the long concerns of balancing the financials due to a decrease in the Student Government Association’s budget, SGA senators and Student Congress On Racial Reconciliation Conference directors came together and effectively passed...

Brewing a better fundraiser

Boba for Missions uses tea to alleviate the steep cost of missions trips.

Brittany Ung, Web Editor • March 14, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on March 14, 2019). A businessman, a missionary and a tea specialist walk into a fundraiser. This is not the start of a bad joke. Rather, it describes the life of junior business administration major Brendan Sun over the past few months. Through Boba for...

Biola adds fundraiser to tree lighting tradition

Families, students and faculty members gathered on Metzger Lawn to participate in the decades-old tradition.

Brittany Ung, Web Editor • December 1, 2018

Biola welcomed in the Christmas season Friday with a new fundraiser to supplement its annual Christmas Tree Lighting, a sparkling tradition of music, scripture and fake snow held on Metzger Lawn. Staff, students, alumni and faculty joined the program to celebrate the season through a...

A new large-scale fundraising campaign begins

Talk of funding continues, highlighting scholarships and a new film building.

Isabelle Thompson, Business Manager • February 21, 2018

After the completion of a highly successful fundraising campaign spanning from January 2012 to December 2016, administration is already discussing plans for the next five years. Administration currently remains in the preparatory phase of their new campaign. While administration will not announce...