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The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes
The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

ICS concentration applied linguistics comes to an end

ICS professor Lloyd Peckham is one of the faculty affected by the closures.
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...

Muslims in Asia event brings awareness to lesser-known Muslim communities

Muslims in Asia event brings awareness to lesser-known Muslim communities
Salam and GSPD collaborate to educate students about Asian Islamic countries.
Sophia Silvester, Staff Writer • November 21, 2019

Salam and Global Student Programs and Development hosted the Muslims in Asia event at Fluor Fountain on Thursday afternoon. The event consisted of booths focusing on three countries with a large Muslim population: China, Indonesia and Pakistan. Representatives that had lived in each country stood at...

Biola responds to Ebola outbreak

Nursing students Jin Lee and Eunice Lee practice taking each others blood pressure. Students involved in the nursing program are now preparing to serve overseas. | Aaron Fooks/THE CHIMES
Biola's intercultural studies and nursing programs prepare their students for serving overseas.
Joel Smith, Writer • September 14, 2014
Biola's intercultural studies and nursing programs prepare their students for serving overseas.

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.